Where do you live? Would you recommend it?

[ChrisFilter]

Not for donkey's years...but yep nice area from memory. And LOL, I know what you mean about the air seeming fresher!

Funny, I'd say the exact same thing about South London. I find North London grim and congested. I lived there for a few years and always felt very envious of the South. Couldn't wait to move down. I think it's an attitude thing.

 

[davesgcr]

Pinner for that edgy London vibe ....(joke)

if not Kensal Green - then Queens Park , even Harlesden (seriousely) - though Stroud Green etc comes highly reccomended by those who live there.


(I should really consult my "where to live in London book of 1966 if I could find it) Great reading .......

 

[pootle]

Funny, I'd say the exact same thing about South London. I find North London grim and congested. I lived there for a few years and always felt very envious of the South. Couldn't wait to move down. I think it's an attitude thing.

I concur! South London just seems a bit greener and nicer. Tbh, I'll probably wind up just moving back closer towards Brockwell Park again I reckon

Just be nice to be closer to my bestest mate rather than travelling for 1.5 hrs to see her...

 

[Rollem]

Now this is a good suggestion! I lived in Bermondsey on the old Neckinger Estate when I 1st moved to London.

Cheers Rollem!

no problem

<at last she feels useful>

 

[kenny g]

Why not try heading East?

 

[lizzieloo]

I had a Sunday afternoon pint in Mussy Hill yesterday. Fine place.

Used to live there, lots of stuck up twats and useless shops

 

[clandestino]

I live in South Norwood, and really, really like it, but it is a suburban settling down sorta place... I wouldn't recommend it for fun.

South Norwood? Tell me more Chris - I'd like to hear what you like about it. I know West Norwood, but not South Norwood at all.

 

[clandestino]

Just had a quick google, and I think I've been confusing South Norwood with Thornton Heath. I use a recording studio opposite the Crystal Palace football ground, and get the 250 from Brixton and get off at the clock tower. I always thought that was Thornton Heath - but is that South Norwood?

 

[El Jefe]

Streatham Hill (just by the bus garage) and I love it. Very handy for Brixton, really good transport connections (dozens of buses, an overland station etc), it's fairly quiet and leafy, not super-expensive

 

[girasol]

Depends what you're after.

If you want to live in a relatively quiet and cosmopolitan area, full of South Indian restaurants, a nice common and near central London (25 mins from Waterloo on Northern Line) then you might like Tooting.

I love it here

* a bit difficult to get to Russel Square by bus though

 

[ChrisFilter]

Just had a quick google, and I think I've been confusing South Norwood with Thornton Heath. I use a recording studio opposite the Crystal Palace football ground, and get the 250 from Brixton and get off at the clock tower. I always thought that was Thornton Heath - but is that South Norwood?

Yes it is, exciting South Norwood! It's ok. 11 mins on the train to London Bridge, trains to Clapham Junction and Victoria (but a bit slow). 4 mins to East Croydon though, for fast trains all over. Buses to Herne Hill, Brixton, Peckham, Crystal Palace.

It's one of the cheapest places to buy in London, hence why we moved here, but we both love it. It's friendly, nice community feel, unpretentious. Nothing remarkable in any way, but it serves our needs well, and we can get everywhere we need to without changing trains or buses.

As I said, it's dirt cheap. We had a £200k budget, and where we were living in Tulse Hill / Dulwich, we could only afford some quite run down ex-council flats that were very unloved and had massive service charges. In South Norwood, for £194k before the crash, we've got a groundfloor Victorian maisonette with original wood floors, fireplaces, two bedroom, french windows out into a nice garden, a study, big eat in kitchen and a nice big lounge.

For me, well worth the slightly mundane location.

 

[El Jefe]

a study,

oh, it's a STUDY now, is it?

 

[pootle]

Am contemplating Streatham El Jefe, but it doesn't really eliminate the 1.5 hr journey time to see Kitten out of Twisted Kitten My money would certainly go further in Streatham and I kinda know the area.

Am torn between trying something/somewhere new and sticking to where I know, and know I love. Aggh! Still, I've timetabled something ridiculous like a week between the end of my exams and when I've told shitforbranes I'll move out, to find a place and pack, so I'm sure it'll all be fine!

