Sidcup
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- For the 8th Earl of Sidcup, a fictional character created by P. G. Wodehouse, see Roderick Spode.
Its name is thought to be derived from the Old English for "flat hill": Sedde Combe. Sidcup has absorbed the villages of Blackfen, Foots Cray and Lamorbey. The tallest building in Sidcup is the sixteen-storey office block Marlowe House (1966) next to the railway station. The old manor house is now used for civil marriage ceremonies. Sidcup Art College nearby was once attended by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones; it has recently been demolished to make way for a large modern supermarket. The cinema was closed in 2000 and finally demolished in 2003, having been deemed commercially unviable by new owners Odeon.
The Doreen Bird dance school is situated just north of the town centre. There is a major hospital to the south of the town centre next to the busy A20 Sidcup by pass (Queen Mary's, originally established as a facial injury hospital by Harold Gillies in World War 1). Frognal House, seat of the Townshend family, is a house of 16th Century origins now run as a nursing and residential home. There are several scenic parks and historic churches in the area, occasional landmarks in a largely residential dormitory suburb. The area is also home to Rose Bruford College, a college of performing arts.
Sidcup is famously mentioned in Noel Coward's comedic play 'Relative Values'.
Sidcup became somewhat prominent in the 2004 Dasani scandals.
Nearby places:
Nearest railway stations:
These stations are adjacent stops on the line to Charing Cross railway station, known locally as the Dartford loop line.
Famous Sidcup People:
- Quentin Blake - Illustrator/Artist. Born in Sidcup.
- Ethel Smyth - Composer and Suffragette. Born in Sidcup.
- John Paul Jones - Bass guitarist Led Zeppelin. Born in Sidcup.
- Mike Rann - Australian politician, State Premier. Born in Sidcup.
- Steve Backley - Olympic sportsman. Born in Sidcup.
- Ian Davenport - Artist. Born in Sidcup.
- Elizabeth Wiskemann - Journalist. Born in Sidcup.
- Paul Arden - Movie director. Born in Sidcup.
- Sir John Kay - Lord Justice of Appeal and Chairman of the Criminal Justice Council. Born in Sidcup.
- Verne Morgan - Actor. Born in Sidcup.
- Sarah Louise Young - Porn star. Born in Sidcup.
- Lord Edward Holroyd Pearce - Lord Justice of Appeal and a Privy Councillor. Born in Sidcup.
- Henry Hulse Berens - A Director of the Bank of England and Chairman of Hudson Bay Company.
- Emma Noble - Glamour model. Born in Sidcup.
- Michele Austin - Actress. Schooled in Sidcup.
- Dick Taylor - Early bass guitarist in the Rolling Stones. Schooled in Sidcup.
- Ben Chorley - Footballer. Born in Sidcup.
- Doreen Bird - Dance teacher. Lived in Sidcup and established college.
- Doug Wright - Cricketer. Born in Sidcup.
- Wayne Routledge - Footballer. Born in Sidcup.
- Ivan Magill - Innovative anaesthetist. Worked in Sidcup.
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