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's situated south of Thamesmead and is 10.6 miles east of Charing Cross. Abbey Wood includes a population of just under 24,000 and is said to be a quiet area.
The district is popular with commuters; it has an typical age of 34 and its railway station was erected in 1849 and today it runs services to Charing Cross, Cannon Street and places in Kent as a loop service. You can also find buses that run to Thamesmead, Lewisham and Peckham.
Abbey Wood is known for its caravan park situated amongst the Abbey Woods. The woods boasts a park along with a football pitch, along with the neighbouring Bostall Gardens and Bostall Heath have plenty of sports facilities. A section of the woods is a site of special scientific interest because it has fossils going back as far as 23-66 million years ago.