Albany Park is an area in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It is located south east of Charing Cross. Located midway between Sidcup and Bexley, Albany Park is situated on high ground overlooking the valleys of the River Cray and the River Shuttle. They built the Albany Park estate in the middle of that decade, on land that had formerly been the Tanyard and Hurst Farms, part of the estate of the Vansittart family who lived at nearby Foots Cray. Most of the area had consisted of fields and spinneys, although nearby there was both an eighteenth-century mansion known as Hurst or Hurst Place, and Sidcup cemetery, which had been established in 1912.

In 1935, Hurst Council Infant School was opened on Dorchester Avenue, with an adjacent junior school being added the following year. The two were later merged as Hurst Primary School. The historian of architecture Nikolaus Pevsner later described it as "ingenious, fashionable and slightly absurd". that connect the area with Bexleyheath, Sidcup, Bromley, Orpington and Thamesmead.

Amenities

thumb|right|Farmland to the north of the area

Albany Park is served by two churches; the Baptist church in Stansted Crescent and the Anglican church of St Andrews which is situated on the corner of Maylands Drive and St Andrews Road and which was completed in 1965.

There are a range of local shops which adjoin the main station entrance in Steynton Avenue. These include a number of restaurants and take-aways as well as two mini-markets, a dry cleaner, a hardware store, a pet supplies shop, a party and card shop and a hairdresser.

The local pub, The Albany is also situated here as is a petrol station.

Albany Park no longer has a GP surgery following the purchase of the one that had previously been situated in Longmead Drive by another local practice. After a short while, this was closed down and no alternative provision made. The building was subsequently sold and became a Vet's practice.

The area's younger children are served by the Royal Park Primary School.

Albany Park provides access directly to Foots Cray Meadows

See also

  • List of schools in Bexley

References

Further reading

  • Photograph of the estate under construction at Britain From Above