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Surrounded by beautiful parks and ancient woodland, East Dulwich is close to town and crammed with interesting independent shops, bars and restaurants. Lordship Lane, its high street, attracts speciality shops, aspirational chains and an exceptional mix of restaurants. Bordering Dulwich Village, some of the UK’s top-performing private schools (Alleyn’s, Dulwich College and JAGS) are within 10-minutes' drive away. Yet the state school offering in SE22 is largely Ofsted ‘outstanding.’ As an area, East Dulwich is a great lifestyle choice and has been a popular place to put down roots for some time.Couples selling flats in Clapham have traditionally migrated to SE22 to buy their first house, it’s a well-trodden path. More recently, the introduction of the London Overground has bought leavers from Stoke Newington, Dalston and Hackney as these areas share a creative, independent vibe.This part of London isn’t built-up, has superb transport links and is in Travelcard Zone 2. Add the influx of baristas, organic babygrows and yoga studios and you get a flavour of the area’s demographic. Homes in SE22:Tight with Victorian terraces, the area grew fast during the Industrial Revolution and is sparingly interspersed with post-war infill. Every type of Victorian home can be found here, from two-bedroom half-houses to six-bedroom sprawlers. Homes hugging Lordship Lane range from semis with 70-foot gardens to cottages with London roofs.Larger semis and tall townies are plentiful west of Lordship Lane and heading east towards Forest Hill. Overlooking Peckham Rye Park are the area’s jewels: striking Georgian townhouses and individually designed detacheds, with sweeping driveways and immense rear gardens. South of Peckham Rye Park, The Colyton Estate offers delicious 1930s semis and the largest, most spectacular Victorian homes in the area.First time buyers have a great choice of flats, from well-placed ex locals, delicious Decos builds and period conversions.Where to eat and drink:Restaurants are plentiful. Franklin’s has been a local favourite ever since it opened. Since opening, Yama Momo has proved is worth as a notable Japanese with a vast range of saki, while The Palmerston and Bonne Bouffe are also excellent. Laid back eats can be had at Thai Corner Café, where guests can bring their own booze, or at reliably good pizzeria Franca Manca. Quick bites are paired with wine at Terriors East Dulwich, grab a  burger at Gourmet Burger Kitchen or MEATLiquor, or go for plant-based lunch at Spinach. Both Italians, Restorante Olivelli and il Mirto are also popular. House of Tipler is a cocktail bar that encourages dancing, while the area’s greatest boozers include The East Dulwich Tavern, The Great Exhibition, The Actress, The Lordship , The Cherry Tree and The Bishop. There’s a fair sprinkling of coffee shops including a Café Nero.Shops:Laden with interesting independents and chichi chains, East Dulwich is home to shops that will fill your home, garden and wardrobe with selectively original pieces. Locals source interior treats at Mrs Robinson, Ed and Oliver Bonas. You can also pick up vintage finds and street food at North Cross Road Saturday Market, Lila’s sell exquisite vintage jewellery while ChiChiRaRa stock an incredible selection of fine vintage clothes. Rouillier White is a perfumery selling rare, avant-garde products while upmarket beauty parlours include Dr Boo.Grab gym-wear at Sweaty Betty, sustainable homeware at Karavan Eco , or decorative furnishings at Lush Designs. Green-fingered folk will adore Forest and Pearspring (both specialise in house plants and accessories) and Rope and Vine. There are two exceptional bookshops, Rye Books and Chener Books.Queue early on a Saturday as the local butcher, William Rose is hugely popular. There’s a Moxons fishmonger, the aptly-named Cheese Block, an M&S Foodhall, a Co-operative supermarket, a brilliant health store (these guys know their stuff) and Franklin’s Farm Shop.Culture:The excellent Northcross Road Saturday Market has stalls by Blackbird Bakery, Bicycle Nation and Viet Van (run by Kate Moss’ little brother). During Dulwich Festival, you can visit any of around 250 homes or offices showing work by local artists and craftspeople during Artists’ Open House . If you're looking to join in, then Dulwich Art Group is a friendly place to begin. Perhaps one day you’ll have a solo in Jeannie Avent art gallery on North Cross Road. Legendary works of art and regular exhibitions can be seen at Dulwich Picture Gallery, SE21. There’s a Picturehouse cinema, a large gym with yoga studios, holistic health clinics and the imaginative local newspaper, The Dulwich Diverter, comes highly recommended.

