Places to Visit in Bexley

Industrial Heritage

Please note: where possible, it is advisable to telephone before you make a visit to check opening times and admission charges.

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6. Crossness Pumping Station

Belvedere Road, Thamesmead. 020 8311 3711 (telephone manned on Tuesdays and Sundays). Opened by the Prince of Wales in 1865, the station was built to pump London's sewage into a massive reservoir before it was discharged into the Thames at high tide.

[Crossness Engines & Pumping Station] The station houses the largest rotative beam engines in the world, built by James Watt and Sons. Both the building and the spectacular cast iron machinery are being restored to their former glory by the Crossness Engines Trust and the station is open to the public by appointment.