 

[El Jefe]

there are overlands from Streatham station that get you into the city / north london pretty quickly i think - thameslink and the like

 

[ChrisFilter]

oh, it's a STUDY now, is it?

Frantic study.

 

[Maggot]

Just had a quick google, and I think I've been confusing South Norwood with Thornton Heath. I use a recording studio opposite the Crystal Palace football ground, and get the 250 from Brixton and get off at the clock tower. I always thought that was Thornton Heath - but is that South Norwood?

Yes it is, exciting South Norwood! It's ok. 11 mins on the train to London Bridge, trains to Clapham Junction and Victoria (but a bit slow). 4 mins to East Croydon though, for fast trains all over. Buses to Herne Hill, Brixton, Peckham, Crystal Palace.

No it's not! It is Thornton Heath you go to Ian. The 250 doesn't go to South Norwood. But they are quite close to each other, and both have clock towers.

 

[rover07]

Depends what you're after.

If you want to live in a relatively quiet and cosmopolitan area, full of South Indian restaurants, a nice common and near central London (25 mins from Waterloo on Northern Line) then you might like Tooting.

I love it here

* a bit difficult to get to Russel Square by bus though

I like Tooting

 

[ChrisFilter]

No it's not! It is Thornton Heath you go to Ian. The 250 doesn't go to South Norwood. But they are quite close to each other, and both have clock towers.

Aha. Didn't know Thornton Heath had a clock tower, and didn't know it was close to Selhurst Park.

Thornton Heath deserves it's rough reputation apparently. Wouldn't know, never been. The DJ Skream is from there, and Plastician.

 

[rover07]

I wouldnt live in London now, it always seems so grimy, the suburbs maybe.

I LOVE the sea

 

[London_Calling]

No it's not! It is Thornton Heath you go to Ian. The 250 doesn't go to South Norwood. But they are quite close to each other, and both have clock towers.

They do both have clock towers but doesn't he go to Selhurst?

Crystal Palace FC is in Selhurst, and Selhurst lays between Thornton Heath and South Norwood – Estate Agents selling property in Selhurst might say it’s either in Thornton Heath or South Norwood depending on how the market is. And there is legit overlap. But Selhurst is where CPFC is.

Much of the above is also SE25, of course. And LB Croydon. Hope that's clearer . . .

 

[ChrisFilter]

But Selhurst is where CPFC is

Na It's South Norwood. Selhurst is a different postcodel. The stadium is SE25.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I agree with chris, palace is a wonderful area, very underrated, it's very cheap for london; you can get 2 bedders there for 120 130k!

And the view from the old building is one of the world's most wonderful city-views, up there with florence IMVHO

 

[London_Calling]

Is that Crystal Palace Crystal Palace or Thornton Heath Crystal Palace . . . .


Mr Dog - Which old building, btw - somewhere at the top of Gipsy Hill?

 

[Madusa]

I live in Barcelona and yes, would recommend it.
Before that I lived in Muswell Hill, North London and loved living there too. If/when I return to London I would definitely look to move back there.

 

[clandestino]

Just checked on a map and it is Thornton Heath I go to.

So South Norwood appears to be a little to the east of TH. What's your local train station then Chris? Norwood Junction?

 

[_pH_]

So South Norwood appears to be a little to the east of TH. What's your local train station then Chris? Norwood Junction?

can confirm this is the case, seeing as filter lives up the road from me

 

[ChrisFilter]

Just checked on a map and it is Thornton Heath I go to.

So South Norwood appears to be a little to the east of TH. What's your local train station then Chris? Norwood Junction?

Yep. Very handy station, trains go direct and fast to London Bridge and vice versa. There's a stopping service as well, mind.

 

[ChrisFilter]

can confirm this is the case, seeing as filter lives up the road from me

Yep, same street, 10 doors down

 

[_pH_]

*waves out the window* hi chris!

 

[_pH_]

Yep. Very handy station, trains go direct and fast to London Bridge and vice versa. There's a stopping service as well, mind.

the LB service is good, but the service to Vic is dire! every half hour, stopping every blinkin' where on the way. quicker to go away from london to E. Croydon and change there imo