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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.
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Where to stay in East Wickham
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
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.
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Welling
The nearest run of shops and rooms to East Wickham, with St Michael's and the parish churches a walk off.Find hotels in Wellingthe churches and the George Webb Memorial FountainEast Wickham
Quiet suburban roads around St Mary the Virgin and the George Webb Memorial Fountain, with almost nothing let to travellers. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in East Wickhamwalkers heading for the mound on Winns CommonPlumstead
North of East Wickham and beside Winns Common, convenient for the Abbey Wood side of the borough as well.Find hotels in PlumsteadHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
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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What is the best area to stay in East Wickham?
Welling: beds a short way south of East Wickham. East Wickham: the churches and the George Webb Memorial Fountain. Plumstead: walkers heading for the mound on Winns Common.
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Updated October 2026