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Belvedere railway station is a railway station in South East London between Abbey Wood and Erith.
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The initial broadcasts of pirate radio station West and North Kent Radio ( WNKR ) took place at Norvic House, Larner Road, Erith, during the bank holiday weekend in August 1987, on a frequency of 91. 8FM.
Although it does not have the largest station ground, Erith was the busiest station in 2006 / 2007, responding to 1, 314 incidents-two pumping appliances are based there.
Erith station serves Erith in the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London.
The following buses stop very near to Erith station:
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Until the early 19th century, Bexley Heath comprised an area of scrub-land with few buildings, although Bexley Heath windmill stood at the corner of what is today Erith Road and Mayplace Road.
Chislehurst is one of the starting points for the Green Chain Walk, linking to places such as Crystal Palace, Erith, the Thames Barrier and Thamesmead.
The park is one of the starting points for the Green Chain Walk, linking to places such as Chislehurst, Erith, the Thames Barrier and Thamesmead.
Erith is a district of southeast London on the River Thames.
Erith is geographically an outer lying area of London, although it is can be seen as having many of the characteristics of the Inner city, namely most residences consisting largely of flats and council blocks, with fewer houses, and shops and other commercial properties interspersed between.
The earliest reference to the area is in a Latin charter of 695 recording a grant by the Bishop of the East Saxons of certain lands at Erith.
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, Erith passed into the possession of Bishop Odo and is mentioned in the Domesday Survey.
The building also housed the Erith Museum which is currently closed
It is expected that the Erith Western Gateway, that will include a significant number of new riverside flats, will continue to rejuvenate the area which suffered from the blight of post World War Two rebuilding.
The area under consideration in the Erith Western Gateway is a large, underused area of the town centre.
A new swimming pool was recently built adjoining the sports centre and the David Ives Stadium, which is home to Bexley Athletic Club and Erith Town F. C.
The Erith Playhouse Theatre is the largest in Bexley.
Erith is home to the longest pier in London, on the River Thames.
Erith Rowing Club is a successful and friendly club located in former police premises on the waterfront, accessed from Erith High Street.
Downstream, Erith Yacht Club is very active in both competitive and social sailing, based on the edge of Crayford Marshes with consent for a new clubhouse.
Erith is the starting point for the LOOP ( London Outer Orbital Path ) and one of the starting points for the Green Chain Walk.
The largest part of Erith is in the Erith ward of the London Borough of Bexley.
The eastern part of Erith is in North End ward and the southern part in Colyers ward.
The eastern part of Erith is within the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.
Erith is in the Bexley and Bromley London Assembly constituency and is represented on the London Assembly by James Cleverly ( Conservative ).
Erith is in Travelcard Zone 6.
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The regeneration of the area falls within the remit of the Thames Gateway project, with Erith being a key focus for Bexley Council as its only population centre on the River Thames.
It was then cut in two by the building of the A2016 a 4 lane dual carriageway by-pass of the Woolwich to Erith section of the A206 though on leaving Woolwich only got as far as the industrial part of lower Belvedere ( the extension to Erith was opened in 1999 ).
Bexley Council run a library at Binsey Walk near Southmere Lake, and sailing and canoeing are run at Southmere Lake in Thamesmead South by Southmere Boating Centre ( with Greenwich Yacht Club ) and sailing only by the YMCA in association with Erith Yacht Club.
In 1911 they beat Bishop Auckland at Herne Hill, and in 1938 were victors over Erith & Belvedere in the only all-Kent final.
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In 1849, Erith enjoyed a short time as a riverside resort.
To the south there was a short boundary with Erith in the Lessness hundred of Kent, formed by the River Thames.
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On its way from Erith to Old Bexley, the " London LOOP " walk follows the River Cray across the Crayford Marshes and through the town centre.
Three walking routes pass Hall Place, the local council-sponsored Shuttle River Way and Cray River Way and the Mayor of London's " London LOOP " walk, which, shortly after its start at Erith, follows the Cray River Way from Crayford to Foots Cray.
The walk begins at Erith on the south bank of the River Thames and passes clockwise through Crayford, Petts Wood, Coulsdon, Kingston upon Thames, Uxbridge, Elstree, Cockfosters, Chingford and Upminster Bridge before ending at Purfleet, almost directly across the Thames from its starting point.
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Bexleyheath has drawn a lot of custom to match the expansion in retail space from residents of towns in the borough, particularly from Erith and Thamesmead which have expanded in size with development along the River Thames.
Their work at the former site of Erith School in Belmont Road revealed the presence of prehistoric settlement, and of a substantial settlement or farmstead dating from the first century.
Erith was one of these villages, and has a Saxon name, thought to have been derived from a word meaning ` muddy harbour ' or ` gravelly landing place '.
Therefore Erith ( along with the majority of Bexley Borough ) does not come under the SE postcode area and continues to be serviced from Dartford, Kent, with DA postal codes.
In the Second World War, Erith found itself in the thick of the conflict, being directly on the German bombing routes from Europe to London, and also because of the nearby armament factories.
* Linda Smith, comedian and writer, came from Erith.
The London Borough of Bexley was formed in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963 from the Municipal Boroughs of Bexley and Erith ; Crayford Urban District: and part of Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District.
After the 2005 General Election, Erith and Thamesmead is represented by a Labour Party MP while the remaining two seats were held by the Conservative Party ; although on 29 January 2008 the Conservative Party whip was withdrawn from Old Bexley and Sidcup's MP Derek Conway following alleged misuse of funds, leaving him as an Independent MP.
The ridge of higher ground in South London crosses the Borough from its high point of Shooters Hill, on the boundary with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, to end above the River Thames at Belvedere, where the land drops down to the old port of Erith.
The most northerly is the North Kent Line: stations from west to east within the Borough are at Belvedere, Erith and Slade Green.
Murray Pass, named for the explorer John Murray, between Deal and Erith Islands has long been used by ships to shelter from gales in Bass Strait, but it is a dangerous, partly open, roadstead, and many ships have been wrecked after sudden changes in wind direction and speed.
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Control of ship traffic on the Thames within the Port is orchestrated from two Port Control centres-one at the Thames Barrier ( the Thames Barrier Navigation Centre ) in Woolwich, for reaches upstream of Erith, and the other at Gravesend ( the main Port Control ) for reaches downstream of Erith.
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John Eric Austin, formerly known as John Austin-Walker, ( born 21 August 1944 ) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Woolwich from 1992 to 1997 and for Erith and Thamesmead from 1997 to 2010.
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