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John - it is very common in London to refer to areas by the name of a nearby station. Lighten up, stop being such a boring pedant!


The area around DH station is nice (i.e. Grove Lane I guess), but there's not really enough there to consider it a district in its own right.

Jeremy Wrote:

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> John - it is very common in London to refer to

> areas by the name of a nearby station. Lighten up,

> stop being such a boring pedant!

>

> The area around DH station is nice (i.e. Grove

> Lane I guess), but there's not really enough there

> to consider it a district in its own right.


To be fair, it's hard to address the ops question without clarifying whats meant by 'Denmark Hill' (shorthand for Camberwell, or the few streets in the immediate vicinity of the station, or the street of the same name?).

In John Cary's map of 1786 the area is shown as Dulwich Hill.


The only building apparent is the "Fox under the Hill". The present "Fox on the Hill" pub is situated a hundred yards or so further up, on top of the hill, adjacent to a triangular patch of land rumoured to be a "plague pit" or burial ground.


The name of the area was changed to Denmark Hill in honour of the husband of Queen Anne, Prince George of Denmark, who lived there.


More.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark_Hill



Fox (Not Under the Hill and crtainly Not Over the Hill)

Wowser, I never knew that there was a direct link between battersea power station/red phone box and William booth building. Thanks for the link...


As for the original Q: would have to agree with the comment above that Peckham is where all the cool kids and venues/bars are.

Denmark Hill is a horribly congested and poluted street. Camberwell Church Street has some interesting restuarants and pubs on it / nearby however. Many of the streets leading off it are lovely too (Camberwell Grove being probably the most notable). North of the green, Addington Square is quite nice.

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