Camberwell’s expanse captures a huge range of architecture—stretching from Peckham, up towards Elephant and across to Kennington. Camberwell Green pinpoints its centre and main shopping area, which are a short (10-minute) bus ride from the Thames. As Camberwell is actually very old, you’ll find some authentic antique homes here. Inhabitants are a true mix; King’s College, Camberwell College of Art and nearby Goldsmiths’ University attract a large student population, the proximity to town make it perfect for those commuting to either Westminster or central London, while couples can find roomy houses to fill with children. It has the buzz of being a quick bus ride to Borough and has at its heart, a collection of extraordinary period homes.Homes:Camberwell Grove and Grove Lane hold some of the finest examples of Regency and Georgian architecture this side of the Thames. More Georgian townhouses line Camberwell New Road towards Kennington, while just south is Myatt’s Fields, an area brimming with colossal Victorian semis, detacheds and terraces. Brunswick Park (Victorian) and Addington Square (Regency and Georgian) are pockets of magic, off the main drag.For those with smaller budgets, plenty of cute terraces flow either side of Peckham Road with two bed cottages in the adorable Ada Road and three bedders filling most streets. Flats are abundant, from ex locals, to new builds, to period conversions.Where to eat and drink:The food scene is strong, catering to Camberwell’s afro-Caribbean, Greek-Cypriot and South American communities. Upmarket grub can be found at Aside, The Crooked Well or The Camberwell Arms (which won best Sunday lunch 2017 by the Guardian.) The Sun of Camberwell is pretty decent too.Zeret Kitchen has a fabulous reputation, Van Hing does great pho and Caravaggio is a good traditional Italian. Cheap, but entirely brilliant eats can be found at Viet Café, Theos Pizzeria while Silk Road has been given the thumbs-up from Jay Raynor. If you’re after a traditional pint, with an open fire, you’d do worse than to stop at The Hermit’s Cave.Younger crowds head to Tiger for late-night dancing at weekends, commuters settle at The Phoenix at Denmark Hill.Grove House on Camberwell Grove is a stately, traditional boozer.Down coffee with cake at Lumberjack, Daily Goods or Art Deli.Love Walk Café, The Pigeonhole Café and the café at South London Gallery all serve a decent brunch.Shops:The main drag is chock-full of shops, with a large supermarket in a smallish arcade at the centre. Pesh is a lovely florist while the specialist vinyl shop, Rat Records pulls people from far and wide. Every discerning high street now has its own independent bike shop, some even have a community project with bicycle recycling and repair workshops. There are chemists, a Post Office, dry cleaners, an artists’ supply shop and an upholsterer in Addingon Square. The charcuterie specialist in Camberwell is exceptional. Culture:Arty. Camberwell College of Arts is a Brutalist building attracting young artist grads and post-grads from around the world.  Next door to the college is South London Gallery, while Goldsmiths’ University is just down the road. The area is teaming with artists’ studios and holds an annual arts festival and a summer fair with two live music stages.Blue Elephant Theatre is a teeny 50-seater with high accolades that puts on fringe shows.   Old Dispensary hold live music and DJ nights while jazz nights at the Crypt under St Gile’s Church, have been pulling crowds for almost 25-years.)Burgess Park is one of London’s biggest and gained an £8-million transformation that began in 2012. It has been beautifully landscaped with improved children’s play areas, a BMX track, fishing lake, sports centre, an all-weather football pitch, cricket pitch, tennis courts and a rugby pitch. There’s a good café and lots of picnic areas.Plans are under way to mould a creative quarter in Camberwell while just up the road at Elephant and Castle is The Artworks Elephant, a successful hub for new, innovative businesses.Artists’ studios include Space and Vanguard Court.Tennis players can join Butterfly Tennis Club, yoga-lovers can practice at Zen Yoga or Yoga Arch.

