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Bromley

Bromley is an urban centre in the London Borough of Bromley

London Borough of Bromley

The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley....
and is listed as a metropolitan centre in the London Plan

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 plan was first published in final form on 10 February 2004 and has since been amended....
. It is situated 9.3 miles (15.0 km) south east of Charing Cross. The origin of the town's name is from Old English brome-hl?we, or "broom hill", as supported by records of the name as Bramelewe in 1272. Other places with this name are from Old English brome-leah meaning 'broom clearing' or wood clearing.

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Bromley is an urban centre in the London Borough of Bromley

London Borough of Bromley

London Plan

Kent

Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....
before the creation of Greater London

Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was officially created in 1965 and covers the City of London , the City of Westminster and the other 31 London boroughs....
in 1965.

About the town

The town has a large shopping and retail area including a pedestrianised High Street and The Glades
The Glades (Bromley)

The Glades is a shopping centre part-owned by Capital Shopping Centres. It is located in Bromley, South-East London. It has a total of 108 stores trading from a combined floorspace of 421,000 sq ft....
shopping centre. Bromley is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan

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 plan was first published in final form on 10 February 2004 and has since been amended....
. The London Borough of Bromley Civic Centre is located in the town. The historic Wickham Court with its crow-stepped gable

Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns....
construction is located in Bromley. Bromley's main retail rival is Croydon

Croydon

Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in South London, and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. It is south of Charing Cross, and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan....
, to the west. Bromley is represented by Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
MP Bob Neill

Bob Neill

Robert James MacGillivray "Bob" Neill is a United Kingdom politician and barrister. He was Conservative Party member of the London Assembly for Bexley and Bromley from 2000 until 2008, and was elected as Member of Parliament for Bromley and Chislehurst in a by-election on 29 June 2006, following the death of incumbent MP Eric Forth....
.

There are two railway stations providing connections to the Central London. Bromley South

Bromley South railway station

Bromley South railway station is a major interchange and station in Bromley town centre within the London Borough of Bromley in southeast London....
is located on the Chatham main line and is served by fast and local services to Victoria

Victoria station (London)

London Victoria is a major London Underground, National Rail and Coach station in the City of Westminster. It is the second busiest railway terminus in London after Waterloo Station....
and Blackfriars

Blackfriars station

London Blackfriars station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, England. It is adjacent to Blackfriars Bridge at the junction of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street, London and is in Travelcard Zone 1....
. Bromley North

Bromley North railway station

Bromley North railway station is in the London Borough of Bromley in south-east London, in Travelcard Zone 4. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern ....
is located at the southern end of a short branch line from Grove Park

Grove Park railway station

Grove Park railway station is located on Baring Road and serves the areas of Grove Park, Lewisham and Downham in the London borough of Lewisham....
from where connections can be made for London Bridge

London Bridge station

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 south-east of London Bridge and 1.6 miles east of Charing Cross....
, Cannon Street

Cannon Street station

Cannon Street is a National Rail and London Underground station complex in the City of London, the financial district of London in England. It is built on the site of the medieval Steelyard, the trading base in England of the Hanseatic League....
and London Charing Cross

Charing Cross railway station

Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus. It is unusual among London's railway termini in that its services connect it to two of the others, Waterloo railway station and London Bridge station....
.

The town's football club Bromley F.C.

Bromley F.C.

Bromley Football Club are an England association Football club based in the London Borough of Bromley, London, England. They currently play in the Conference South, and play their home matches at Hayes Lane, Bromley....
are currently playing in the Conference South

Conference South

Conference South is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National....
, which is the highest level of regionalised football in England, two divisions below the Football League.

Empire Cinemas

Empire Cinemas

Empire Cinemas is a movie theater chain in the United Kingdom. It is a sister company of the Republic of Ireland cinema chain Ward Anderson.In 2005, both Odeon Cinemas and the UK operations of United Cinemas International were taken over by Terra Firma Capital Partners who planned to merge the businesses under the Odeon brand....
own a 4-screen site in Bromley, with screen 1 being its biggest with a capacity of 392. Screens 2 and 3 have disabled access. Bromley has a number of theatres, the most notable being the Churchill Theatre

Churchill Theatre

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 complex....
in the town centre and the Bromley Little Theatre close to Bromley North railway station. Recently, on November 19 the Bromley Empire Cinema and Churchill Theatre worked in conjunction to celebrate Steve Guttenberg

Steve Guttenberg

Steven Robert "Steve" Guttenberg is an United States actor and comedian. He became known during the 1980s, after a series of starring roles in major Hollywood films, including Cocoon , Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy , and Short Circuit....
being in the 2008 Pantomime of Cinderella. There was a special digital screening of Police Academy (film)

Police Academy (film)

Police Academy is a 1984 in film comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson , and starring Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall and G.W. Bailey. It grossed approximately $146 million worldwide and spawned six Police Academy ....
which was introduced by Steve Guttenberg himself with a Question and Answer session just before the film.

