The Thames Road Depot is owned by the London Borough of Bexley and is located near to Crayford, on Thames Road. With easy links to the Dartford River crossing and the M25, it is primarily used as the Councils Refuse and Recycling Depot.

Currently, there are several workshop units available for light industrial use and the units range from 110m² to 198m². There are also two office units available of 82m² and 120m². The site has a canteen and communal car parking area and operates CCTV and a site security system. The units are offered on 5 year contracted out leases.

The building efficiency - EPC rating D.

Further details are available from our management team at Thames Road Depot. Please contact waste.team@bexley.gov.uk or telephone 020 8303 7777

Marketing information

Thames Road Depot is the Councils Waste and Recycling Depot and has various vacant workshops and offices which are available to rent. The units are suitable for light industrial use and one has three-phase electricity. The site is not suitable for businesses that require customer access on a regular basis. There is CCTV and site security and the Depot operates 24 hours a day seven days a week. There is a site canteen facility, shared toilets and a communal car park which operates on a first-come-first-served basis.

Services

All utility costs are included in the rent.

Energy Performance Rating

The Depot carries a D rating.

Lease

The units and offices are available to let on 5 year contracted out leases (such leases exclude the right to a new lease at the end of the term). The lease contains a determination clause allowing either the Council or the tenant to end the lease on the giving of six months’ prior written notice at any time during the term. The ingoing tenant will need to pay the Council’s legal and surveyors fees associated with the grant of the lease.

Units available - Workshop and storage units

WS4 - Light industrial unit.
146m2 gross floor area. Inclusive rent POA (price on application), payable monthly in advance, by direct debit.

WS5- Light industrial unit – with three-phase electricity and hot and cold running water. 107m2 gross floor area. Inclusive rent POA (price on application), payable monthly in advance by direct debit.

WS6 - Light industrial unit. 199m2 gross floor area. Inclusive rent POA (price on application), payable monthly in advance by direct debit.

WS7 - Light industrial unit. 148m2 gross floor area. Inclusive rent POA (price on application), payable monthly in advance by direct debit.

All rents are subject to an RPI increase which takes effect on the 1 April each year.

Planning

The ingoing tenant must satisfy themselves that the accommodation has planning permission for their intended use.

Misrepresentation Act 1967 and Disclaimer clauses

These particulars do not constitute the whole or any part of an offer and all information is supplied entirely without prejudice and is given as a guide and no liability is accepted for any error, omission or misstatement contained or implied in these particulars.

Disclaimer clauses:

1. These particulars do not constitute any part of an offer or contract.
2. These particulars are supplied entirely without prejudice and the Council does not accept responsibility as to the accuracy thereof or otherwise.
3. All prospective lessees must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the suitability or correctness of any statement and the suitability or otherwise of the accommodation for their own purposes.
4. The Council does not make or give, nor does any person in the employment of the Council have any authority to make or give, any representations or warranty in relation to the accommodation or any particulars or information supplied in respect thereof.
5. The Council accepts no responsibility as to the condition/suitability of the units and offices.
6. Any measurements referring to are approximate and given for guidance purposes only. Prospective lessees are requested to rely on their own inspection and measurement of the site.

London Borough of Bexley invite expressions of interest from established and experienced organisations to manage and operate Hurst Community Centre, Hurst Road, Bexley, DA5 3LH.

Bexley are seeking an operator who will run the building as a community centre on a lease of up to 25 years let out at a peppercorn rent and on a full repairing and insuring basis. As part of the lease Bexley are prepared to  invest a significant amount into the fabric of the building conditional on match funding for improvements to the building from a successful applicant and further terms would need to be discussed and agreed based on the proposal received

Hurst Community Centre is a former Georgian/Victorian manor-house which has been serving the local community as a community centre for over 70 years.  The building has a large car-park (+30 plus spaces) to the front and is set in mature grounds extending to almost 3 acres. The building has an area of circa 970 sq m GIA (10,440 sq ft GIA).

The building itself is arranged over 2-storeys with 2 main halls on the ground floor the rest of the space being mainly individual rooms. The current operating hours are Monday to Friday from 8am to 10pm and Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 5pm. Hurst Community Centre has currently some 41 groups who use the facility, a mix of long-term users and regular ad-hoc bookings.

Hurst Community Centre is available for new management from March 2026.

If you are interested in being considered, please email propertyservices@bexley.gov.uk by Friday the 5 December, 5pm to register your initial interest. Information packs will be released shortly after this date.

Location

• 1 Parkside Cross
  Barnehurst
  DA7 6ND
  (View using Google Maps)

Description

The site is currently vacant and undeveloped, adjoining a railway line, and measuring 18 meters x 46 meters in depth (approximate only). The site is secured by wire mesh fencing, with 6m wide metal entrance gates. Previously, a single-storey building of circa 1,850 sq ft (gross internal) was situated on the site, dating probably from the 1970s.

Map view of the site

Please note - the building on the Google map below has now been demolished:

Site map

• Site map (PDF)*
• Please note - the Community Centre building within the Site map above has now been demolished

*The above site map in PDF format is not suitable for users of assistive technology (Screen readers). If you would like to understand any details about the Parkside Cross site map, please email james.adam@bexley.gov.uk or phone 07768 015795
 

Site photo after the previous building demolition

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Services

The site has the benefit of (metered) mains water and electricity, and mains drainage. 

Town planning

Interested parties should make their own enquiries (see the Planning Portal link below), but please note the following for this particular site:

• community uses on this site is protected by the London Borough of Bexley's planning policy
• the site borders a wildlife corridor (the railway line), necessitating a specific boundary treatment or buffer zone
• any construction for sensitive uses should reflect treatment for noise from the railway
   

Tenure

The site is held freehold by the Council (London Borough of Bexley).

Floor layout of the building that was previously on the site

• View floor layout

*The above floor layout in PDF format is not suitable for users of assistive technology (Screen readers). If you would like to understand any details about the Parkside Cross site map, please email james.adam@bexley.gov.uk

Bidder selection criteria

Details of the criteria for selection of a preferred bidder by the Council, including financial terms, will be confirmed shortly.

Expressions of interest

Community users are invited to submit expressions of interest to either purchase or lease the site by 5pm on Friday 12 December 2025.

For further information or to discuss, please contact James Adam BSc, FRICS (Property & Facilities Management, London Borough of Bexley):

• james.adam@bexley.gov.uk

Subject To Contract.

Adjoining Site

The adjoining site to the rear (measuring approximately 18 meters by 7 meters) has been vacant and derelict for some years. The Council are currently making enquiries as to ownership, in case of any potential, there might be to purchase and include this land strip at a later date.