Editing Goddington

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{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
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| country                  = England
| region                   = London
| official_name            = Goddington
| population               =
| london_borough           = Bromley
| constituency_westminster = [[Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)|Orpington]]
| post_town                = ORPINGTON
| postcode_area            = BR
| postcode_district        = BR6
| dial_code                = 01689
| os_grid_reference        = 
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.366|0.112|display=inline,title}}
| static_image_name        = Goddington Park (02).jpg 
}}
'''Goddington''' is an area in south-east [[London]], located in the [[London Borough of Bromley]]. It is situated south of [[Ramsden, Orpington|Ramsden]], south-east of [[Orpington]] town centre, and north of [[Chelsfield]]. It lies directly adjacent to the [[London Green Belt]]. Until 1965 it lay in the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Kent]].

==History==
Goddington was historically a rural manor, first recorded in the 1200s as being the lands held by Simon de Godyngton, which in turn refers to his family's ancestral lands in [[Godinton]], Kent.<ref name="Willey">{{cite book|last1=Willey |first1=Russ |title=The London Gazetteer |date=2006 |publisher=Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd |pages=193}}</ref> The area only began to be developed in 1926 when housing was built along Park Avenue.<ref name="Willey"/> The area was subsequently developed further, and in 1965 it became part of the London Borough of Bromley in the newly formed ceremonial county of Greater London.<ref>{{cite act| url = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1965/654/made| title = The London Government Order 1965| date=1965 | legislature = Parliament of the United Kingdom | type= Statutory Instrument}}</ref>

==Amenities==
Goddington Park is 64 hectares in size, with five [[Association football|football]] pitches, two [[cricket]] squares, and three [[rugby football|rugby]] pitches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parks |url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/leisure/parksandcountryside/orpington_parks.htm |publisher=Bromley Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060301073619/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/leisure/parksandcountryside/orpington_parks.htm |access-date=30 September 2020|archive-date=1 March 2006 }}</ref> It includes an astro-turf football court, about 10 tennis courts and two children's play areas. The main entrance is from Goddington Lane, with footpaths from Avalon Road, Court Road and Chelsfield Lane and a further entrance from Berrylands.

[[St Olave's Grammar School]], built 1968, is located on Goddington Lane.<ref name="Willey"/>

==Sports==
* [[Westcombe Park R.F.C.|Westcombe Park Rugby Club]] (located here since 1990).<ref name="Willey"/>

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