Crofton Roman villa
Crofton Roman villa is a Roman villa in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley. It is a scheduled monument. There are 83 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Royal Observatory Greenwich (13 km).
Museum in Bromley
Inside Bromley
Crofton Roman villa is inside Bromley’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Bromley has 339 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons in Bromley
Expect highs of 18–23°C in Bromley from May to September.
Crofton Roman villa
3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Bromley
- Official site
- karu.org.uk/crofton_roman_villa.html
Where it sits
Crofton Roman villa is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Bromley’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
With 325,469 people, Bromley is the largest of the 5. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Bromley
Well Hill
Crockenhill
Bexley
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Crofton Roman villa is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley | It’s in town | 325,469 | 66 |
| Well Hill | 4.4 km southeast of it | 284 | 8 |
| Crockenhill | 4.6 km east of it | 1,569 | 7 |
| Bexley | 4.7 km north of it | 246,074 | 29 |
| Halstead | 5 km southeast of it | 773 | 7 |
Around Crofton Roman villa
6 museums and 2 historic houses are among the 83 within 15 km.
MuseumCrystal Palace High Level Station Entry13 km away3
Big drawMuseumNational Maritime Museum14 km away · 2.4M visitors a year4
MuseumCutty Sark14 km away5
MuseumQueen's House14 km away6
Historic house · English HeritageDown House5.2 km away7
Historic house · English HeritageEltham Palace8.7 km away8
Museum · National TrustRed House9.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Crofton Roman villa: what to know
Where is Crofton Roman villa?
Crofton Roman villa is in Bromley, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Crofton Roman villa?
Roman villa in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley.
When is the best time to visit Crofton Roman villa?
May to September are the warmest months in Bromley, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Crofton Roman villa a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Crofton Roman villa?
Within 15 km: Royal Observatory Greenwich (13 km), Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry (13 km), National Maritime Museum (14 km) and Cutty Sark (14 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Crofton Roman villa: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry: Dickinson Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- National Maritime Museum: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cutty Sark: Krzysztof Belczyński from Warsaw, POLAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen's House: Vladimír Procházka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Down House: Anthonyeatworld at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eltham Palace: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Red House: Velela, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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