Orpington

Orpington is a town and electoral ward in South East London, Greater London, England, at the edge of the London conurbation; it is part of the London Borough of Bromley and the historic county of Kent. It is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Orpington is located 13.3 miles from Charing Cross, situated south of St Mary Cray, west of Ramsden, north of Goddington and Green Street Green, and east of Crofton and Broom Hill. Orpington is a part of the BR postcode area consisting of the BR6 district.

Stone Age tools have been found in several areas of Orpington, including Goddington Park, Priory Gardens, the Ramsden estate, and Poverest. Early Bronze Age pottery fragments have been found in the Park Avenue area. During the building of Ramsden Boys School in 1956, the remains of an Iron Age farmstead were excavated. The area was occupied in Roman times, as shown by Crofton Roman Villa and the Roman bath-house at Fordcroft. During the Anglo-Saxon period, Fordcroft Anglo-Saxon cemetery was used in the area.

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