East Dulwich Grove...thoughts?

[Dbrskh]

Hello everyone. We don't live in London and have only been to ED a couple of times but enough to know we like it there and have read good things about the place from a lot of people. Since we don't know the area too well though how's East Dulwich Grove as a street for a family? We have 2 small kids and the property we have found is opposite the hospital. Any thoughts? We like that it's a short walk away from Lordship Lane and train station for hubby to go into the office a few times a week. TIA

[DadOf4]

Generally, East Dulwich is great - a fantastic place to bring up a family

EDG - nothing wrong with it, but it is a busy main road. A new 2ndary school is being built on the hospital site, which would be great for you in a few years time, but may cause some disruption in the short-term

[alex_b]

East Dulwich is a great place for kids. Also Peckham Rye is becoming much nicer, lots to do, better transport connections and slightly better prices. I would avoid living on a really busy road like EDG, plenty of houses on backstreets which will be better for families.

[Dbrskh]

Thank you so much Dadof4 and alex_b for your replies. I appreciate the info.

[tomdhu]

Love it. EDG has two good bus services, one of which terminates at the big Sainsburys. Better towards the Village end as close to ND station which is 14 mins to London Bridge. Also ND tennis club is there.

[akers]

I love it too. I was initially cautious of main road, but quickly ceased to notice much and benefits: more space for your buck, handy for transport (and free on street parking), LLane, Dulwich Village and Park 10 mins walk away...Several families with young children on the Grove.

[Jeremy]

EDG is a very convenient location, but I wouldn't want to be on such a busy road with two small kids. And if you drive, parking is likely to be a pain.

[Dbrskh]

Thanks everyone. Some really good things by the sound of it and others to consider too. Thank you.

[lozc]

Lived there for 3 years (now moved away). Very convenient - both for ED station, but also 37 bus / proximity to Herne Hill station compared with rest of ED when Southern Rail failing. Also walkable via Greenway to King's / Denmark Hill for the more energetic.

Yes, noisy compared with other roads we'd lived on - the 37 runs all night, and there is more night-time foot traffic than some places, presumably due to proximity to Lordship Lane.

Parking - not always easy, though free and no permits. We lived in the section opposite the hospital and had repeated problems, often ending up in the side roads behind them.

Hospital is generally a very trouble free neighbour, with so much of the site being out of use, but as others mention there are school building plans in the medium term.