Quite possibly London’s coolest quarter, Peckham has a deep history, some beautiful houses and a truly vibrant community. The arts scene is achingly hip while food and drink offerings have exploded, in a good way. Despite its new groove, Peckham has held onto its identity, remaining awash with African grocers, Chinese supermarkets (very good ones too) and superbly cheap fruit and veg traders. With all this excitement comes a huge array of nail bars too.Peckham’s bones are ancient. Historically, it was a wealthy spot with Georgians taking up residence in beautiful homes in the Holly Grove Conservation Area. With the arrival of trains and the rise of the middle class, houses shot up and out-of-area Victorians piled into Peckham at weekends to shop, with Edwardians continuing this tradition until war broke out.Post-war Peckham suffered from bomb damage, economic distress and became home to some of the most depressing social housing across the UK. Recent years have seen the ghetto estates in north Peckham torn down and replaced with well-designed abodes. As rents remained cheap, artists’ studios survived, flourished and multiplied amongst a mixed and engaged community. Everyone in Peckham has something to say about the area and there are various community organisations such as Peckham Vision intent on providing a dialogue that improves, without sanitising, this buzzing part of town.You can visit edgy art exhibitions, attend orchestral concerts in a (reimagined) car park or eat an incredible variety of food in SE15. Its posh bits are truly beautiful, the worst spots have been redeveloped and the demographic is a superb mix of Afro-Caribbean, South American, Asian and Chinese communitiesHomes in SE15:Most fortuitously, some fabulous Regency, Georgian and early Victorian architecture dodged the Blitz. Look to Holly Grove Conservation Area, at the north end of Bellenden Road, along Elm Grove, Holly Grove, Lyndhurst Way, Lyndhurst Square (early Gothic Revival), Lyndhurst Grove, Choumert Road, Chadwick Road and Choumert Square for finely assembled architecture. On the opposite of Rye Lane, Consort Road has Regency villas that may still, if you’re very lucky, have their original wrought iron verandas and atriums with globe skylights still in place.Victorian terraces are abundant, while excellent modern homes have been springing up over the last 20-years. Deco lovers can head for The Pioneer Centre, a gated development that has been refurbished and extended, providing huge apartments and modern townhouses. Well-designed family homes and flats stand west of Peckham Hill Street, itself lined with Georgian wonders built by the Hill family. The stunning cornucopia of homes along Asylum Road include colossal Georgian and early Victorian homes.For those after warehouse-feels, Peckham’s best modern developments deliver in spades. Penny Black Court along Queen’s Road, South City Court on Peckham Grove and two incredible school conversions (Grenier Apartments and Assembly Apartments) are all powerful new builds. Budget-buyers can snap up ex local flats or houses, or go for any of the plentiful 1960s places on offer.Where to eat and drink:Filled with excellent cocktail joints and restaurants, Peckham has a massive choice of excellent hangouts. Head to Bar Story in the arches, Peckham Springs just behind it or Pedlar along Peckham Rye. In the summer, Frank’s Campari Bar opens at the top of the reused multi-storey car park, the flagship event run by Bold Tendencies. Forza Win serve exceptional Italian in industrial surroundings, Artusi is well-reviewed, being accomplished in modern Mediterranean while Ganapati is one of the best (and cosiest) south Indian restaurants you’ll try. If you’re after homemade food with flair, try Petitou and Persepolis, they’re both superb. Melange is an artisan, award-winning chocolatier, with a closely guarded hot chocolate recipe that’s voted one of London’s best.Find authentic Thai fare at The Begging Bowl on Bellenden Road, just opposite Anderson & Co, who serve great coffee alongside Brick House Bakery bread (the company behind a fab, award-winning loaf—The Peckham Rye). Along Bellenden Road, The Victoria Inn has boutique guest rooms and around the corner is the  The Montpelier, a divine boozer with 30-seat cinema. On the Nunhead side of Peckham Rye, The Rye has ping pong in the garden and shows sports inside. Across the park is the traditionally-styled White Horse. Eat delicious bao buns at Mr Bao or Vietnamese inspired by a grandmother’s recipes at Banh Banh . Burger-heads will adore Slow Richies and Honest Burger, while pizzerias rarely come as hip at Voodoo Ray’s or Pizza Pickup. Everyone digs Miss Tapas and oh-so-fash Copeland Social . If you’re after something really different, head to YADAS or the significantly ace Peckham Bazaar.The redevelopment of Queen’s Road has attracted the best new local businesses.   