Come and live in South Norwood & Woodside!
London’s a tough place for working and living, so it’s always good to know that you can make the experience easier and cheaper. We moved to Woodside eight years ago and it’s been a really great experience. For a start, it’s relatively quiet, it’s easy to travel in and around the area and best of all you don’t have to live in a shoe-box or count a piece of decking as your garden.
A short train ride to London Bridge opens up the whole of the capital to you very easily, so if you want to enjoy living in London you can do this. It depends what time you travel, but it’s a pretty easy commute overall. If you prefer the countryside, the whole of the South-East opens up before you in about 15 minutes – rolling countryside, good walks and lots of places to visit for all the family.
I’ll be taking you with me on my blog-journey around the area so you can share the experience!
Here is an extract from moove2london.co.uk about South Norwood...
A short train ride to London Bridge opens up the whole of the capital to you very easily, so if you want to enjoy living in London you can do this. It depends what time you travel, but it’s a pretty easy commute overall. If you prefer the countryside, the whole of the South-East opens up before you in about 15 minutes – rolling countryside, good walks and lots of places to visit for all the family.
I’ll be taking you with me on my blog-journey around the area so you can share the experience!
Here is an extract from moove2london.co.uk about South Norwood...
SE25 is also in South-East London. The poorest of the ‘Norwoods’ has been left behind West Norwood and Upper Norwood (Crystal Palace) in terms of gentrification. The high street does not unfortunately have many redeeming qualities at all at present, but stick with us to hear why you should consider moving here. First and foremost you can get a lot of house for your money. Check out zoopla for current prices. The South Norwood Lakes and country park is nearby with 125 acres containing wild flower meadows, a pitch and putt, wet land and a designated cycle path.
Transport-wise, Norwood Junction is the area’s train station and is very well-served. It’s on the London Overground as well as the National Rail network. You can be at London Bridge in around 12 minutes or London Victoria in 28 minutes. The London Overground network offers connections to West Croydon (1 stop away) or north up into Shoreditch or Islington. You can also change at Canada Water for access to Canary Wharf with it’s business and retail opportunities.
Croydon (which is also well worth a look at if you’re moving to London in 2014) has had some very exciting news recently. It’s 2 existing shopping centres, Whitgift and Centrale, are going to be transformed by Westfield (of Westfield London and Westfield Stratford shopping heaven fame!) and Hammerson (FTSE 100 retail property specialist) who will be responsible for a GBP 1bn regeneration of Croydon’s shopping hub.
The local council has also committed to creating 9,500 new homes. All this has given the area massive hope and as prices in Crystal Palace, Forest Hill and Sydenham become massively unaffordable, you’d be mad not to travel 3 stops more down the line and see what happens to the area.