Orpington Photo Archive

Once in a while, I like to take the digital camera and the dog out for a walk and photograph our local area.

These photos are probably thoroughly boring to anyone who does not know Orpington well; don't complain that you have not been warned!

This archive currently contains around 3000 pictures of Orpington and the surrounding area taken from 1997 onwards. If you need help locating a particular street or area, there are some excellent street maps (and aerial photographs) of Orpington available at www.streetmap.co.uk (note that if you are looking for aerial photos on this site, you sometimes have to zoom in before the camera icon is visible - and sometimes even that won't work!). Alternatively, check out http://maps.google.co.uk for a different map/photo presentation.

You may view the thumbnails without restriction, but you will need to complete a simple, free, email based Registration to access the main pictures. 

Select an area from the map or use one of the links on the left:

Area

Updated

Orpington Areas

Chislehurst Jul-07
Southborough Jul-07
Petts Wood Oct-03
Crofton Oct-05
Darrick Wood Dec-04
Farnborough Mar-03
St Pauls Cray Jul-07
Poverest (North) Jan-03
Poverest (South) Oct-06
St Mary Cray  Jul-07
Knoll (North) Oct-06
Knoll (South) Jul-07
Orpington High St. Jul-07
Central Orpington Oct-06
Ramsden Oct-05
Goddington Jul-07
Green St Green Dec-04
Chelsfield Mar-03
Other Areas
Cudham Oct-05
Downe Jul-00
Keston Sep-00
Hayes Jul-00
Bromley Oct-00
Otford & Shoreham Oct-03
Lullingstone/Eynsford Aug-02
Crockenhill Jul-00
Footscray Sep-00
Odds & Ends
Tesco Redevopment Jan-08

  This area is undergoing major redevelopment in order to build a new Tesco store

Local History Nov-01

  Old photos, maps and drawings 

Local Railways Jul-07

  Various local railway related photographs

Poverest Scout HQ Jul-01

  Before and after the fire in May 2001


Smaller copies of some of these photos are also freely available at http://www.wsn.co.uk/orpington

Photos and information about local Coal Posts are at http://www.wsn.co.uk/coalposts

I'm very occasionally prepared to take specific photos of the area on request, click here for more details.

Latest News
6-Jan-08 Many new photos added to the Tesco section
22-Jul-07 Many new photos added to the Tesco section
17-Mar-07 Many new photos added to the Tesco section
1-Oct-06 Lots more photos added
17-Oct-05 Major update - lots more photos added, but I've still very little time to take requested photos.
19-Dec-04 Improved the search facility
4-Dec-04 More photos added. Station Road Car Park section created.
10-Jul-04 Sorry for the long delay, but quite a few more photos added and odd corrections made.
18-Jan-04 A few more photos added
19-Oct-03 It's been a while, but many sections finally updated.
6-Apr-03 More photos of the St Mary Cray and Poverest area added
25-Mar-03 Lots more photos added to Farnborough/Locksbottom, plus many other photos
26-Jan-03 More photos added to Goddington/Green St Green/Darrick Wood areas
1-Dec-02 A few more photos added
5-Oct-02 I've been rather busy lately, but a few more photos have been (finally) added.
3-Aug-02 More photos of the High Street, and, finally, some photos of Eynsford
14-Jul-02 Must be the good weather. Lots more photos in the Green St Green/Chelsfield/Goddington area.
07-Jul-02 More photos added. Sorry for the long gap between updates - life has been a bit busy!
05-Feb-02 More photos added. Poverest now split into two sections
30-Oct-01 Thumbnails added.

This page was last updated on 06 January 2008 . Unless otherwise stated, all material on this site is © Phil Wheeler 1997-2008, All Rights Reserved. You may download and keep a copy of this material for personal use only; it may not be used commercially, published or duplicated in any form without written permission from the author.