As any large town Bromley has numerous schools, and is home to Bromley College of Further & Higher Education

Bromley College of Further & Higher Education

Bromley College of Further and Higher Education is situated in the London Borough of Bromley, London, England. It is affiliated to the University of Greenwich....
.

Notable Residents

H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells , known by his pen name H. G. Wells, was an England author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction"....
, most famous for his novel, The War of the Worlds, was born in Bromley in 1866. 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
Evolution

In biology, evolution is change in the heritability trait of a population of organisms from one generation to the next. These changes are caused by a combination of three main processes: variation, reproduction, and selection....
sequence of homosapiens featured on Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin Royal Society was an English people natural history who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolution over time from common descent, through the process he called natural selection....
, a former resident of nearby Downe Village.
Other famous people who lived in Bromley include David Bowie
David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
, Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton

Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd , among others....
, Fighter Darren M Jackson, Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley , , was a United Kingdom occultist, writer, mountaineering, poet, and yogi. He was an influential member of several occult organizations, including the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the A?A?, and Ordo Templi Orientis , and is best known today for his Works of Aleister Crowley, especi...
, cricketer Jill Cruwys
Jill Cruwys

Jill Elizabeth Cruwys was an England cricketer who played for the Kent women's team, the East women's team, the West Midlands women's team and the English women's cricket team....
, the anarchist Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin

name= Peter Kropotkin|image = Kropotkin Nadar.jpg|image_size =|caption = Kropotkin, by Nadar |birth_date = |birth_place = Moscow, Russia...
, the former Clash
The Clash

The Clash were an English Rock music band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk rock. Along with punk rock, they experimented with reggae, ska, Dub music, funk, Hip hop music and rockabilly....
drummer Topper Headon
Topper Headon

Nicholas Bowen "Topper" Headon , known as 'Topper' , is a British rock and roll drummer, best known for his membership in the punk rock band , The Clash....
, actor Michael York
Michael York (actor)

Michael York, Order of the British Empire is an England actor. He is more recently known among mainstream audiences for his role as Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers series....
was educated in Bromley Grammar School for Boys, McLaren
McLaren

McLaren is a Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, UK. Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500 and CanAm....
test driver Gary Paffett
Gary Paffett

Gary Paffett is a United Kingdom racing driver, and a test driver for Formula One team McLaren. Paffett progressed through the ranks of karting and junior formulae in the UK, winning the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 1999....
, GP2
GP2 Series

The GP2 Series, GP2 for short, is a form of motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One 'feeder' sport, International Formula 3000....
driver Mike Conway
Mike Conway

Mike Conway is a United Kingdom racing driver, who currently resides in Sevenoaks, Kent and who is currently active in the IRL IndyCar Series....
, Sir Thomas James Harper a decorated officer in the Crimean war, all hailed from Bromley.

Nearest places

Bickley
Bickley

Bickley is a residential area and Wards of the United Kingdom in the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is a suburban development situated 10.4 miles south east of Charing Cross....
Chislehurst
Chislehurst

Chislehurst is a suburban settlement in south east London, England and an Wards of the United Kingdom of the London Borough of Bromley....
Downham
Downham

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 wards of the United Kingdom covering much of the area on the Lewisham side....
Hayes
Hayes, Bromley

Hayes is a place in the London Borough of Bromley, south-east London, England. It has two main areas of activity: the ancient village and suburban Hayes....
Grove Park
Petts Wood
Petts Wood

Petts Wood is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Bromley....
Keston
Keston

Keston was a one-time village in Kent, now part of the London Borough of Bromley. It lies on the edge of Hayes Common.Its small church is unusual in that does not have a dedication to a saint....
Shortlands
Shortlands

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 to London Blackfriars and London Victoria from Shortlands railway station....

External links

- A place for young people in Bromley to share views and ideas.