Place:Sidcup, Kent, England

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NameSidcup
TypeDistrict
Coordinates51.4265°N 0.100903°E
Located inKent, England     ( - 1965)
Also located inGreater London, England     (1965 - )
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Sidcup is a district in South East London and is a part of the London Borough of Bexley, with small parts of the district in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Located south east of Charing Cross, Sidcup is bordered by the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bromley and Sevenoaks District Council. Whilst now a part of Greater London, it was once referred to as the gateway to Kent.

Sidcup has a mixture of large Victorian and Edwardian properties alongside typical 1930s suburbia, primarily owner occupied semi-detached and detached housing. It retains many parks and open spaces hinting at the great estates and large homes which once stood in the area.

The town contains a major hospital, a recently opened sports and leisure centre, as well as two colleges (Bird College and Rose Bruford College) and an orchestra. The town centre has a mix of high street stores, independent shops, a modern library, coffee shops, several pubs and two supermarkets, Morrisons near the high street and Tesco on the out skirts. Sidcup contains a number of districts, some of them once villages in their own right - Blackfen, Foots Cray, Longlands, and Lamorbey.

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