You know you are in East Dulwich when...

[titch juicy]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Letters and parcels keep getting posted through

> your letterbox year in, year out, and every one

> (every. single. one.) says your name, a street

> address then the phrase 'East Dulwich' on the

> address.

Really?

Would it not say:

your name

your street address

London

postcode

[rendelharris]

DuncanW Wrote:

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> > Some of SE22 is in Peckham!

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> Is that right - what part?

Half of Peckham Rye Park - to the southeast of the lake - is in SE22, I assume that doesn't count as ED?

[miga]

depends on if you're selling a house or not

[Otta]

rendelharris Wrote:

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> > > Some of SE22 is in Peckham!

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> > Is that right - what part?

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> Half of Peckham Rye Park - to the southeast of the

> lake - is in SE22, I assume that doesn't count as

> ED?

If you mean where I think you mean it would be Dulwich or Nunhead. Not Peckham.

[rendelharris]

Otta Wrote:

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> > > > Some of SE22 is in Peckham!

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> > > Is that right - what part?

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> > Half of Peckham Rye Park - to the southeast of

> the

> > lake - is in SE22, I assume that doesn't count

> as

> > ED?

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> If you mean where I think you mean it would be

> Dulwich or Nunhead. Not Peckham.

Moot, isn't it? I'd call it Peckham Rye, given that it's Peckham Rye park and runs alongside Rye Lane. I always think of Nunhead as starting to the east of Rye Lane. Could well be wrong - pretty sure it's not Dulwich though!

[Otta]

Depends whether you consider the bottom of Friern Road / The Herne, up Forest Hill Road, Marmora Road and the likes, as part of Dulwich.

At the end of the day it doesn't really matter to anyone other than Estate Agents.

[Otta]

And the days when people would much rather an ED than Peckham address are probably long behind us now. I suspect many younger (than me) people would rather the Peckham address these days.

[dbboy]

thought Nunhead started from the Nun's head pub around there, how do you class Hollydale Road, St.Mary's Road - always thought of them being in Peckham;

Nunhead is as link below;

http://media.rightmove.co.uk/map/_generate?width=360&height=380&polygonFillColor=%232E8E8914&polygonLineColor=%232E8E89FF&mapPolygon=umdyHflJhFfBtHfQhDbPjDvBjXrGb%5EiC%60e%40ayAToTuOyQcYbAiLq%40wPfJiFnFwOpNuSjKiClc%40&signature=OcqQP2I_bi4oh8xWmb81j3EYSdw=

- Forgot to add, nothing wrong with living in Peckaham

[rendelharris]

Otta Wrote:

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> And the days when people would much rather an ED

> than Peckham address are probably long behind us

> now. I suspect many younger (than me) people would

> rather the Peckham address these days.

Indeed - living in SE15 but being geographically closer to East Dulwich station than Peckham Rye we use a mate's description of East Peckwitch, which I think has a nice Dickensian ring to it (and is a damned sight better name than the ridiculous estate agent "Bellenden Village"!).

[red devil]

Hmmmm, if only there was a forumite with an encyclopedic knowledge of the postcodes, boundaries and maps of our environs...

*Strokes chin*

[edhistory]

If anyone wants to drop by and pick up a free copy of the Friern Manor map...

There's an on-line copy of the map of the Northern part of East Dulwich Parish.

SE22 only defines the area where the sorting office at Silvester Road delivers post.

[red devil]

:)...

[Abe_froeman]

This map of east dulwich shows the boundary running down crystal palace road and up Upland road.

http://www.2.southwark.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/11095/east_dulwich_ward_map

When it comes to voting all the Se22 addresses east and north of there are in Camberwell and Peckham !

[robbin]

Otta Wrote:

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> And the days when people would much rather an ED

> than Peckham address are probably long behind us

> now. I suspect many younger (than me) people would

> rather the Peckham address these days.

Maybe if they are renting. If they've got a house to sell I suspect they wouldn't because rightly or wrongly the postcode would be likely to make a difference to value. You correctly identify that it matters to estate agents - that's because there is likely to be a price differential.

[Mick Mac]

Otta Wrote:

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> And the days when people would much rather an ED

> than Peckham address are probably long behind us

> now. I suspect many younger (than me) people would

> rather the Peckham address these days.

Yes - that's very much happening. The best thing about East Dulwich, is Peckham.

[Jeremy]

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> If they've got a house to sell I suspect they wouldn't because rightly or

> wrongly the postcode would be likely to make a

> difference to value.

It certainly was the case 3-4 years ago when we last moved (to SE15). Now... the Bellenden/Goose Green side of Peckham doesn't seem any cheaper than ED to me. It's probably more expensive than some bits of SE22.

[DuncanW]

Abe ? that map is for the electoral ward of East Dulwich. A ward which shares the name of the broader suburb, but not necessarily the same border.

Many of the electoral wards in Southwark are not named that way, such as The Lane, Brunswick Park and Faraday. I doubt anyone would identify as living in Faraday.

So I don't think that is definitive for that reason. Also it misses out chunks at the bottom that most people would recognise as East Dulwich.

Also, proximity to a park or common bearing the name of one suburb doesn't mean that all touch-points are in that suburb. Clapham Common is an obvious example as the western end is Battersea and the southern end is Balham.

[PeckhamRose]

Can't resist, sorry.

The Postcodes define it all. If your address is SE15 you ain't in Dulwich.

Peckham Rye PARK is SE22

Peckham Rye COMMON is SE15.

(The Peckham Society get very excited about this when someone gets it wrong.)

There are two roads called Peckham Rye: the East side is SE15 (odd Numbers) and the west side is SE22 (even numbers).

Nunhead really should have been given its own postcode but of course it shares Peckham's being SE15.

Meanwhile, postcodes go alphabetically. But NW1 SW1 E1 SE1 N1 (NE is outside of London) are the areas closest to the centre. But then they start from A again after a while.

So you have:

SE2 Abbey Wood

SE3 Blackheath

SE4 Ummm

SE5 Camberwell

SE6 Catford

SE7 Charlton

SE8 Deptford

SE9 Errr

SE10 Greenwich

SE11 Hnnnhhh umm

Se12 Lee

SE13 Lewisham

SE14 New Cross

SE15 PECKHAM

SE16 Rotherhithe

SE17 um

SE18

SE19

SE20

Se21 Dulwich

SE22 EAST Dulwich

SE23 Forest Hill

SE24 who cares

SE25 Lost Interest now.

[Dog duck]

Thank heavens for that

[Robert Poste's Child]

I never knew postcodes were allocated alphabetically; how fascinating. Surely only a matter of time till this appears in a Deserter piece.

[Sue]

SE25 is South Norwood!

I used to live there in the late seventies aaaaaargggggghhhhhh :))

[Milan05]

SE11 is Kennington..

[Seabag]

SE26 is Sydenham

"The funeral was in one of those God awful places to get to, like Sydenham"

Alan Bennett 'dissed' the place in one of his books. I whooped with joy when I read the above

(tho it's become easier now the overground is here, so I hope you're reading this and taking note Alan)

[uncleglen]

SE4 Brockley

SE9 Eltham

SE17 Walworth

don't know the rest

[Robert Poste's Child]

Endured in the ladies' wet changing room at Dulwich Leisure Centre just now:

Child repeatedly honking very loud horn on scooter (hello, hygiene, topic of many conversations with DLC).

Fond mother, very brightly repeating, 'That's a very annoying noise, isn't it?'

YES IT IS. JUST TELL HIM TO STOP.