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East Wickham, Bexley — Area Guide & Where to Stay
East Wickham is a district of the London Borough of Bexley, a suburban stretch of parish churches and greens between Welling and Plumstead.
About East Wickham
Where to stay in East Wickham
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Rooms are rare in East Wickham. This is housing ground rather than hotel ground, so most people book towards Welling or over by Abbey Wood and come across for St Mary the Virgin, the Greek Orthodox Church, or the walk up to Winns Common. Charing Cross lies roughly 10 miles off.
The Welling side keeps shops and buses close, while the Plumstead edge puts open common ground within reach.
About East Wickham
What are the main landmarks in East Wickham?
Churches account for most of the list. St Mary the Virgin, St Michael's, the Parish Church of the Ascension and a Greek Orthodox Church all stand in the district, and the George Webb Memorial Fountain gives the streets one small civic marker. Older ground lies just beyond.
The burial mound on Winns Common, Plumstead, is far older than any of those churches, and it is close enough to fold into the same afternoon on foot.
What is the history of East Wickham?
Kent came first. East Wickham lay in the administrative county of Kent before the creation of Greater London in 1965, and its parish churches, St Mary the Virgin among them, carry that older layer into a district otherwise built out as suburb. The mound is older still.
Raised on Winns Common at Plumstead, it marks ground in use long before either Kent or the London Borough of Bexley drew a line across the map here.
Where is East Wickham?
The district sits north of Welling and south of Plumstead, east of Shooter's Hill and west of West Heath, some 10 miles out from Charing Cross.
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Updated September 2026