Horn Park

Infobox UK place
official_name= Horn Park
region= London
latitude= 51.447
longitude= 0.026
constituency_westminster= Eltham
post_town= LONDON
postcode_area= SE
postcode_district= SE12
dial_code= 020
os_grid_reference= TQ408739
london_borough= Greenwich
country= England

Horn Park is the name of a small suburb and public park in the Eltham area of the London Borough of Greenwich, southeast London, England; it is situated 12.5 km (8 miles) east southeast of Charing Cross.

Boundaries and location

Horn Park is north and east of Grove Park, southeast of Lee Green, south of Blackheath and Kidbrooke, southwest of Eltham, northwest of Mottingham and north of Chinbrook.

Administrative

Horn Park is in the southwest of the London Borough of Greenwich, and in the southwest corner of "Middle Park and Sutcliffe" an electoral ward of Greenwich. Horn Park is southwest of Eltham and on the west side of Eltham UK Parliament constituency.

Horn Park lies immediately next the Greenwich borough boundary, to the west and south is the border with Lewisham; and southeast of Horn Park is the tripoint where three London Boroughs, Greenwich Lewisham and Bromley, meet.

Postal

Horn Park is located within the SE12 postcode, although most of SE12 is within the London Borough of Lewisham, Horn Park is in the eastern part of the SE12 area that is in the London Borough of Greenwich. Immediately to the west marked by the A20 road is the postal boundary with SE9, the postcode for the majority of Eltham. As SE12 was originally designated as the Lee postal district, residents and localities within Horn Park may use Lee as part of their address, despite the fact the area is not within the Lee Green electoral ward. The postal and administrative boundaries are different places around Horn Park. There is a Post Office branch in Horn Park located on Sibthorpe Road.

geocompass
hub = Horn Park
type = ex
NN = Blackheath, Kidbrooke
NE = Eltham
NW = Lee, Lewisham
WW = Grove Park, Hither Green, Catford
EE = Middle Park, Eltham
SE = Mottingham
SS = Grove Park, Chinbrook
SW = Grove Park, Downham

History

Horn Park was one of three parks attached to Eltham Palace. The area was heavily wooded and was stocked with deer until the destruction of both during the English Civil War. [cite web | title=Eltham, Lee and Lewisham | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45278 | publication=Old and New London: Volume 6 | year=1878 | accessdate=2008-03-03 ] The park became farmland until 1936 when the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich began the construction of the Horn Park Estate. The estate was not completed until the 1950s, with work being interrupted by World War Two. [ [http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/greenwich/main/eltham.htm "Eltham", "Ideal Homes: Suburbia in Focus", accessed March 3, 2008] ]

Transport

Roads

Horn Park is close to several A roads. To the east Sidcup Road, a duel carriageway and part of the A20 road passes by in a northwest to southeast direction; and also marks the postal boundary. Westhorne Avenue, another duel carriageway and part of the A205 south circular road passes through east to west at the north side of Horn Park. Sidcup Road and Westhorne Avenue cross each other at a roundabout named Clifton's Roundabout or informally World of Leather Roundabout after the shop, which was previously located there. Baring Road and Burnt Ash Hill, part of the A2212 is only about 500m west of Horn Park and passes in north south direction.

Railway

Horn Park does not have its own railway station, although the Dartford Loop Line passes through northwest to southeast at the northern end of Horn Park. On this line Lee railway station is less than 1 km (0.6 miles) west of Horn Park, and Mottingham railway station about 1.5 km (1 mile) to the east; Grove Park railway station is about 1.5 km (1 mile) south of Horn Park, on the South Eastern Main Line.

References

External links

* [http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/YourEnvironment/GreenSpace/ParksGardens/Eltham/Horn+Park.htm Horn Park (park) at Greenwich Council website]
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/elthamgreen-12538.pdf Transport for London bus map for Eltham Green]