Leaves Green

Leaves Green
Leaves Green
Leaves Green shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ414616
London borough
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KESTON
Postcode district BR2
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
EU Parliament London
London Assembly

Leaves Green is a village in Greater London within the London Borough of Bromley.

The village lies on the Bromley to Westerham road (A233), adjacent to the north-western perimeter of Biggin Hill Airport. It is some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Bromley and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Biggin Hill.[1]

Leaves Green village has a large (and eponymous) village green which straddles the A233. This is the location for one of London's coal tax posts (number 186) which formerly denoted the boundary of the area in which the City of London Corporation was empowered to collect duty on coal.[2] [3] The post is also depicted on the village sign.

Transport

There are no rail links to the village, but it is served by several bus routes:[4]

  • 246  Bromley – Westerham (Chartwell during the summer)
  • 320  Catford – Biggin Hill
  • R2   Biggin Hill – Petts Wood.

The nearest rail stations to Leaves Green are:[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey (2007). OS Explorer Map 147 – Sevenoaks & Tonbridge. ISBN 978-0-319-23927-8.
  2. ↑ "Coal tax posts". City of London Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Nail, Martin. "The boundary marks today: List of extant marks". City posts: the coal duties of the City of London and their boundary marks. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  4. ↑ "Buses from Biggin Hill" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Transport Direct". Transport Direct Consortium. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-23.



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