Moving to East Dulwich

[ivor]

Hello

We are thinking of moving to East Dulwich in the next few months. We have been looking at some places in Derwent grove and Melbourne road. The houses look great but we were concerned about the traffic particularly on Melbourne. Does anyone live around this area and is the traffic much of a problem? It would be good to get some inside information!

Thanks

[Muttley]

Both of them are good roads. The biggest problem with them is parking, because they are so close to the station. Both are also used as rat runs to avoid Lordship Lane, and Melbourne is the more used of the two because it's the first turning for those coming from the village, and also because Melbourne carries on over ED Road. But Melbourne is better now than a few years back when it was on the 37 bus route.

By the way, one day they'll be building a new community hospital behind Melbourne, which will no doubt improve the view for those currently overlooking rubble. But in the medium term, perhaps in 3 or 4 years time (who knows?!), you can expect a major construction job to be going on during the day for several months.

[reenie40]

Hi

we recently moved to Derwent Grove from a fairly quiet cul-de-sac and haven't been bothered too much by the traffic - as Muttley said I think Melbourne Grove gets the worst of it. Although the parking looks horrendous we usually manage to park not too far from home.