played in the South London Football Alliance Division 3 and are currently holders of the Beckenham Hospital Cup, and one New Eltham team, playing in the London & Kent Borders League and based at the STC Ground on Ivor Grove Footscray RUFC is located on Footscray Road. It has three men's team (the first team playing in the Shepherd Neame Kent 2 league), a ladies team and minis rugby. RACS Cricket Club are based in the area. New Eltham also has a running club, New Eltham Joggers. A section of the South East London Green Chain walk passes through New Eltham. New Eltham Operatic Society is a member of the National Operatic and Dramatic Association. Dance classes are held above the Co-op store. Amenities Near the railway station is the library, the Co-operative food store, a cluster of small shops and the Post Office. Larger chain stores may be found in nearby Eltham and Sidcup high streets. The public house was refurbished in 2009. Nearby places New Eltham borders Avery Hill to the north and north east, Sidcup to the east and south east, Chislehurst to the south, Mottingham to the west and Eltham to the north west. Transport New Eltham station serves the area, with services to Central London and Gravesend. New Eltham is served by several Transport for London bus services connecting it with Beckenham, Bexleyheath, Bromley, Catford, Chislehurst, Eltham, Lewisham, New Addington, New Cross, Sidcup and Swanley. References External links Community Association of New Eltham New Eltham Residents Association Dominic Drive Residents Association This is New Eltham Areas of London Districts of the Royal Borough of Greenwich Districts of the London Borough of Bexley