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  Bromley shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| London borough | Bromley |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BROMLEY |
| Postcode district | BR1 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| European Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Bromley & Chislehurst |
| London Assembly | Bexley and Bromley |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Bromley is an urban centre in the London Borough of Bromley and is listed as a metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government The London Borough of Bromley ( is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The London Fire Brigade ( LFB) is the statutory The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS is the largest "free at the point of contact" ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients London is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 9 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Bromley and Chislehurst is a parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, represented by Bob Neill Greater London is divided into fourteen territorial constituencies for London Assembly elections each returning one member Bexley and Bromley is a Constituency represented in the London Assembly. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a partial list of places in London, England See List of places in England for lists of settlements in other counties A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The London Borough of Bromley ( is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The London Plan is a planning document written by the Mayor of London in the United Kingdom and published by the Greater London Authority. It is situated 9. 3 miles (15. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States 0 km) south east of Charing Cross. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Charing Cross is located at the junction of the Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street in Central London, England. The origin of the town's name is from Old English brōme-hlǣwe, or "broom hill", as supported by records of the name as Bramelewe in 1272. Other places with this name are from Old English brōme-leah meaning 'broom clearing' or wood clearing. A glade is an open area within a woodland Glades are a lot like Prairies but offer little or no soil for trees to grow on
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About the town
The town has a large shopping and retail area including a pedestrianised High Street and The Glades shopping centre. Car-free zones (also known as auto-free zones and pedestrian zones) are areas of a city or town in which automobile traffic is prohibited The Glades is a shopping centre part-owned by Capital Shopping Centres. Bromley is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. The London Plan is a planning document written by the Mayor of London in the United Kingdom and published by the Greater London Authority. The London Borough of Bromley Civic Centre is located in the town. The historic Wickham Court with its crow-stepped gable construction is located in Bromley. A Crow-stepped gable is a stair-step type of design at the top of the triangular Gable -end of a building A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof Bromley's main retail rival is Croydon, to the west. Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in South London, and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. Bromley is represented by Conservative MP Bob Neill. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Robert James MacGillivray "Bob" Neill (born 24 June 1952 is a British Politician and Barrister.
There are two railway stations providing connections to the City and West End. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions businesses headquarters and the commercial Bromley South is located on the main line from Dover and is served by fast and local services to Victoria and Blackfriars. Bromley South railway station is a major interchange and station in Bromley town centre within the London Borough of Bromley in southeast London. Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, England. London Victoria is a major London Underground, National Rail and Coach station in the City of Westminster. London Blackfriars station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London. Bromley North is located at the southern end of a short branch line from Grove Park from where connections can be made for London Bridge, Cannon Street and London Charing Cross. Bromley North railway station is in the London Borough of Bromley in south-east London, in Travelcard Zone 4. Grove Park railway station is located on Baring Road ( A2212) and serves the areas of Grove Park and Downham in the London borough of London Bridge station is a National Rail and London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark, which occupies a large area on two levels immediately Cannon Street is a National Rail and London Underground station complex in the City of London, the financial district of London in Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus
The town's football club Bromley F.C. are currently playing in the Conference South, which is the highest level of regionalised football in England, two divisions below the Football League. Bromley Football Club are an English association football club based in the London Borough of Bromley, London, England. Conference South (currently billed as Blue Square South for sponsorship reasons is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs
