It is 10.3 miles (17 km) south-east of Charing Cross on the line of a Roman road, the London to Lewes Way.

[3] The name dates to Anglo-Saxon and is possibly a corruption of the Latin vicus, denoting an earlier Roman settlement.

[4] In Tudor times, the Manor House, Wickham Court, was expanded by the Boleyn family and the area was popular for deer hunting.

The inter-war period saw rapid development and the transformation of the area into a suburb of London, facilitated by the arrival of the railway station, which opened in 1882.

[4] Much of the formerly extensive West Wickham Common was built over, though a small tract was purchased and preserved by the Corporation of London in 1892.

It was damaged during the laying down of sewerage pipes in the 1930s and was moved to Blake Recreation Ground in 1935, but later blew down in a storm.

[citation needed] In 2012, Wickham Common won a hockey gold medal when they represented Bromley in the London Youth Games.

[12] West Wickham railway station TfL travel card zone 5, serves the area with services to London Charing Cross, and Hayes.

West Wickham is served by several Transport for London buses connecting it with areas including Beckenham, Bromley, Croydon, Hayes, Penge, Sydenham and Thornton Heath.

[citation needed] West Wickham is well served by green spaces, including Spring Park and Sparrows Den, which are connected to Threepenny Woods.

[19] The town appeared in the 2000 UK television series The 1940s House, with 17 Braemar Gardens taking the starring role as a family lived a World War II experience in a typical London suburb.