Biggin Hill
OS grid reference	TQ418590
London borough	Bromley
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WESTERHAM
Postcode district	TN16
Dial code	01959
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Orpington
London Assembly	Bexley and Bromley
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

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Biggin Hill is a place in the London Borough of Bromley in London, England. It lies on the Bromley to Westerham road (A233). The London Borough of Bromley is a London Borough of outer southeast London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... Bromley is the principal town in the London Borough of Bromley, England. ... Westerham is a scenic village which is now almost a town. ... The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 2 in Great Britain starting south of the River Thames and east of the A3. ...

Origins

The earliest record dates back to the Norman invasion, when the area (then known as the parish of "cowdom") was given as a gift by William the conqueror to his half brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, in thanks for having commissioned the Bayeux tapestry. Norman conquests in red. ... William I of England (c. ... Odo of Bayeux (c. ... The Bayeux Tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux) is a 50 cm by 70 m (20 in by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth which depicts the events leading up to, as well as, the Norman invasion of England in 1066. ...

The name Biggin Hill is of recent origin. Until 1835 it was Aperfield Manor, an area of farms and scattered cottages, within the parish of Cudham; at that date Frederick Dougal from Wandsworth bought the Manor. He parcelled up the land and sold it for speculative building. Although development slowed after Dougal's death, Biggin Hill gradually grew in size; as the history says "as can be seen from the maps of 1939, the land was now heavily built upon and there was further development in the 1960’s when suburbanisation was popular. People wanted to move out from the centre of towns into the countryside. The maps of 1968 shows the further development". Cudham is a village in the London Borough of Bromley. ... Wandsworth is a town on the south bank of the River Thames in south-west London. ...

RAF aerodrome

In 1918 the Royal Air Force built an aerodrome on the high ground in Biggin Hill. RAF Biggin Hill was the home airbase of the first aircraft to take part in air to ground radio communications, and of the first British aircraft to shoot down a German aircraft in World War II. It was a crucial RAF Sector airfield during the Battle of Britain and hosted the "Operations Room" for the Operation Crossbow V-1 flying bomb defense.^[1] It is now Biggin Hill Airport; airshows are a regular feature there. The aerodrome famously appeared in the novel, The Da Vinci Code. The old west camp of the airport is now owned by Bernie Ecclestone of F1 fame. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Aerodrome can mean: An Austrian music festival: Aerodrome A series of aircraft constructed by Samuel Pierpont Langley. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants United Kingdom Including combatants from:[1] Poland New Zealand Canada Czechoslovakia Belgium Australia South Africa France Ireland United States Jamaica Palestine Rhodesia Germany Including combatants from Italy Commanders Hugh Dowding Hermann Göring Strength 754 single-seat fighters 149 two-seat fighters 560 bombers 500 coastal 1,963 total... Similar to Operation Pointblank against the WWII German aircraft industry, Operation Crossbow specialized in offensive and defensive countermeasures against the Bodyline[1] and Peenemünde 20,[2] the British code names for the 40 ft x 7 ft object with blunt nose and three fins and the small winged aircraft... The V-1 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1) was the first guided missile used in war and the forerunner of todays cruise missile. ... This article is about the novel. ... Bernard Charles Bernie Ecclestone (born October 29, 1930 near Bungay, Suffolk, England) is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, and owns a stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...

Education

Charles Darwin School is the only secondary school in the immediate area. There are two top teachers, Mr Andrew Chubb and Mr Alistair Drummond Doig who have recently been awarded teacher of the year for the third year running. There are two infant schools and three junior schools in the area; Biggin Hill Infant and Junior schools and Oaklands Infant and Junior schools. There is also Cudham CE Primary School which is situated near Foal Farm.

Transport and locale

Biggin Hill is on the outskirts of the London Borough of Bromley and therefore has limited public transport links. The A233 (Bromley - Westerham) is the only main road that runs through the town, from north to south. On one side is Biggin Hill Valley. There are no train links to the town, however within recent years there has been an increase in the number of bus routes serving the town. These are (as of May 2007):

320 Bromley North - Biggin Hill; 246 Bromley North - Westerham (Chartwell during the summer); 464 Tatsfield - New Addington (via Biggin Hill); R2 Melody Road - Petts Wood Station; R8 Biggin Hill - Orpington

Nearest places

• Cudham
• Downe
• Leaves Green
• Orpington
• Bromley
• New Addington
• Addington

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Nearest railway stations

• Orpington railway station
• Hayes railway station
• Bromley South railway station
• Bromley North railway station
• Sevenoaks railway station

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Airport

• London Biggin Hill Airport

London Biggin Hill Airport (IATA: BQH, ICAO: EGKB), formerly RAF Biggin Hill, is an airport at Biggin Hill in London Borough of Bromley, England. ...

Ghosts

Biggin Hill is a place that is believed to be the home of many ghosts. This is commonly attributed to the fact that it is the home of a World War II airbase.^[2] This article is about the paranormal. ...

References

1. ^ Collier, Basil [1964] (1976). The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944-1945. Yorkshire: The Emfield Press, p 96,161. ISBN 0 7057 0070 4. 
2. ^ Bob Ogley, The Ghosts of Biggin Hill, ISBN-13: 978-1872337418

External links

• Biggin Hill Air Fair
• A brief commentary
• A comprehensive history
• Photographs
• Biggin Hill air shows
• The RAF Biggin Hill Mutiny of 1919 on peopleshistory.co.uk
• Charles Darwin School homepage