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I've just been offered a job in Central London and will be moving fairly quickly.
I know everyone will have their own favourite areas, but I'd appreciated it if the Londoners on here could tell me which areas to AVOID!!
I'm not too bothered whether I'm north or south of the river...
I know everyone will have their own favourite areas, but I'd appreciated it if the Londoners on here could tell me which areas to AVOID!!
I'm not too bothered whether I'm north or south of the river...
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IN MY OPINION OF COURSE :-)
I'm a south of the river girl myself - from 'our side' I'd avoid Peckham like the plague - also Streatham and most bits south of Tooting Bec Common.
North of the rive, avoid Hackney and Dalston - there are probably some dodgy bits up further north in London but as I never go anywhere near there I don't want to make a guess:-)
Its also worth remembering that you don't necessarily have to be on a tube line as long as there is a decent overground rail connection. Can actually be quicker and easier journey into town that way.
Good luck!
Told you Haggis:-)
cos that's where Plum lives and house prices have plummetted ever since he's been there...
;O)
Grendel, working close to BT tower, up to an hours travel OK, wouldn't really want more than that.
If you want somewhere with good links to central London you could try Kensal Rise/Kensal Green in north london. Close to teh motorway, canal and it is a short run to Hampstead Heath. I lived there for a couple of years and rather liked it (for London).
There is great running around Hampstead Heath - not called the home of Cross Country for nothing - and a lunchtime running community in the parks and along the canals
London is expensive and polluted, and the 'nicer' bits are even more expensive and polluted by Chelsea Tractors.
You can live in the country for less money, less travelling time, and have really nice places to run.
Don't believe everything you hear about Essex - there are some lovely bits :-)
(of course, the things you've heard about Essex girls are mostly true.......but I'm not an Essex girl)
Journey to work in the city takes just over 20 mins, on a generally non-crowded train (pretty much always get a seat). I think Plum must just live in a daft place!
All the 'nice' bits of London that are on the tube network are ridiculously expensive to live in. But if you want to be in the thick of things, and are happy to compromise on space, then living in central London is fun. But it does cost a lot - and also costs in terms of peace, quiet etc. And as various people have mentioned about, you can end up with a long commute between different parts of the centre!
Where you're going to be working sounds as if you'd possibly be better off looking at north london (otherwise you'll have a tube journey from the mainline station which you definitely want to avoid)
And north london is where my local knowledge runs out:-)
Definitely stay away from anywhere where the Plumstead Runners hang around though....
I live out towards Wembley and can be into work (Westminster/Embankment) in about 40mins by getting an overland service into Marlybone.
One thing to watch is some overland services are sporadic if there is a tube line near
You probably also don't want to much further out than zone 5 and an Oyster travelcard is the cheapest way to get around on the tube, buses, trams etc