East Wickham is a place and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bexley. It is a part of the Welling post town and situated 10.6 miles (17.1 km) south east of Charing Cross. West Wickham is several miles to the south, in the London Borough of Bromley.
Famous quotes containing the words east and/or wickham:
“A puff of wind, a puff faint and tepid and laden with strange odours of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out the still night—the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never forget. It was impalpable and enslaving, like a charm, like a whispered promise of mysterious delight.... The mysterious East faced me, perfumed like a flower, silent like death, dark like a grave.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
“It is well within the order of things
That man should listen when his mate sings;
But the true male never yet walked
Who liked to listen when his mate talked.”
—Anna Wickham (1884–1947)