Bromley has a number of theatres, the most notable being the Churchill Theatre in the town centre and the Bromley Little Theatre close to Bromley North railway station. The Churchill Theatre in the London Borough of Bromley was commissioned by the local council from its borough architect Ken Wilson together with the nearby central library As any large town Bromley has numerous schools, and is home to Bromley College of Further & Higher Education. Mission Statement To deliver skills and qualifications for working life – enabling learners and employers to build a better future About the college Formerly Bromley
Popular Culture
Notable Residents
- H. G. Wells, most famous for his novel,The War of the Worlds, was born in Bromley in 1866[1]. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political The War of the Worlds (1898 by H G Wells, is an early Science fiction Novel which describes an invasion of England by In August 2005, the wall honouring H. G Wells in Market Square was repainted. The current wall painting features a rich green background with the same H. G Wells reference and the evolution sequence of homosapiens featured on Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, a former resident of nearby Downe Village. eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008 Charles Darwin 's On the Origin of Species (published 24 November 1859) is a seminal work in Scientific literature and arguably the Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life [2]
- Other famous people who lived in Bromley include David Bowie, Peter Frampton,Fighter Darren M Jackson , Aleister Crowley, cricketer Jill Cruwys, the anarchist Peter Kropotkin, the former Clash drummer Topper Headon, McLaren test driver Gary Paffett, Sir Thomas James Harper a decorated officer in the Crimean war, all hailed from Bromley. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is an English Musician, best known today for his solo Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (ˈkroʊli (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947 was a British Occultist Writer, mountaineer Jill Elizabeth Cruwys ( 5 December 1943 - 30 December 1990) was an English Cricketer who played for the Kent For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Nicholas Bowen "Topper" Headon (born 30 May 1955, Bromley, Kent, England) known as 'Topper' (because of his resemblance McLaren, founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren (1937&ndash1970 is a Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, UK Gary Paffett (born March 24 1981 in Bromley) is a British Racing driver and a test driver for Formula One team
In popular culture
- In the Monty Python's Flying Circus episode 'Spam', the Green Midget Café in the 'Spam' sketch was located in Bromley. Monty Python’s Flying Circus (also known as Flying Circus or during the final series just Monty Python) is a BBC Sketch comedy "Spam" is a popular Monty Python sketch, first televised in 1970
- In Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls, in a section entitled The Wonderful World of Nature, there are descriptions of several fictional animals including the "West Bromley Fighting Haddock" (in reality there is no such district as "West Bromley"). Bert Fegg's Nasty Book For Boys And Girls is a humorous book first published by Methuen in 1974 which purports to have been written by a psychopathic character
- In Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) there is a reference to Bromley in chapter XIV of Volume 2. Jane Austen (16 Pride and Prejudice, first published on 28 January 1813, is the most famous of Jane Austen 's novels and one of the first " romantic Lady Catherine, talking to Mrs Collins, says: 'Where shall you change horses? Oh! Bromley, of course. If you mention my name at The Bell, you will be attended to. '
- Bromley and its neighbouring suburbs provide the setting for the Hanif Kureshi novel The Buddha of Suburbia. Hanif Kureishi CBE (born December 5, 1954) is an English Playwright, Screenwriter and Filmmaker, Novelist
- Bromley is also known for "The Bromley Contingent", who were a group of followers and fans of the Sex Pistols including Siouxsie Sioux, Sid Vicious and Billy Idol (Idol's mother still lives in Bromley) who also went on to become famous. The Bromley Contingent is a label invented by journalist Caroline Coon about a group of followers and fans of the Sex Pistols. The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 Susan Janet Ballion John Simon Ritchie (born May 10, 1957, died February 2, 1979) better known as Sid Vicious, was an English Punk Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad, 30 November 1955, Stanmore, Middlesex) is an English rock
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Notes
- ^ HG Wells. Bickley is a residential area and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley, England. Chislehurst is a suburban settlement in south east London, England and part of the London Borough of Bromley. Downham is a district occupying much of the boundary between the London Borough of Lewisham and the London Borough of Bromley; it is the name of an electoral Hayes is a place in the London Borough of Bromley, south-east London, England. Grove Park is an area a suburb and electoral ward in the south-eastern corner of the London Borough of Lewisham. Petts Wood is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Bromley. Shortlands is a ward of the London Borough of Bromley. Located less than a mile from Bromley town centre it has good transport links to central London mainly Orpington is a suburban town and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley. www. online-literature. com.
- ^ Darwin. www. bromley. gov. uk.
External links
- London Borough of Bromley Homepage
- Young Bromley - A place for young people in Bromley to share views and ideas.
- Bromley Community Directory
- Speakers of Bromley Speakers Club
- Freda's Victorian Garden, Bromley
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