37-695: Gipsy Hill in south London is a hilly and leafy neighbourhood spanning the southern parts of the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark characterised for its stunning views of the City of London and Dulwich. It borders the neighbourhood of Crystal Palace, which was crowned as the best place to live in London by the Sunday Times Best Place to Live survey. Historically, north of its traditional Westow-Central Hill southern limit, it
74-477: A Grade II Victorian mansion; and The Rosendale pub, which is a historic coaching house that still retains the original Royal Doulton tiles. It was redeveloped into a gastropub and was awarded the title of TimeOut London Best Gastropub 2007. The London bus routes are 3 , 37 , 42 , 68 , 196 , 201 , 322 , 468 , P13 , school route 690 and night buses N3 and N68 . Direct rail services are available from West Dulwich railway station to Victoria (via
111-540: A number of private schools in or near the area: Dulwich College , Dulwich Prep London , Oakfield Preparatory School , and Rosemead Preparatory School. West Dulwich has a Non-League football club Wanderers F.C. who play at Belair Park . This club is famous for winning the FA Cup five times between 1872 and 1878. 967 - Edgar the Peaceful granted Dilwihs to a thane named Earl Aelfheah. Dilwihs meant 'meadow where
148-421: A population of 1,329,000. This definition is used by organisations such as Connexions . Between 2008 and 2011 it was replaced with a South East sub-region consisting of Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley and a South West sub-region consisting of Croydon, Kingston, Lambeth, Merton, Sutton, Richmond and Wandsworth. In 2011 a new south London region was created consisting of Bromley, Croydon,
185-597: Is located in West Dulwich, and Brockwell Park , Dulwich Park and Dulwich Wood are all within walking distance of West Dulwich. The Rosendale Allotments, which were established in 1908, are on an 18-acre (73,000 m ) site owned by the Dulwich Estate in West Dulwich between Herne Hill and Knight's Hill . The Old College Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is on the east side of Gallery Road . Confusingly, there are two areas called Knight's Hill nearby;
222-614: Is the southern part of Greater London , England , south of the River Thames . The region consists of the boroughs , in whole or in part, of Bexley , Bromley , Croydon , Greenwich , Kingston , Lambeth , Lewisham , Merton , Richmond , Southwark , Sutton and Wandsworth . South London originally emerged from Southwark , first recorded as Suthriganaweorc , meaning 'fort of the men of Surrey '. From Southwark , London then extended further down into northern Surrey and western Kent . South London began at Southwark at
259-673: The London Borough of Croydon . Gipsy Hill is the name of the central road that runs south upwards from Gipsy Road, where it becomes Alleyn Park near the southern end of Croxted Road, up to Central Hill and Westow Hill (a brief eastern continuation in the Crystal Palace Triangle). The latter are two crest-top roads marking the limit of Upper Norwood , part of the London Borough (and, here, former parish) of Croydon . Due to its station, as common across London,
296-417: The London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Southwark . Croxted Road and South Croxted Road mark the boundary between Southwark to the east and Lambeth to the west. The suburb of West Dulwich dates back to the 17th century when the often flooded land known as Dulwich Common was acquired and drained by Edward Alleyn 's estate. West Dulwich has two main parades of shops, the main one being on
333-610: The Roma Gypsies who settled in the area during the 1600-1800s. At the east and west ends of the hill which descends more gently north, are the forked sources of the former River Effra . The hill and particularly its southern climactic ridge are part of a much larger formation, the Norwood Ridge . The area rapidly developed after Gipsy Hill railway station was opened in 1856, with large houses being constructed (most now subdivided) and blocks of council-built housing in
370-604: The Southeastern Metro Bromley South line) as well as limited service to Blackfriars at peak hours. Nearby railway stations offer services to other destinations: London Bridge can be reached from the nearby North Dulwich or Tulse Hill stations by the Southern Metro via Peckham Rye line. The nearest London Underground station is Brixton on the Victoria line . Belair Park
407-654: The Park Hall road junction, where Croxted Road becomes South Croxted Road and the other on Rosendale Road. In addition to the College , other buildings of interest are Belair House; the Grade I listed All Saints Church, West Dulwich , home of the Lambeth Orchestra, which burned down in 2000 but reopened on the same site in 2006 thanks to the sustained work of parishioners and the local community; Kingswood House ,
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#1732801090008444-568: The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames, Merton, Sutton, Wandsworth, Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham. South London is, like other parts of London and the UK in general, a temperate maritime climate according to the Köppen climate classification system . Three Met Office weather stations currently collect climate data south of the river; Kew, Hampton and Kenley Airfield, on
