Editing Elmstead, London

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| region                   = London
| official_name            = Elmstead
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| london_borough           = Bromley
| post_town                = CHISLEHURST
| postcode_area            = BR
| postcode_district        = BR7
| dial_code                = 020
| constituency_westminster = [[Eltham and Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)|Eltham & Chislehurst]]
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'''Elmstead''' is a residential district in south-east [[Greater London|London]], England, within the [[London Borough of Bromley]]. It is located north-east of [[Bromley]].

==History==

===Toponymy===
The name is recorded in 1320 as ''Elmsted'' and means 'place where elm trees grow'. The name was shared with [[Elmstead Place]] mansion and the woodland of [[Elmstead Wood]]. After the local railway station opened it took the name [[Elmstead Woods railway station|Elmstead Woods]].<ref name="mills">{{ cite book | surname=Mills | first=D. | title=Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names | year=2000 | publisher=Oxford}}</ref>

==Geography==
Elmstead Wood has public access from Elmstead Lane and other locations.<ref>[http://www.bromley.gov.uk/directory_record/1212697/elmstead_wood Elmstead Wood, Bromley Council]</ref> It lies on the [[South East London Green Chain|Green Chain walk]]. It is adjacent to Sundridge Park Golf Club.

[[Elmstead Pit]], opposite the railway station, is a geological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] which has important fossils from the [[Eocene]] epoch 50 million years ago.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003603.pdf |title=Elmstead Pit, Natural England citation |access-date=2 May 2012 |archive-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024045053/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003603.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003603,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL Elmstead Pit, Natural England, Nature on the Map]</ref>

===Nearby areas===
Elmstead borders [[Mottingham]] to the north and north east, [[Chislehurst]] to the east and south east, [[Bickley]] to the south, [[Sundridge, London|Sundridge]] to the south west and west and [[Grove Park, Lewisham|Grove Park]] to the north west.

==Transport==
===Rail===
[[Elmstead Woods railway station]] serves the area with [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] services to [[Charing Cross railway station|London Charing Cross]] and [[Cannon Street railway station|London Cannon Street]] via [[Lewisham railway station|Lewisham]] as well as to [[Orpington railway station|Orpington]] and [[Sevenoaks railway station|Sevenoaks]]. [[File:Elmstead Woods station geograph-3455460-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|right|Elmstead Woods station, 1991]]

===Buses===
Elmstead is served by one [[Transport for London]] bus service.
*314 to [[Eltham]] and to [[New Addington]] via [[Bromley]].

==Sport==
Elmstead has a senior football club, [[F.C. Elmstead]], who play at Oakley Road in Bromley.

==References==
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[[Category:Districts of the London Borough of Bromley]]