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Barnes Cray, Bexley — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Barnes Cray is a district of Bexley whose named sites run to two public houses, a church, and the Howbury moated site.
About Barnes Cray
Where to stay in Barnes Cray
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Barnes Cray offers little to book. The district reads as housing rather than as somewhere with rooms, so most travellers settle elsewhere in Bexley and come out for the Howbury moated site or a pint at the Railway Tavern. The Lord Raglan is the other pub.
Anyone wanting to walk the moated ground can do it from a base anywhere in the borough and still be back by evening.
About Barnes Cray
What are the main landmarks in Barnes Cray?
Sightseeing in Barnes Cray comes down to four entries. The Howbury moated site is the oldest of them, a piece of enclosed ground kept among much later streets, while Christ Church, the Railway Tavern and The Lord Raglan account for the rest of what Barnes Cray puts on a map. The two pubs hold their street corners.
Christ Church serves the district, and between them these four carry whatever a visitor comes here to see.
What is the history of Barnes Cray?
The moat came first. Howbury moated site marks ground worked long before the streets of Barnes Cray were laid out around it, and it stays the oldest thing in this part of Bexley by a wide margin. Christ Church followed much later.
The Railway Tavern and The Lord Raglan carry names the newer streets gave them, and the district keeps all four on its record.
Where is Barnes Cray?
The district sits inside Bexley, a pocket of streets around Christ Church, with the Howbury moated site among its older ground.
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Updated September 2026