Westcombe Park

Westcombe Park
Westcombe Park is located in Greater London
Westcombe Park
Westcombe Park
Location within Greater London
OS grid referenceTQ402780
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtSE3
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
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London Assembly
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UK
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51°29′02″N 0°01′06″E / 51.484020°N 0.018458°E / 51.484020; 0.018458

Westcombe Park is a largely residential area in Blackheath in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South East London, England. It is bounded by the main London-Dartford railway line to the north, the Blackwall Tunnel southern approach to the east, the Blackheath common to the south and a road, Vanbrugh Hill, to the west (named after the architect and playwright Sir John Vanbrugh who built his house Vanbrugh Castle nearby in Maze Hill).

Westcombe Park largely comprises the northern half of the Blackheath Westcombe ward of the Royal Borough of Greenwich,[1] which in 2011 had a population of 26,914.[2]

Westcombe is a topographical place name, derived from Combe, a common old English word for 'valley', often formed into a compound name - in this case with the adjective 'West'.[3]

  1. ^ Ward Map, Royal Borough of Greenwich. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Blackheath Westcombe Demographics (Greenwich, England)". blackheath-westcombe.localstats.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference WPCAAppraisal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).