I'm so pleased to have so many responses. Thank you so much for writing! It makes me want to move to ED even more. Despite the crap travel stories!!! So last question....do the trains - either at ED station into London Bridge, Denmark Hill or Herne Hill (Thameslink) get any quieter earlier on, i.e. 730am? The areas we like are the Grove streets, Trossachs Rd area but really anything off of Lordship Lane, top or bottom end.