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Blackheath, London

Blackheath is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham.[3] Historically within the county of Kent, it is located 1-mile (1.6 km) northeast of Lewisham, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Greenwich and 6.4 miles (10.3 km) southeast of Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London.

Not to be confused with Blackheath, West Midlands.

The area southwest of its station and in its ward is named Lee Park. Its northern neighbourhood of Vanbrugh Park is also known as St John's Blackheath and despite forming a projection has amenities beyond its traditional reach named after the heath. To its west is the core public green area that is the heath and Greenwich Park, in which sit major London tourist attractions including the Greenwich Observatory and the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Blackheath railway station is south of the heath.

List of people from Greenwich

List of people from Lewisham

. Greenwich and Blackheath Past (Historical Publications, 1993)

Barker, Felix

Henderson, Ian T. & David I. Stirk. Royal Blackheath (1981)

. Blackheath Centenary 1871–1971: A Short History of Blackheath from Earliest Times (GLC, 1971)

Rhind, Neil

The Blackheath Society

Blackheath Village – a local guide of businesses and events in Blackheath, South East London.

. Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.

"Blackheath" 

. Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.

"Blackheath"