481-619: The Thames. Often snow can be seen to lie on the North Downs near Croydon when central London is snow free. The record high temperature at Greenwich is 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) recorded during August 2003. Sunshine is notably lower than other London area weather stations (by about 50–100 hours a year), suggesting Greenwich may be a fog trap in winter, and that the hillier land to the south may obscure early morning and late evening sunshine. The highest temperature recorded across south London
518-529: The Tower' (East London) . The area now usually referred to as North London developed later. As late as the mid 18th century, however, there were no other bridges crossing the river and as a result urban growth was considerably slower in the south than in areas north of the Thames . The opening of Westminster Bridge and other subsequent bridges to the west encouraged growth in the south-west, but only Tower Bridge
555-651: The Vikings. Southwark was also known as the Borough due to be it being an incorporated (nationally represented) Borough from 1295. From 1550 to 1899 it was administered as part of the City of London and referred to as the ward of Bridge Without . In 1720, John Strype's 'Survey of London' described Southwark as one of the then four distinct areas of London; in it he describes the City of London , Westminster (West London) , Southwark (South London) , and 'That Part Beyond
592-513: The adjoining Rosendale allotments in Dulwich stand today. The green area is still marked as Knight's Hill on detailed maps, but to avoid confusion is not normally named on modern street maps. Both areas have similar origins, first mentioned as belonging to Thomas Knyght in 1545, and were known as Knight's Hill Common and Knight's Hill Farm, respectively. The train line between North Dulwich railway station and Tulse Hill railway station runs through
629-429: The area. The 12 boroughs included, in whole or part are: (Outer London for statistics) A small area of land, on which the southern end of Blackfriars Bridge stands, is not part of Southwark. It forms part of the City of London , a sui generis local authority which is mainly located north of the Thames. The term 'south London' has been used for a variety of formal purposes with the boundaries defined according to
666-527: The better known area is the residential area and electoral ward in West Norwood by the road called Knights Hill . But there is a hill to the north, in West Dulwich near Thurlow Park Road, known as Knight's Hill , in which is the Knight's Hill railway tunnel. This second Knight's Hill includes the hilly land between the western end of Thurlow Park Road (South Circular), Peabody Hill and Lovelace Road, where
703-414: The dill grew'. 1066 - King William I of England became owner of Dulwich, taking the land from King Harold II of England Lordship Lane was the eastern boundary of Dulwich Manor with Friern Manor and Croxted Road (formerly Croks Street Lane) the western boundary with Lord Thurlow's estate. 1538 - Dulwich ceased to be the property of Bermondsey Abbey following the abbey's dissolution. 1544 - Dulwich
740-530: The east, since 2018, two members represent Dulwich Wood ward on Southwark Council , which similarly extends into the Sydenham Hill area of what is traditionally South Dulwich. The Central Hill Estate was built in the 1960s-70s designed by Rosemary Stjernstedt , Roger Westman and the Lambeth Council planning department during the directorship of Ted Hollamby . Gipsy Hill Police Station
777-544: The first half of the 20th century, towns in the Home Counties such as Kingston, Croydon and Bromley gradually coalesced with South London, until Greater London was formed in 1965. A significant feature of south London's economic geography is that while there are more than thirty bridges linking the area with West London and the City , there is only one, Tower Bridge , linking the area with East London . Very little of London's underground rail network lies south of
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#1732801090008814-719: The hill. Today the Peabody Hill estate lies on the western side of Tulse Hill with the Rosendale Road allotments on the top. West Dulwich forms part of the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency whose current member of Parliament is Helen Hayes MP of the Labour Party . At the local government level, West Dulwich is split between Dulwich Village and Dulwich Wood wards in the London Borough of Southwark and West Dulwich ward in London Borough of Lambeth . Dulwich
851-508: The mid-20th century, a little remaining as assisted (Social) housing. An 18-room nuclear bunker was constructed between 1963 and 1966 as part of a block of flats on the Central Hill Estate called Pear Tree House on Lunham Road. For the west, Gipsy Hill ward is represented by three elected members of Lambeth Borough Council (green and Labour); for fair apportionment it extends into West Norwood and West Dulwich . For
888-494: The name has been taken to extend to encompass a wider, in this case, upper hill-side zone in extreme projections of the two relevant boroughs. It takes its name from the presence of Gypsies in what was, until the 19th century, sparsely populated rurality. On 11 August 1668, Samuel Pepys recorded in his diary that his wife had visited "the gypsies at Lambeth"; Keats also wrote about the Norwood gypsies. The area's name derives from
925-472: The purposes of the designation. In 2017 the government asked the Boundary Commission for England to reconsider the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies. The commission's study, was to start with existing regions of England and then group the local authorities within that area into sub-regions for further sub-division. The south London sub-region included the 11 boroughs which lay south of
