St Mary Cray

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for TQ466680
Administration
London borough:	Bromley
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Nation:	England
Other
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Kent
Services
Police force:	Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade:	London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service:	London Ambulance
Media
ITV franchise:	ITV London
BBC region:	BBC London
BBC Local Radio:	BBC London 94.9
Post office and telephone
Post town:	ORPINGTON
Postal district:	BR5
Dialling code:	01689
Politics
UK Parliament:	Orpington
London Assembly:	Bexley & Bromley
European Parliament:	London

St Mary Cray lies on the River Cray and is part of the London Borough of Bromley. St Mary Cray was once an separate village, but like St Paul's Cray has been incorporated in to Orpington. The area is now mostly suburban housing, and features St Mary Cray railway station, a High Street with a small parade of shops and St Mary the Virgin church. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... The London Borough of Bromley is a London Borough of outer southeast London. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... For more coverage on London, visit the London Portal. ... 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The industrial estate on Cray Avenue/Sevenoaks Way has retail outlets such as PC World, Comet, Land of Leather, Homebase, JJB Sports, MFI, Currys, Carpet Right and Arco. These retailers list their stores as Orpington branches. The art deco tower of the Allied Bakery is a local landmark. PC World is a Britains largest specialist chain of computer superstores. ... MFI Furniture Group plc, usually referred to simply as MFI, is a national British furniture retailer. ... Currys is an electrical retailer in the UK, and is owned by DSG International. ... Orpington is a suburban commuter town in the London Borough of Bromley. ... Asheville City Hall. ...

Joseph Hume lived in the district for a time, and his son Allan Octavian Hume was probably born there. Joseph Hume (January 22, 1777 - February 20, 1855) was a British doctor and politician, born in Montrose, Scotland. ... Allan Octavian Hume (June 6, 1829 - July 31, 1912) son of Joseph Hume was a Scottish civil servant and political reformer. ...