Meet DistrictEven the multi-storey car park has been reimagined as Peckham Levels and filled with creative spaces, independent businesses and places to eat and drink.Shops:The high street, Rye Lane, includes a mixture of international supermarkets, Holland & Barrett and useful chains such as Boots, Superdrug, Primark, Argos and WH Smith. Every now and then a creative pop-up shop will flash-up. There’s a Lidl, Morrison’s and Asda and a farmers’ market every Sunday.Bellenden Road has a brilliant butcher Flock and Herd, who specialise in free range meat. Forget cornershop ‘meh’ and instead head for the General Store, who stock fruit, veg, cheese, bread and speciality dry goods. Review bookshop is thoughtfully put together with unusual stock and a great kids’ section. Other Bellenden stores include posh vintage clothes and furniture stores, a dog groomer, an excellent hairdressers and a custom bike shop.Culture:Stuffed full of it. Peckham has long been a home to artists looking for cheap studio space, offering converted factories, warehouses and railway arches. The art scene has grown so much its attracted big names at the cutting edge of the London art scene and created visionary groups to form and develop ideas that integrate with its immediate community, such as Bold Tendencies. This organisation is behind orchestra performances in the multi-storey car park, afro-Caribbean music events held in new, contemporary spaces and fringe theatre aimed at attracting a new generation.If you want to eat food blessed by revered critics, practice yoga on a rooftop, watch arthouse films in The Montpelier or again on a rooftop, Peckham is the place. The art, music and food scenes are thriving and making this one of the most exciting places in south east London. If you want to dance, try The CLF Art Café in the Bussey Building, visit exhibitions at Copeland Park, take a wander around open studio events at The Arches or check out new additions such as Bo.lee gallery.Peckhamplex is an independent multi-screen cinema and, at £4.99 for a ticket, London’s best-value. There’s a farmers’ market every Sunday, Peckham Library won the Sterling Prize in 2000 and work has started to transform Peckham Rye station into a vibrant public square.

Community spirit is strong, with many residents getting involved with growing herbs and vegetables to be used in the very special community café, Hill Station Café, which sits between both parts of the park.The café holds art exhibitions, events and has a pop-up space showcasing local makers/small businesses.This is a settled community, mostly brought here by the school’s long-standing reputation, fine housing stock and amazing train links. It’s not uncommon to find actors and academics settled in the sprawlers, while young university students take on the flats and over the streets on their bicycles.Homes:Victorian and plenty of big ones. The standard template is halls-adjoining with triple bay frontages and a basement level. As the basements were built with separate entrances, many have converted them into a separate flat that can be rented out or given to a granny or au pair. These are the chunkiest Victorian terraces you could wish for with fab proportions, large gardens and huge attics.Homes lining and topping the park are hottest, towards the bottom of Jerningham Road is a terrace of enormous late-Victorian four storey houses. Kitto Road has some towering townhouses, Bousfield, Gellatly and Arbuthnot are lined with picture-pretty, three-bed terraces. Some strapping periods have been turned into flats and you can find affordable post-war homes if you look hard enough.Where to eat:New Cross is a mixed area with plentiful cafés and some lively gastro pubs. Try The Telegraph at the Earl of Derby which borders Peckham but has an SE14 postcode. You’ll rub shoulder with Goldsmiths’ students in all of the pubs here. The Royal Albert and The White Hart have DJs at weekends and a relaxed vibe. The Rose Pub and Kitchen  serves wood-fired pizzas in its large beer garden The New Cross House has a free cinema room upstairs. Eat Thai food at Skehans on Kitto Road.You’re spoilt for coffee and brunch hangouts. Try The London Particular, La Café Boulangerie, Mughead Coffee, or Chinwag. Birdie Num, Nums is a firm fave with locals and there’s a fab Korean place. The Rosemary serve organic Hungarian fare. Out of the Brew is a socially responsible café with an enchanting garden and downstairs art gallery.  Good, budget eats can be had at Thailand New Cross, Uncle Wrinkle is a great Chinese takeaway, Cummin Up serve fab jerk.Shops:New Cross has a huge Sainsbury’s and a TKMaxx, both by New Cross Gate station.  Edy & Bridge sell their own label clothes while Prangsta is probably the best costumiers you’ll ever set foot in. The Word is New Cross’s very own independent bookshop.Culture:Goldsmiths’ brings pop-up art galleries, buzzing boozers and cheap eats. It also brings a Curzon cinema.  Young guns head to the Party in the Park a summer music festival. The New Cross Inn is a live music venue while The Venue is a nightclub with live music stage, in the heart of SE14.The New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival shows a wide-range of film in some lovely settings while The Five BellsArt galleries include The Take Courage Gallery, MMX Gallery and of course, Goldsmiths’ Centre for Contemporary Art.The annual Telegraph Hill Festival shows visual and performance art, comedy, theatre, music, spoken word, literature and film. There’s a weekly farmers’ market in the park and a very good One O’clock Club.

