In fairness I don't really know Sydenham at all. Have been meaning to go and check out the Dolphin tho. I'd love it if Penge could have just one quality pub. My current go-to place for beer in Penge is the Spoons, which is pretty good, and supports Late Knights by having their stuff on tap most of the time. I talked to a staff-member there last I was in, he said that when they orders anything from LK, the LK folks hand-cart it down the High St.
There are actually some really beautiful roads and houses down that way. I've noticed that even Sydenham High Street is smartening itself up a bit (but hasn't gone identikit high street) and has not one but TWO Lidls (actually the second one is on it's way to Downham - but not that far).. and there are a couple of lovely parks too.... Sydenham Wells has a great water play park for the kids and Mayow Park is nice too. The only downer is that Kangley Bridge Leisure Centre is a bit of a mess. Oh and the bit around the Sainsbury's SavaCenter is not the best... but it is handy to be fair. Massive Toys R Us there too.
In fairness I don't really know Sydenham at all. Have been meaning to go and check out the Dolphin tho. I'd love it if Penge could have just one quality pub. My current go-to place for beer in Penge is the Spoons, which is pretty good, and supports Late Knights by having their stuff on tap most of the time. I talked to a staff-member there last I was in, he said that when they orders anything from LK, the LK folks hand-cart it down the High St.
I thought you were working?I went to the Dolphin with my Dad about a year ago. There had been, opposite, a really really lovely Italian restaurant with amazing food and a lovely pizza oven, but it closed down and is an accountancy firm now. So we ended up in the Dolphin. It was alright actually. It is sort of gastro pubby without being really expensive and right up its own arse. They were really friendly. And (you may see a theme here) - opposite the Lidl!
Our three bed house, 200 Mtrs from CP park, cost £250k last summer. Seemed pretty much in a par with penge.
Hmmmm, think that would be more like 200-225 in Penge. There are expensive bits around here to - particularly around Kent House station and north of that in the conservation areas.
The Fort Neaf in action.
If you could get a 3 bed house for that amount in Penge we'd be living there instead.
I thought you were working?
There's a Lidl in Penge too. And an Aldi. And Penge Food Store.
It was two small bedrooms in the eaves (so, sloping roof), no garden, and tiny kitchen. Whole thing was like a holiday cottage.
The almshouses seem like that. Pricey but tiny.
This was an old milk float depot behind some terraced houses in a back street. They branded it "the dairy" but it really wasn't that rustic or architecturally interesting. Just four really small "houses" converted out of an mid 20thC light industrial building.
Maybe Sydenham this time? I've been meaning to check out the Dolphin.
A bit more gastro than our previous outings at Beer Rebellion and the Conquering Hero, but variety is the spice of life.
If it turns out to be too gastro there's a few others not too far away.
Me neither. The Catford Constitutional is nice if you care to venture a bit further afield (10 minutes on the 75).I still haven't been in any of the pubs in Sydenham proper.
it's technically our local (not v local, but no pubs are). i've been there for lunch twice. the actual drinking bit is quite small, but the garden is huge so prob one for summer?
