Ramsden, Orpington

Coordinates: 51°22′26″N 0°07′01″E / 51.373982°N 0.116935°E

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Ramsden
In the background is Crundale Tower with Hollingbourne Tower beyond, both built in the 1960s as part of the development of the Ramsden estate.
Ramsden Location within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ460660
London borough	Bromley
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ORPINGTON
Postcode district	BR5
Dialling code	01689

Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London

UK Parliament	Orpington
London Assembly	Bexley and Bromley
List of places UK England London 51°22′26″N 0°07′01″E / 51.373982°N 0.116935°E / 51.373982; 0.116935

Ramsden is an area in south-east London, generally considered a suburb of Orpington, located in the London Borough of Bromley and, prior to 1965, within the historic county of Kent. It is situated south of Derry Downs and St Mary Cray, east of Orpington town centre and north of Goddington. It was built as a council estate in the 1950-60s and is directly adjacent to the London Green Belt.

History

The area was historically rural and agricultural, with the name possibly referring to pastureland kept for rams.^[1]^[2] The estate was built in the public-housing boom following the Second World War.^[1] It is made up of a large number of semi-detached houses built in the 1950s and a new central area built in the 1970s consisting of three high rise blocks and 48 maisonettes.^{[citation needed]} The Estate comprises Ramsden Road, Tintagel Road, Petten Grove, Eldred Drive, Quilter Road, Westbrook Drive, Brow Crescent and Rye Crescent, with Plantation Drive and various closes around the three tower blocks being added in the 1970s.

Like many post-war estates, Ramsden had entered a troubled period by the 1980s, with a rise in crime and anti-social behaviour earning it the nickname 'Little Belfast'.^[2] In the 2000s decade the estate was regenerated under the 'Ramsden's Revival' scheme led by Broomleigh housing association.^[1]^[3]^[2] There is a small row of shops on Eldred Drive.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Willey, Russ (2006). The London Gazetteer. Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. p. 405.
^ ^a ^b ^c "History of Ramsden" (PDF). Orpington History. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ "Ramsden". Hidden London. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

Ramsden Estate and Petten Grove, John Pateman, ISBN 978-1-4478-8930-4

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Districts	Anerley Aperfield Beckenham Berry's Green Bickley Biggin Hill Bromley Bromley Common Chelsfield Chislehurst Coney Hall Crystal Palace Cudham Downe Eden Park Elmers End (including Upper Elmers End) Elmstead Farnborough Foxbury Goddington Green Street Green Hayes Hazelwood Hockenden Horns Green Keston Kevington Leaves Green Locksbottom Longlands Luxted Mottingham New Beckenham Orpington (including: Broom Hill, Crofton, Derry Downs and Ramsden) Park Langley Penge Petts Wood Plaistow Poverest Pratt's Bottom Ruxley St Mary Cray St Paul's Cray Shortlands Single Street Southborough South Street Sundridge Sydenham Upper Norwood West Wickham Widmore
Attractions	Bethlem Gallery Bethlem Museum of the Mind Bromley Little Theatre Chislehurst Caves Churchill Theatre Crofton Roman Villa Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Bowl Crystal Palace Dinosaurs Down House St Blaise's Well
Parks and open spaces	Betts Park Chislehurst Common Crofton Wood Croydon Road Recreation Ground Crystal Palace Park Cuckoo Wood Downe Bank Elmstead Wood Hayes Common High Elms Country Park Jubilee Country Park Kelsey Park Keston Common Norman Park Ruxley Gravel Pits Saltbox Hill Scadbury Park Sundridge Park The Warren West Kent Golf Course nature reserve
Places of worship	Bromley Reform Synagogue St Botolph's Church, Ruxley St Edmund's Church, Beckenham St George's Church, Beckenham St John the Evangelist's Church, Penge St Mark's Church, Bromley St Mary's Church, Chislehurst St Mary's Church, Downe St Mary the Virgin, Hayes St Peter and St Paul's Church, Bromley
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