Abbey Wood
Abbey Wood is a district of South East London in the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. It gets its name from Lesnes Abbey Wood, which used to belong to the monks of Lesnes Abbey. It is located south of Thamesmead and is 10.6 miles east of Charing Cross. Abbey Wood includes a population of no more than 24,000 and is said to be a quiet region.
The district is well known amongst commuters; it has an average age of 34 and its railway station was erected in 1849 and these days it provides services to Charing Cross, Cannon Street and districts in Kent as a loop service. In addition there are buses that go to Thamesmead, Lewisham and Peckham.
Abbey Wood is known for its caravan park settled amongst the Abbey Woods. The woods have a park and also a football pitch, along with the neighbouring Bostall Gardens and Bostall Heath have a great deal of sports facilities. A section of the woods is a site of special scientific interest since it has fossils going back as far as 23-66 million years ago.