Orpington
Sign in to saveOrpington is a town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 13.4 miles (21.6 km) southeast of Charing Cross, close to the border with Kent.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Orpington
- UK place.london_borough
- Bromley
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Orpington
- UK place.post_town
- ORPINGTON
- UK place.postcode_area
- BR
- UK place.postcode_district
- BR5, BR6
- UK place.dial_code
- 01689
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ460660
- UK place.static_image_name
- White Hart pub, Orpington High Street.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Orpington High Street, with White Hart public house on the left
- UK place.population
- 90,315
- UK place.population_ref
- (Orpington and its localities) 2011 Census
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 13.4
- UK place.charingX_direction
- NW
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London Borough of Bromley
- Population
- 90315
- Shares border with
- Keston
- Image
- Orpington town sign - geograph.org.uk - 1063812.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01689
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- Commons category
- Orpington, London
- topic's main category
- Category:Orpington
- OS grid reference
- TQ460660
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Orpington
- different from
- orpington
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Encyclopedic overview
26 sectionsContents
- History
- Government
- By-election of 1962
- Demographics
- Retail and commerce
- Sport and leisure
- Education
- Transport
- Landmarks
- The Parish Church
- The Priory
- Priory Gardens
- Orpington Hospital
- Orpington War Memorial
- Canadian Corner
- Popular culture
- Orpington chicken and duck
- Orpington car
- Orpington man
- TV appearances
- Notable people
- Notable Animals
- Geography
- References
- Sources
- External links
Orpington is a town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 13.4 miles (21.6 km) southeast of Charing Cross, close to the border with Kent.
On the south-eastern edge of the Greater London Built-up Area, it is south of St Mary Cray, southwest of Swanley, west of Ramsden, north of Goddington and Green Street Green, and east of Crofton and Broom Hill. Orpington is covered by the London BR postcode area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orpington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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