Want to buy or rent in Sydenham SE26?
Property in Sydenham
Sydenham is bustling with life and holds a diverse selection of properties to choose from. Elegant period detacheds line the Lawrie Park area with some quirky 1960’s architectural delights hidden in the side roads. Huge Edwardian and Victorian detached homes fringe Wells Park and monster Victorian townies line Newlands Park, Mayow Park and Westwood Hill. There’s a good mix of 1930’s, 1950’s, 1970’s, Victorian (semis and terraces) with an elite hub of Edwardian property on the leafy Bishopsthorpe Estate. An abundance of flats make this a great spot for tenants and first time buyers too.
Sydenham schools
Schools in SE26 are really good, with Adamsrill, Alexandra, St Michaels, St Bartholomews and Kelvin Grove for primary age children. State secondary schools include Sydenham Girls’ and Forest Hill Boys’, local independents are Sydenham High (girls) and St Dunstan’s (mixed).
SE26 shopping and leisure
A bustling high street provides everything you need, a Co-op supermarket, great bookshop (KIrkdale Bookshop), good health shop (Wellbeing), traditional cake shop, various DIY shops, hairdressers, newsagents plus a Superdrug, Post Office and the largest Sainsbury’s Savacentre in the UK, down the road at Bell Green.
Blue Mountain Café has opened up (the first Blue Mountain is in Dulwich), a few traditional pubs flank the high street while the Dolphin near Mayow Road is a superb gastro pub with large garden.
Public transport from Sydenham
Find excellent services to London Bridge, Victoria and into East London via the new tube (Canada Water, Shoreditch, Whitechapel, Dalston Junction and Highbury & Islington) from Sydenham train station. Buses are frequent with routes to the West End and nightbus services.
