  thumb|right|252px|the ward of bickley (red) shown within the london borough of bromley (orange) bickley is an area of south east london, within the london borough of bromley. it is located east of bromley and is situated 10.4 miles (16.7&nbsp;km) south east of charing cross. well known for its large and expensive houses, bickley boasts being one of the richest areas within london. ==properties== bickley has large and expensive houses on roads such as oldfield road, southborough road, page heath lane and blackbrook lane. bickley park contains a range of large houses, making it one of the most expensive areas within the capital to live, it is the area between chislehurst road and bickley park road extending to the railway at chislehurst station. this area was the estate of bickley hall, a classical house designed by robert mylne, frs, for john wells, shipbuilder, in 1780 (demolished 1963). his brother william (see oxford dnb), shipbuilder and a director of greenwich hospital, inherited the estate, and his son john commissioned additions by robert smirke in 1810. residential development started in the 1860s and was completed in the 1960s. ==notable residents== * nicholas cornwell,sculptor, barber, humanitarian. * evelyn arthur hellicar (1862â1929), architect. * gertrude hermes (1901-1983) wood engraver, print maker and sculptor. * ethel hurlbatt, principal of bedford college, london. * pixie lott (born 1991), singer-songwriter. * ernest newton (1856â1921), architect. * charles henry bourne quennell (1872â1935), architect and writer. * marjorie quennell nÃ©e courtnay (1884â1972), artist, writer and museum curator. * peter courtney quennell (1905-1993), biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, poet, and critic. * john wells (1761-1846), of bickley hall, high sheriff of kent. mp for maidstone (see oxford dnb sub wells, william). * george wythes (1811-1883) of worcestershire, copped hall in essex and later of bickley hall, industrialist, railway contractor (worldwide) and associate of the institution of civil engineers. == parks in bickley== ===jubilee country park=== 
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