Crossness

For the feeling related to one's perception of having been offended or wronged, see Crossness (emotion).

Crossness
Crossness Crossness shown within Greater London
London borough	Bexley
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	DA5
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
London Assembly	Bexley and Bromley
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Coordinates: 51°30′30″N 0°08′18″E / 51.508288°N 0.138295°E / 51.508288; 0.138295

Cross Ness lighthouse, built 1895 by Trinity House, now operated by the Port of London Authority

Crossness is a place in south-east London. It is situated in the London Borough of Bexley, close to the southern bank of the River Thames, to the east of Thamesmead, west of Belvedere and north-west of Erith. The place takes its name from Cross Ness, a specific promontory on the southern bank of the River Thames. In maritime terms, the tip of Cross Ness, in the past referred to as 'Leather Bottle Point', marks the boundary between Barking Reach and Halfway Reach. An unmanned lighthouse stands there as an aid to shipping.

Crossness is the location of a large sewage treatment works and the Victorian Crossness Pumping Station, built at the eastern end of the Southern Outfall Sewer as part of the London sewerage system designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and constructed between 1859 to 1865. Crossness Nature Reserve is east of the sewage works.

London Borough of Bexley

Districts	Abbey Wood Albany Park Barnehurst Barnes Cray Belvedere Bexley Bexleyheath Blackfen Blendon Coldblow Crayford Crook Log Crossness East Wickham Erith Falconwood Foots Cray Lamorbey Lessness Heath Longlands North Cray North End Northumberland Heath Ruxley Sidcup Slade Green Thamesmead Upton Welling West Heath

Attractions	Crossness Pumping Station Danson House Erith Playhouse Erith Stadium Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre Hall Place and Gardens Lesnes Abbey Red House (NT)

Parks and open spaces	Abbeyhill Park Bexley Woods Bursted Wood Danson Park Foots Cray Meadows Frank's Park Lamorbey Park Lesnes Abbey Woods Penhill Park Stevens Park

Constituencies	Bexleyheath & Crayford Erith & Thamesmead Old Bexley & Sidcup

Rail stations	Albany Park Barnehurst Belvedere Bexley Bexleyheath Crayford Erith Falconwood Sidcup Slade Green Welling

Other topics	Coat of arms Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

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