Shooter's Hill

Shooter's Hill (or Shooters Hill) is a district and electoral ward in south London, England, located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It lies east of Blackheath and west of Welling, south of Woolwich and north of Eltham. With a height of 434 feet, it is one of the highest points in London. Shooter's Hill also gives it name to the the A road which passes through east to west and is part of the A207 road, the A2 road, and also Watling Street. It reputedly takes its name from the practice of archery there during the Middle Ages, although the name is also commonly linked to its reputation as a haunt for highwaymen and was infamous for its gibbets of the executed ones as referred to in 1661 in Samuel Pepys diary. The name is also linked to...