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Cowley said:
...apart from the fact there is literally nowhere to go for a drink or decent meal in WN.
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It's not far to walk to the Rosendale if you want a Time Out Gastro Pub of the Year decent meal, or a short bus ride to no end of places to eat in Crystal Palace :p
 
pootle said:
I live in West Norwood and have never seen anything dodgy in the last 9 months or so I've been living there.

Certainly had no issues about walking round there on my own as a lone female at night etc - I think transport is pretty good too - Norwood Road proppa tends to snarl up from time to time but Just walk on the odd occasions it does happen - trains at West Norwood go to Victoria, SE London and London Bridge.

Good variety of shops that mean you don't have to stray far for the basics and a couple of nice little caffs. I like West Norwood - I'd be staying if I didn't have an ex boyfriend I'd rather see less of!
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Good to hear from someone who actually lives there. Thanks Pootle!

Boohoo - I like the charity shops there too.
 
Maggot said:
You must cycle very fast.
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probably, when i used to ride their regularly i would ride with my mate and we egged each other on somewhat :oops:

as chris says, no more than 10 and that's a leisurely pace that lets you pootle up the hill. :)

one thing i love about south london (and bear in mind i'm a born and bred north londoner) is the way it goes from proper urban to quite genteel so quickly and without the horrid chav belt we have in north london. it's like skipping from finsbury park to hertfordshire without having to put up with bastard fucking muswell hill iyswim. :D
 
Which bank/building society was it - the Abbey National, maybe - who gave up in West Norwood having been robbed too often?


Least desirable high street EVAH - well, it was at one point a few years ago. Now, not so bad.

Housing stock looks fine.
 
It was indeed the Abbey.

I have lived in West Norwood for 15 years now and I like it, although my needs are quite simple.

I like the fact that I am not that far from anywhere really, trains in and out are all very regular and buses are pretty good too.

I have my local pub and my takeaways, although I do agree that eating out is not well catered for.

It isn't West Dulwich, although it is trying to be and I can see it getting slowly better.
 
I live there I like it...the high street has got everything you need although too many supermarkets tesco somerfield and now sainsburys where woolworths used to be:mad:
You've got the Railway at Tulse Hill station which is a decent pub a decent mix of takeaways, and a deli theres a mixture of people and its safe as far as anywhere is safe.
 
I reckon it's alright. I lived on Tulsemere road for a year which is kind of in the no-man's land between tulse hill, west norwood and west dulwich. we did a fair bit of our shopping in west norwood and i think it's alright - it's only the bog-standard high street which gives it a bad rep - most of the side roads off the high st have decent houses, especially on the west dulwich side. And a 10 min walk will take you to some decent shops on Rosendale Road and Croxted Road, and Bel Air Park and Dulwich Woods are close by. The cemetary is worth a look too.
 
Some friends of mine used to live on Tulsemere road. It's all very nice around there, but as you say it's not really one thing or the other.
 
ianw said:
Some friends of mine used to live on Tulsemere road. It's all very nice around there, but as you say it's not really one thing or the other.
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It's the sort of place where estate agents would definitely call it Dulwich - quite a posh road. We were the loudest people in that street - we'd been there a week and the neighbours were complaining about "parties". In fact, I'd only switched my stereo on once! The local off licences closed at 6pm :eek:
 
There's nowt wrong with West Norwood that a couple more decent shops wouldn't sort out. There's loads of really good housing / streets off the High Street.

Depending on where you settle, it's close to Brockwell Park (ish), Crystal Palace, three good rail links (Tulse Hill, West Norwood, Gypsy Hill - again, depends on whereabouts in WN you might be), a very interesting cemetary, if that kind of thing interests you, and the areas best Off Licence (Red Sign, left hand side of the High St, close to Lancaster Rd, loads of Ales, Ciders etc - better than the Oddbins on Rosendale Rd).

Plus quite a few buses, and one of those rare beasts, an X route (express) - X68, that speeds you into town with few stops.

It's a big area though. You might end up somewhere like Queen Mary Drive, which is a bit in between - puts you near Crown Point which is neither here nor there and is a bus ride or stiff walk from any train station.

I think what I'm trying to say is it's very much a livable area, and plenty of places to choose from.
 
Can recommend the Orange Drizzle Cake in Beamish McGlue.

Probably the worst B&Q in the whole of south London - why does it have to be my local? If I park my car in the car park, I have to carry everything I buy from downstairs back up the stairs (no lift).
 
pboi said:
the whole country. the place is ridiculous!
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I know- it is fucking shit. Never has what you want and service is atrocious.

I know someone who used to shoplift from there regularly cos the security would just be standing at the back of the shop chatting up staff or reading his paper - not that security is necessarily the standard of a good shop from the customer's point of view - but it may explain why they never had any stock.

If I do go in there, I normally have an argument at the till too cos no barcodes ever add up to what is on the shelf, I check serial numbers if I am buying anything now.
 
ianw said:
So is the conclusion that it's not particularly dodgy but it is boring?
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That'd be my opinion, yeah. I've lived in nearby Tulse Hill for 8 years and even though I feel fairly safe I've certainly heard of more incidents (some of them fairly serious) in TH than in WN.

The high street is certainly nothing to write about, with its fair share of fast food joints and Pound shops. There is a very good, if a bit pricey organic deli on the corner of Lancaster Avenue though.

Ludicrously, a Sainsbury's Local is about to open on the site of Woolworths. Which is directly opposite a Somerfield and a Tesco Express. Talk about saturation and fucking up the local trade.

A hidden gem of West Norwood is Rosebery's Auctions. They do monthly auctions selling anything from old cameras to furniture to film posters. Even if you don't intend to buy anything, it is nice to go in and have a look at all the stuff coming up on a sale :)
 
there's a funky deli in the high Street about a block down from the fire station on the corner - bake their own stuff there and do organic and all that for yummy mummies and vegans...

as to dodgey - it is as nothing by comparison to Brixton :p
 
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