Abbey Wood is a residential area of South East London inside 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 placed south of Thamesmead and is 10.6 miles east of Charing Cross. Abbey Wood has a population of just under 24,000 and is said to be a quiet area.
The district is well known amongst commuters; it has an typical age of 34 and its railway station was built in 1849 and today it offers services to Charing Cross, Cannon Street and areas in Kent as a loop service. There are buses that run to Thamesmead, Lewisham and Peckham.
Abbey Wood is known for its caravan park located amongst the Abbey Woods. The woods boasts a park along with a football pitch, and the nearby Bostall Gardens and Bostall Heath have a lot of sports facilities. Part of the woods is a site of special scientific interest since it has fossils going back as far as 23-66 million years ago.