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 contains around many thousands of 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. Alternatively, look at maps.google.co.uk - Google have also extensively photographed most of the area as part of their Streetview project.

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 Mar-09
Southborough Mar-09
Petts Wood Mar-09
Crofton Mar-09
Darrick Wood Dec-04
Farnborough Mar-03
St Pauls Cray Jul-07
Poverest (North) Jan-03
Poverest (South) Mar-09
St Mary Cray  Jul-07
Knoll (North) Mar-09
Knoll (South) Mar-09
Orpington High St. Mar-09
Central Orpington Mar-09
Ramsden Mar-09
Goddington Mar-09
Green St Green Dec-04
Chelsfield Mar-09
Other Areas
Cudham Mar-09
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 Redevelopment Mar-09

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

Orchard Grove Redevelopment Mar-09

  Next to the new Tesco, many houses were demolished to make way for flats.

Local History Nov-01

  Old photos, maps and drawings 

Local Railways Mar-09

  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  
22-Mar-09 Several hundred new photos added. Orchard Grove Redevelopment section created
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 22 March 2009 . Unless otherwise stated, all material on this site is © Phil Wheeler 1997-2009, 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.