Hi everyone for all your useful responses, much appreciated. My commute would be to Chancery Lane, so from London bridge either on the tube or on the bus. I want to actually try it out, before we make a decision to move, i want to do the commute and see how it is. My dilemma with ED is that you are either near the train station and therefore further away from ED park; or the other way around, nearer to the park but further away from the station. I would chose to be nearer the station as the commute is something i would twice a day; and going to the park on my day off or at the weekend will be more relaxed. But then there is the issue of schools - Goodrich and Heber schools seem to be better than say Goose Green, which takes us away from the station again. And then there is the new school to open in Sep 15 (if i have got it right?) which will be somewhere in the middle. ??? On the social side, of meeting other mums, this forum seems like the perfect solution... similar to the nappyevalleynet thanks to which i have made some friends in our current area. Thanks again everyone, it's a difficult decision to make. For now it is between ED and Balham/tooting. We will see how it goes... :-)