Bexley College

Bexley College is a general further education college in the London Borough of Bexley, England. It has two campuses at Walnut Tree Road, Erith and Upper Holly Hill Road, Belvedere.

It was built in 1906 by W Egerton, and then opened in 1907 as 'Erith Technical Institute'. It is on the residential Erith Road, on the last part of the ridge, in the east of the district on the border of Erith.

It was formerly known as Erith College of Technology (ECOT) running Ordinary National Diplomas OND in Technology & Ordinary National Certificates ONC as well as Higher National Certificates HNC in Electrical & Electronic Engineering alongside A Levels and other vocational courses in Mechanical Engineering, Beauty, Hairdressing, Management and Construction.

In 1971, a new campus was built on Tower Road in Belvedere and became known as Bexley College in 1993. The Grade II listed Holly Hill Campus offers engineering and construction courses.

In 2014, the new main campus opened in Erith town centre, near to the station in Stonewood Road / Walnut Tree Road. The previous main campus at Tower Road in Belvedere was closed and as of October 2014 is being redeveloped by the new owners to provide housing.

The former St Joseph's Campus at 269 Woolwich Road (A206) near Bostall Heath in Abbey Wood used to be the St Joseph's Convent Grammar School (a Catholic girls' school) until 1979; there also was the Main Road campus in Sidcup. Both sites were sold off for housing developments principally to earn revenue for the College.

In 2014 Tower Road Campus became a 'former campus' with the opening of the new one in Erith Town Centre. The old site was also sold off for housing developments to help pay for the new modern campus in Erith.

On 1 August 2016, Bexley College merged with Bromley College of Further & Higher Education and Greenwich College to become London South East Colleges.

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