Anyone looking for an area with thriving art and food scenes and realms of leafy Victorian streets, should check out SE4. You’ll find thumping semis, extraordinary villas, elegant townhouses and plenty of flats. The conservation area is teaming with stucco-fronted Victorian homes with deep front gardens while intermittent post-war landfill and modern builds give first-time buyers a chance to take foot. Originally, Brockley stood where Crofton park is now. Today its centre is defined by the train station while just south east is a beautiful park that runs into Ladywell. Other neighbours include Nunhead, Lewisham and Telegraph Hill which also has a park with views.Brockley sprung up with the Victorian railways and was mostly built by the Tyrwhitt-Drake Family. These wealthy landowners created homes for the new professional classes. Building started north of the area, finishing south around the turn of the century.Cafés have sprouted everywhere, there are some great independent shops and the area has a great local forum.Homes:The poshest parts are between Wickham Road and Adelaide Avenue, and around the park, Hilly Fields. With views over London, Hilly Fields is fringed on all sides by exemplary villas, that often have huge cellars or basement flats. Other special streets include Upper Brockley Road, Manor Avenue, Harefield Road, Tressillian Road and Ashby Road.Modern developments, and good ones at that, lend the area diversity. Many large period homes have been split into flats while the least expensive homes can be found around St Norbert’s or Sevenoaks roads. Such a huge range of housing ensures a mixed community.Where to eat and drink:Upbeat boozers Jam Circus and London Dispensary are great nights out, but the thing is, you’ll still find a traditional pub in these parts. The Wickham Arms is a bit spesh and even the Weatherspoons is a good’un.Where do locals like to dine?  They love The Orchard, they flock to The Gantry and they adore Masala Wala. In fact, you won’t go hungry in SE4. There’s a great pizzeria while you can buy veggies, eggs and bread in Broca’s shop or tuck into a vegan feast. Grab Vietnamese at Bite Mi or authentic Malaysian at the unassuming but well-regarded Malaysian Deli. A firm institution, Meze Mangal is Turkish at its best. Something else to brag about is Brockley’s Rock, sustainable fish-and-chips with gluten-free options and a restaurant area.Grab coffee and cake at super-cool Browns of Brockley or the excellent Fred’s. Beer maniacs at Brockley Brewery not only brew the stuff but will teach you how to.Shops:Gently Elephant stock children’s shoes, womenswear and home accessories.Superior gourmet goods fill shelves at Jones of Brockley and The Brockley Deli while the Co-op and Sainsbury’s Local (two of them) and Costcutter sort daily needs. If you’ve not visited Brockley Market, it’s high time you did. It’s an award-winning gastronomic celebration and it’s on every Saturday.Source a unique gift at Magi Gifts, an occasion cake at Cat Food Cakes or get you bike fixed at  Brockley Bikes. There’s also a florist, bakery, couple of chemists and a Post Office.Culture:The arts are glorified here. Brockley Max  is a festival of art, live music, poetry, dance, film and street theatre. The more recent Brockley Street Art Festival aims to improve SE4’s identity and unify it with surrounding neighbourhoods. Local artists show work during July and November during Brockley Open Studios.Award-winning fringe theatre has been running at Brockley Jack Theatre, since 1992. Hilly Fields Midsummer Fayre  has been going for 44-years and attracts crowds of over 5,000.Community is strong, with volunteer-run community gardens such as Breakspears Mews Community Garden and Frendsbury Gardens and an energy garden at the station.Brockley’s utter jewel is the GII listed Rivoli Ballroom, a Deco-fronted ballroom with a supremely flamboyant interior. It hosts pop-up cinema and disco nights and is often hired for film and TV shoots.

