What is this urban obssession with giving a place name the suffix of "Village". Bellenden road has not been a village since at least 1968 and never will be, nor will anywhere else in East Dulwich. Lets not kid ourselves in to believing that you can't get a place to become a village just because of a name. Please people, get real. The vast majority of Grater London is dirty, overpriced and not a nice place to live. I've lived in this sh*thole for 50 years, and know what I'm talking about unlike the people who suddenly arrived, over the past decade and think it's a smart place to live. Poor deluded fools!!