Coney Hall is an area of Greater London, within theLondon Borough of Bromley,Greater London and formerly in thehistoric county ofKent. It is located south ofHayes, west ofKeston, north of Nash, and east ofWest Wickham of which it is usually considered a part. ThePrime Meridian passes through Coney Hall.[1]
Coney Hall Farm was first mentioned in the 17th century, when its lease stated that the tenant had the sole right to catch coneys (rabbits) on nearby Jackson’s Heath.[2][1]
Coney Hall is one of manyowner-occupied estates arising during the inter-War housing boom; it was built in the 1930s on hilly farmland south-east of West Wickham by the developers Morrell Brothers, who purchased Coney Hall Farm following the death of its owner Sir Henry Lennard in 1928.[1] In the previous decade, Lennard's opposition to road developments adjacent to West Wickham Common andHayes Common had left the area accessible only by steep and narrow lanes.[1] In Coney Hall's early daysLondon Transport refused to provide abus service, and a free private coach service connected the estate to the nearest railway station,Hayes.[1] The quality of the new houses was not always that high, with a mortgage strike byElsy Borders of 81 Kingsway in 1937 sparking sympathy strikes elsewhere, and contributing ultimately to an improvement in the legal standing of mortgage payers.[1][3][4] During World War II Canadian troops were billeted at Coney Hall.[1]
The area contains typical suburban architecture of two-storey houses with polygonalbay windows andhalf-timberedgables. It is centred on a bend on Glebe Road, east of Coney Hall roundabout, with a smaller row of shops on Addington Road.
The nearestNational Rail station isHayes station.
The local football club - Coney Hall FC - formed in 1973 and reached theCombined Counties League, winning theDivision One championship in 2004/05. The club folded in 2016,[9] but a new Coney Hall FC was subsequently formed to play youth football.[10]
Layhams Road runs south from Coney Hall towards the North Downs, and is a popular cycling route.[11]