Nunhead’s success with home-hunters is simple. You’ll pay far less for a home here than you will in some posher, neighbouring locales. And it’s pretty, close to amazing parks and within walking distance to some upbeat locales. Having had its centre revamped, Nunhead Green was tastefully landscaped, a modern playground was added and a new community centre built. Shop-owners along Evelina Road, Nunhead’s high street, were given grants to improve their frontage and new homes were carefully designed to sit comfortably in their surroundings. Nunhead’s position is brilliant. Peckham Rye Park defines its border with East Dulwich while other direct neighbours are Telegraph Hill, Brockley and Peckham. It’s small, mixed and popular with families and millennials who pay far less for comparable homes across Peckham Rye Park. Regeneration has helped Nunhead’s centre while roads south of the cemetery are a quiet, leafy backwater near the area’s most popular school.Homes in SE15:Mainly Victorian, a few Georgians and a smattering of 1960s builds. The Pioneer Centre delivers a Deco haven while Waveney Avenue’s half-houses are brilliant starter homes for young couples. The three tower blocks in Rye Hill Park offer leg-ups onto the ladder as do the ex-locals and 1930s buildings lining Peckham Rye. You can pick up a huge ex-local house for the price of a Peckham flat or go all out on a rambling Victorian villa along St Mary’s Road. There’s a huge range of stock and some seriously lovely period piles if you   seek them out. Ivydale Road is one of the longest and lined with family-friendly Vickie terraces as far s the eye can see.Early Victorian homes line Evelina Road, Nunhead Grove and Consort Road. If you want more for your budget, the Homes for Heroes houses around Kelvington, Athenlay and Lanbury roads are just the ticket. Flats are plentiful, from period conversions, purpose-built, modern developments and ex locals.Where to eat:Nunhead is catching up with its neighbours, fast. There’s an ever-growing choice of restaurants and bars, the feverishly popular being gorgeous Babette, a vermouth bar that serves tapas and an excellent micropub. London’s first co-operatively-owned boozer, complete with theatre, The Ivy House is fab, serves locally-brewed beer, hosts comedy, live music and quiz nights. Overlooking Nunhead Green is The Old Nun’s Head, an equally awesome pub that has street food pop-ups and live music nights. Is Peckham Bazaar in Nunhead or Peckham? It’s borderline, but whatever, you can get to it easily and it’s especially good. Napura is a cosy Portugese, there’s a great sourdough pizzeria and The Habit is ideal for brunch.Shops:Eco-conscious locals can buy plastic-free goods at BYO, if you’re after a special gift, head to Material or Alkemi. You’ll find a truly special garden centre at Nunhead station’s arches. The high street meets daily needs with a particularly well-stocked Nisa, a broad-ranging chemist, a bakery and traditional butcher. Soper’s Fishmonger has a reputation as one of south London’s best. Notable neighbours include the florist, a friendly bike workshop, Rat Race Cycles and a wine and cheese store . You’ll even find a renowned string-instrument maker and a mid-century furniture shop in Nunhead.Culture:Nunhead Art Trail showcases upwards of 90 local artists and makers in various studios or homes.  Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festival shows films in different settings across SE15. If singing floats your boat, you can join Nunhead Community Choir while budding pianists can perform in Nunhead Piano Festival. Music, comedy and quiz nights are held at the Ivy House and the Old Nun’s Head. You could find street food pop-ups or drag evenings at either.