London Van Rental
Penge
Car Hire – Van Rental – Penge, London
The Car Hire Company provides top quality van rental services in
Penge and the United Kingdom. Our large fleet of van rentals come
with a manual gearbox and run on diesel fuel.
The Car Hire Company also provides a specialised delivery and collection
service which gives you the option of having the van rental dropped
off at your doorstep and also having it collected from you when
you are finished.
Penge Local Information
Penge is a place in the London Borough of Bromley 7 miles south
east of Charing Cross. Penge used to be known in Saxon times as
Penceat a Celtic word meaning ‘the hill in the forest’.
Historically Penge was part of the Manor at Battersea even though
it was separated from the rest of the parish by a distance of 12
miles.
Until 1809 Penge was only visited by people looking for firewood
or for grazing their sheep. But with the opening of the Croydon
Canal that year visitors began to arrive from London and Croydon
to enjoy the surrounding countryside.
The London to Croydon railway replaced the canal in 1839 and residential
development was encouraged. Penge developed into a fashionable suburb
of London in Victorian times due to its proximity to the relocated
Crystal Palace.
Some of the original larger Victorian developments began to be
replaced by newer houses after the First World War but it was World
War 2 that resulted in the greatest changes. Penge was reputedly
the most bombed town in the country with the most serious damage
occurring after 1944 when the flying bombs began to arrive. Major
new developments took place in the areas most affected by bomb damage.
The Car Hire Company will provide you with a quality van rental
at a value price and our delivery and collection service is what
separates us from the competition.
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