Wyncham Stream

Wyncham Stream (Also spelt Wincham Stream) is a small <a href="/facts/River/GxdjEX21">river</a> within the <a href="/facts/London_Borough/8HvhDcVM">London Boroughs</a> of <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Bexley/YaS0aLSr">Bexley</a> and <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Bromley/5uf7qQKn">Bromley</a> in southeast <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>, <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>. It is 5.6 km (3.5 mi) in length and is a <a href="/facts/Tributary/JB69Ypox">tributary</a> of the <a href="/facts/River_Shuttle/sBnwJ4CG">River Shuttle</a>.
The <a href="/facts/Stream/S5he7Cuo">stream</a> rises from several <a href="/facts/Source_(river_or_stream)/08NFsHeG">sources</a> in <a href="/facts/Chislehurst/qnCVzqDq">Chislehurst</a> in the <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Bromley/5uf7qQKn">London Borough of Bromley</a> and the <a href="/facts/BR7/trajLfu0">BR7</a> <a href="/facts/UK_postcodes/dYsNEeuJ">post code</a> area. It then flows north through <a href="/facts/Foxbury/fDRjHhy8">Foxbury</a> and Kemnal, with small ponds and woodlands such as Ash Grove on its course, following some of Kemnal Road and passing through the sports grounds of Flamingo Park and the <a href="/facts/Jack_Nicklaus/sFhv9mda">Jack Nicklaus</a> Golf Centre. It continues northeast under the Sidcup By-Pass (<a href="/facts/A20_road_(England)/0rT6aSWs">A20</a>) and the adjacent Foots Cray Road (A211) into the <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Bexley/YaS0aLSr">London Borough of Bexley</a> and <a href="/facts/DA15/WMwY86nK">DA15</a> post code area. It then flows under the section of railway line between <a href="/facts/Sidcup_railway_station/p0ltIw9R">Sidcup</a> and <a href="/facts/New_Eltham_railway_station/pMfGGCMJ">New Eltham</a> stations and under several residential roads, including Halfway Street (B2214), passing through <a href="/facts/Longlands/6R2G5kHY">Longlands</a>, <a href="/facts/Lamorbey/cMdFt0L0">Lamorbey</a>, on the northwest side of <a href="/facts/Sidcup/aQGXrAnp">Sidcup</a>. Where the stream passes under Halfway Street, the bridge here was named Wincham Bridge in the early twentieth century, and Vincent Bridge in the nineteenth century. The stream then passes through some small green areas including allotments, the small Beverley Wood, and finally flows into <a href="/facts/Blackfen/L8j6vqMF">Blackfen</a> where it joins the longer <a href="/facts/River_Shuttle/sBnwJ4CG">River Shuttle</a> in Hollyoak Wood Park.
Some of the stream's course lies between the backs of domestic gardens, while in other places some roads have been built with a separate lane either side of the river with narrow grassy banks. Some of the small nearby residential roads have river-related names, such as Wyncham Avenue, taken directly from the river, but also: Brooklands Road, Brookend Road, and Shuttle Close after the River Shuttle.

Coordinates: <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wyncham_Stream¶ms=51.440_N_0.092_E_region:GB_type:landmark">51°26′24″N 0°05′31″E / 51.440°N 0.092°E / 51.440; 0.092</a>

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Wyncham Stream