962-722: The relatively low, north-west Gipsy Road. Two independent companies brew beer commercially: the Gipsy Hill Brewing Co. and the London Beer Factory. Elm Wood, Kingswood and Paxton schools are all members of The Gipsy Hill Federation. The nearest private school is in West Dulwich . The following congregations meet in buildings that are readily identified as places of worship: These buildings were constructed as places of worship but are now used for other purposes: South London South London
999-535: The river, largely due to the challenging geology; however, 21st-century technology makes tunnelling much cheaper (though stations are still expensive) and this may lead to an improved underground provision in south London with the Crossrail 2 line proposed alongside extensions to the Northern and Bakerloo Lines . South London contains an extensive overground rail network and all of London's trams operate within
1036-513: The river, plus the parts of cross-river Richmond upon Thames that did so. An earlier 2013 study, whose recommendations were not adopted, took a different approach by including all of Richmond in its south London sub-region. For the purposes of progress reporting on the London Plan , there was a south London sub-region in operation from 2004 to 2008 consisting of Bromley, Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond and Sutton. In 2001 this area had
1073-444: The southern edge of the urban area. Long term climate observations dating back to 1763 are available for Greenwich, although observations ceased here in 2003. Temperatures increase towards the Thames, firstly because of the urban warming effect of the surrounding area, but secondly due to altitude decreasing towards the river, meaning the southern margins of south London are often a couple of degrees cooler than those areas adjacent to
1110-585: The southern end of London Bridge , the first permanent crossing over the river, with early development of the area being a direct result of the existence and location of the bridge . Southwark was first known as Suthriganaweorc , the fortress of the men of Surrey , mentioned in the Burghal Hidage as part of military system created by Alfred the Great to defeat the Great Heathen Army of
1147-666: Was 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) on the same occasion at Kew Gardens. Although the Met Office accepts a higher reading from Brogdale in Kent, many have questioned the accuracy of this and regard the Kew reading as the most reliable highest UK temperature reading. West Dulwich West Dulwich ( / ˈ d ʌ l ɪ tʃ / DUL -itch ) is a neighbourhood in South London on the southern boundary of Brockwell Park, which straddles
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1184-545: Was built to the east of London Bridge , so south-east London grew more slowly, at least until the Surrey Commercial Docks were built. The development of a dense network of railway lines in the mid nineteenth century significantly accelerated growth. The County of London was formed in 1899, which incorporated these boroughs south of the river: Wandsworth, Lambeth, Battersea, Camberwell, Southwark, Bermondsey, Deptford, Lewisham, Greenwich and Woolwich. During
1221-464: Was granted to goldsmith Thomas Calton for £609 by Henry VIII . 1605 - The estate was sold for £4,900 to Edward Alleyn by Sir Francis Calton . 1619 - Dulwich College was founded by Edward Alleyn. 1785 - Belair House was built (probably by architect Henry Holland ). 1805 (+1814) - Dulwich Common was enclosed. 1812 - Kingswood House was built by William Vizard . 1851 - Dulwich's population reached 1,632. 1862 - West Dulwich railway station
1258-480: Was on the A214, Central Hill, the western continuation of Westow Hill. It was London's highest station, an old Bench Mark SW, opposite, stated 360.6 feet (109.9 m) Above Ordnance Datum . Three of the pubs are central on the street Gipsy Hill: The Colby Arms, The Bull and Finch and The Great Southern. Higher but before Westow Hill, The Railway Bell is on Cawnpore Street, a side street. The Two Towers and Paxton are on
1295-566: Was opened as Knights Hill Station. 1868 - The Old village green was bought for public use. 1870 - Dulwich College moved to a new campus on College Road designed by Charles Barry Junior . 1888 - All Saints Church was built between 1888 and 1897; it was designed by G H Fellowes Prynne . 1890 - Dulwich Park was opened. 1900 - Dulwich became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell . 1901 - Dulwich's Population reached 10,247. 1940s - World War II : The Blitz and
1332-630: Was split between the southern projections of the West Norwood daughter parish of Lambeth and the St Giles church daughter parish of Camberwell in Surrey until urban reforms of 1889 created the County of London . It takes in, due to a diagonal, slightly weaving border, somewhat less of the London Borough of Southwark, and it has a ridge-top border along the retail/services/leisure street Westow Hill and residential street Central Hill with Upper Norwood in
1369-424: Was traditionally a Conservative area but as of the 2018 local elections , all wards comprising the West Dulwich area were represented by Labour councillors. For the 2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election , the area became part of the West Dulwich ward . West Dulwich has four state primary schools (Rosendale Primary School and three others) and one secondary school, Kingsdale Foundation School . There are
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