Downham Way, BR1

Downham Way snakes around the Downham Estate.

The Downham Tramway Change Pit, photographed on 17 November 1951
Old London postcard

It is the location for the tramway which, public transport-wise, linked the estate to the outside world.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Downham The Downham Estate dates from the late 1920s.

Downham

Downham Tavern The Downham Tavern was for some years the world’s largest pub.

Downham Tavern

NEARBY STREETS

Bankfoot Road, BR1 Bankfoot Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Bankfoot Road, BR1

Beechmont Close, BR1 Beechmont Close is a cul-de-sac off Kendale Road (Downham)

Beechmont Close, BR1

Bonville Road, BR1 Bonville Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Bonville Road, BR1

Boyland Road, BR1 Boyland Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Boyland Road, BR1

Butts Road, BR1 Butts Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Butts Road, BR1

Camlan Road, BR1 Camlan Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Camlan Road, BR1

Capstone Road, BR1 Capstone Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Capstone Road, BR1

Churchdown, BR1 Churchdown is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Churchdown, BR1

Cinderford Way, BR1 Cinderford Way runs between Churchdown and Downham Way (Downham)

Cinderford Way, BR1

Detling Road, BR1 Detling Road, like the remainder of the Downham Estate, dates from the late 1920s (Downham)

Detling Road, BR1

Downderry Road, BR1 Downderry Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Downderry Road, BR1

Downham Way, BR1 Downham Way snakes around the Downham Estate (Downham)

Downham Way, BR1

Durham Avenue, BR1 Durham Avenue is a road in the BR1 postcode area (Downham)

Durham Avenue, BR1

Durham Hill, BR1 Durham Hill takes its name from on old road called Durham Hill Lane which disappeared after the Downham Estate was built (Downham)

Durham Hill, BR1

Elmscott Road, BR1 Elmscott Road connects Rangefield Road and Goudhurst Road (Downham)

Elmscott Road, BR1

Farmfield Road, BR1 Farmfield Road is a road in the BR1 postcode area (Downham)

Farmfield Road, BR1

Gittens Close, BR1 Gittens Close is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Gittens Close, BR1

Glenbow Road, BR1 Glenbow Road is a road in the BR1 postcode area (Downham)

Glenbow Road, BR1

Goudhurst Road, BR1 Goudhurst Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Goudhurst Road, BR1

Headcorn Road, BR1 Headcorn Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Headcorn Road, BR1

Keedonwood Road, BR1 Keedonwood Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Keedonwood Road, BR1

Lamerock Road, BR1 Lamerock Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Lamerock Road, BR1

Medhurst Drive, BR1 Medhurst Drive replaced a council depot on an unknown date (Downham)

Medhurst Drive, BR1

Merlinmead, BR1 Merlinmead lies between Capstone Road and Moorside Road (Downham)

Merlinmead, BR1

Moorside Road, BR1 Moorside Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Moorside Road, BR1

Oakridge Road, BR1 Oakridge Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Oakridge Road, BR1

Pontefract Road, BR1 Pontefract Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Pontefract Road, BR1

Rangefield Road, BR1 Rangefield Road is so-named because of a late nineteenth century rifle range near Holloway Farm (Downham)

Rangefield Road, BR1

Ravenscar Road, BR1 Ravenscar Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Ravenscar Road, BR1

Sandpit Road, BR1 Sandpit Road is a road in the BR1 postcode area (Downham)

Sandpit Road, BR1

Sissinghurst Close, BR1 Sissinghurst Close is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Sissinghurst Close, BR1

Tristram Road, BR1 Tristram Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Tristram Road, BR1

Valeswood Road, BR1 Valeswood Road crosses the boundary between the Downham Estate and its hinterland to the south (Downham)

Valeswood Road, BR1

Wittersham Road, BR1 Wittersham Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Wittersham Road, BR1

Wrenthorpe Road, BR1 Wrenthorpe Road is a road on the Downham Estate (Downham)

Wrenthorpe Road, BR1

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