Forest Way (St Mary Cray)

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Locality
Coordinate 51.388702, 0.096665
Adm. div. Kent, now Greater London
Vicinity Between Poverest Road and Oakdene Road
Type Thoroughfare
Interest Miscellaneous
Status Extant
First Record c. 1944
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Forest Way.
Forest Way / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-25. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

Forest Way is one of a dozen residential streets in St Mary Cray (formerly a parish in Kent, now part of the London Borough of Bromley) whose names were more or less certainly inspired by that of a small wood that existed in this area before urbanization kicked in: Robin Hood Shaw. When Forest Way was planned the area was still wooded in parts, but given several other street names in the vicinity that are obviously Robin Hood-related it seems likely that 'Forest Way' was also meant to fit into this theme. See further the page on the St Mary Cray place-name cluster.

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