London Districts: Charlton (Documentary)

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Charlton is a district in south east London that comes under the Royal Borough of Greenwich which used to known as the London Borough of Greenwich.

Its got a park, Charlton Park. The centre of Charlton is a village, Charlton Village. It's also the home to Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton actually used to be part of Kent but got drawn into the area of south east London in about 1855.

Charlton House is a large pretty building right in the centre of Charlton and is given a lot of room and respect since it was built at the start of 1600. Its got this E-shaped design plan to it. That was probably why it was used as a hospital during World War I. But, shortly after that, in World War 2 it got damaged in The Blitz. Today, if you go there, it just functions as a public community centre and library owned by the council.

The name Charlton was formed from 'Charl' and 'Ton' which together just means 'farms for men'. Charlton is 7 miles from the centre of London which is known to be Charing Cross.

Charlton is quite well connected by bus routes and has a train station which is served quite well from Central London. To back all of that up, it's about 15 minutes from North Greenwich tube station via the 486 bus and maybe some others.

[Neo_Player]

Nice video, but missed out a few important things. Like the village high street, with old buildings and some cobbled paths. Marion Wilson Animal Park is in Charlton and its very rare to find something like that in London, and especially with free access. There's also the Thames riverside area and Thames Barrier.

[bobbobbers]

I lived there for 15 years and came to regard it as a place you live if you don't live anywhere else.

[mrcurlywurly]

Been in Charlton all my life, supported Charlton Ath all my life, love seeing video's like this 👍

[brendaflower]

We have watched all of these, fascinating, thanks.

[pd]

I used to live there a few years ago and it was quite nice.

[zulkiflijamil]

Hello Dewyne, a Big thumps up for this video! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[samrufflecoles]

I believe I saw you out filming this! :)

[joeleadbetter]

Hi Mate....nice genre of videos....but let's see you cover areas like Chelsea and Tottenham. .)

[jimmya.]

Good stuff Dewyne. There is the story of King John seducing a millers wife and the king saying the Miller can have all the land seen from Charlton down to the river as recompense.

[tastehunters]

Can someone please say what exactly is the place at 00:38 00:39 00:40 . with valleys and cars.

[greenwich_heritage]

Great video, thanks for featuring us!
You can always pop in and chat to us, and have a look around too. We are actually no longer run by the council we are an independent charity called Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust! www.greenwichheritage.org If you are around, do pop in, we have the tea rooms and I would be happy to show you around. Best, Megan.

[albertguder]

shame you didnt include the lovely mural just 5 minutes from charlton station