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I guess that ( if any of it actually matters a jot) it comes down to whether you wish to draw your boundaries by the Royal Mail, electoral ward, Freeholder or the Church.


As an atheist Green Party voter, I'll go by postcode and suggest that Dovercourt/Woodwarde Roads are both SE22 and so are East Dulwich.


Some residents think of this area as Dulwich Village but only in the same way those on streets like Oglander, Peckham Rye might say they live in ED. ie. it's a more logical descriptor (for various catchment reasons like Schools etc). Other times it's probably Hyacinth Bucket stuff.


Nice enough houses......leafy, big gardens, 5 mins from the Mag / Butchers, ditto the park, 10 mins walk from North Dulwich station or a few mins to LL buses.


If pushed, I could probably live there.

MrBen Wrote:

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> I guess that ( if any of it actually matters a

> jot) it comes down to whether you wish to draw

> your boundaries by the Royal Mail, electoral ward,

> Freeholder or the Church.

>

> As an atheist Green Party voter, I'll go by

> postcode and suggest that Dovercourt/Woodwarde

> Roads are both SE22 and so are East Dulwich.

>

> Some residents think of this area as Dulwich

> Village but only in the same way those on streets

> like Oglander, Peckham Rye might say they live in

> ED. ie. it's a more logical descriptor (for

> various catchment reasons like Schools etc). Other

> times it's probably Hyacinth Bucket stuff.

>

> Nice enough houses......leafy, big gardens, 5 mins

> from the Mag / Butchers, ditto the park, 10 mins

> walk from North Dulwich station or a few mins to

> LL buses.

>

> If pushed, I could probably live there.



"If pushed".......I like that pretend non aspirational stance.


I thought you once put an offer on one....;-)

I did, right on the SE21 border....and after entering sealed bids with seven others and falling 120k short to a man with an expensive car, I realised the error of my ways.


Does anyone else love North Dulwich railway station? It feels like an old Enid Blyton village station with all those birds singing, the urban roar muffled by ancient oaks and the gentle pop of a ball on grass at Dulwich tennis club. If waiting for a slow train on a sunny summers day could ever be relaxing then it doesn't get much better. I reckon they need a man in whites pouring cold G&T's and it would be about perfect.

Maze Hill station in Greenwich is very similar,little bridge going across, leafy and did have a nice little waiting room ,dont know if thats still there.

It would be nice to preserve these old style stations.

They used to have hanging baskets too,visually enchanting.

You have to travel and go truly rural now to find this kind of nostalgic beauty so any attempt in London to try and recreate this style would be pleasant for all.

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