This neighbourhood is located in the London Borough of Southwark. It predominately includes the neighbourhood areas of Dulwich Village, East Dulwich and borders Herne Hill, Peckham Rye and Forest Hill. This area is seen as particularly trendy, providing a whole host of local cafes, shops, restaurants, as well as its own cinema and library. The community itself is diverse, and this contributes to making the neighbourhood a particularly attractive place to live. It has great transport links into central London, taking just over 10 minutes to get to London Bridge, and around half-an-hour to get to Liverpool Street Station.

East Dulwich railway station opened in 1868, and marked the tipping point for this once rural area becoming an urban residential neighbourhood. The area’s large fields and market gardens began to be transformed into housing during the 19th century. Now with housing availability and reasonably cheap transport, lower middle class young families began moving, which saw its population increase. In more recent history, East Dulwich is part of the Dulwich and West Norwood UK Parliament constituency, led by Helen Hayes MP.

The local private school was founded by actor Edward Alleyn in 1619 as the College of God’s Gift, and was originally a school for underprivileged boys. Around 200 years later, in 1811, the Dulwich Picture Gallery was built and it was the first purpose -built public art gallery in the world?

Local football team Dulwich Hamlet were evicted from their Champion Hill stadium by American Property Developers Meadow; however, with help from Southwark Council they are due to return by the end of 2018. Gangs in Southwark areas, such as East Dulwich, have made use of Ofo bikes to commit crimes and partake in anti-social behaviour. This has led to the bike company restricting the use of their bikes to the areas deemed safest in London.

The local council is committed to the conservation of nearby Dulwich Village, and wants to protect it as a historic area, whilst also ensuring that there is a good balance of commercial use, alongside the protection of the amenity of residential areas. One project which managed to get planning permission was the recently completed Dulwich Health Centre on East Dulwich Grove. Proposals have also been put forward for the construction of a small new stadium to house Dulwich Hamlet Football Club, a team which plays in the 6th tier of English football despite being more than 130 years old. Located next to the Sainsbury’s in the north of this neighbourhood, this project consists of one main stand and club house.