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<br/>In Tower Road; the A232 is just visible at the left of the picture. Built 1967 with a brick sanctuary added in 1977. No architectural prizes as far as is known ...
©Philip Talmage
<br/>To the left of the road is Tubbenden Lane. The A232 goes up the hill to the right, with Orpington station nearby.
©Philip Talmage
Dist:0.3km north<br/>
©Stacey Harris
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Tubbenden Lane is an old route from Orpington to Farnborough, now largely built up.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Post war development in Tower Road. These houses were clearly an afterthought - they all have names, with the numbered housing starting the other side of St Aubyns Gardens (the road just visible on the left of the photo) - see [[804915]].
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.3km north<br/>See [[804863]] for discussion. These are some of the original numbered houses, with the more recent named houses being visible beyond the white van.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.3km north<br/>A typically austere Brethren meeting hall, in The Avenue, near the junction with Tower Road.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.3km north<br/>These two houses stand out in an otherwise typical early twentieth century development, even though maps suggest they were built at the same time.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.3km north<br/>In this building, situated close to Orpington Station, are the remains of a roman villa. These were discovered in 1926, but only properly excavated in 1988 - see http://cka.moon-demon.co.uk/villa.htm
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.4km north<br/>See from The Drive - see [[55512]] for information and another aspect, from Tower Road.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Compare this with [[610887]] taken from the same position 4 months earlier, in November 2007. A footbridge, with lifts, has now been built.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Four trains can be seen in the terminating platforms on the left and right of the station, with one in one of the through platforms in the middle.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This is the side used for car parking, dropping off/picking up and taxis - definitely to be avoided at rush hour!
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Originally council offices for Orpington council, before the district was merged with others in the area to form part of the London Borough of Bromley. Now the offices of an accountancy firm.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Orpington is an important station on the railway network. Here a 4-CEP unit calls on its way to Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Ashford and Dover.
©Dr Neil Clifton

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