South Dulwich?

[jim_the_chin]

Just spotted this on a driving app - is this a thing now? 

[Jenijenjen]

Not heard of it before but it makes sense.

[malumbu]

Yes, and there is a great discussion about this on the South Dulwich Forum, apparently some people from Sydenham Hill are a bit grumpy about the name change.

Edited 22 hours ago by malumbu

[Earl Aelfheah]

Yes and East Dulwich is now South Southbank

[the_hermit]

West Peckham surely?

[malumbu]

South Dulwich, the new front line 

Edited 15 hours ago by malumbu
spelling silly person

[Sue]

Saw this first when out walking with my granddaughters a few years back.

We had already had a discussion about why there was a North, West and East Dulwich but not South Dulwich, and then we came across a map or sign (can't remember which) on a footpath with South Dulwich on it.

I've lived round here for decades, and never knew!

Now, there's West Norwood, South Norwood .... North Norwood wouldn't make sense, but why no East Norwood?!

Edited 22 hours ago by Sue

[the_hermit]

And Croydon, Acton, Harrow, Finchley, Kensington.  I think they all miss a compass point: North, South, East, South and East respectively.

[Hen123]

18 minutes ago, the_hermit said:

And Croydon, Acton, Harrow, Finchley, Kensington.  I think they all miss a compass point: North, South, East, South and East respectively.

Exactly - it is an unspoken rule. South Dulwich isn’t allowed. It should be East Gipsy Hill or North Crystal Palace. 

Edited 16 hours ago by Hen123

[Spartacus]

I got in a black cab the other day and he refused to take me 

His excuse was he didn't go South of the Dulwich😅

[malumbu]

Upper Dulwich bottom

Describes locations just off Dulwich, that pretend they are.

And a private joke from another community site on a distant planet.

[jazzer]

is that with or without anal warts?????????

[Pink Panther]

12 hours ago, Sue said:

We had already had a discussion about why there was a North, West and East Dulwich but not South Dulwich, and then we came across a map or sign (can't remember which) on a footpath with South Dulwich on it.

I've lived round here for decades, and never knew!

The sign might have been at St Stephen's Church on College Road, next to Sydenham Hill Station. There's a footpath along the side of the church, above the railway tunnel, connecting College Road with Kingswood Estate. That's the only reference to "South Dulwich" I've ever seen, and it's been there for years. 

[Sue]

5 hours ago, Pink Panther said:

The sign might have been at St Stephen's Church on College Road, next to Sydenham Hill Station. There's a footpath along the side of the church, above the railway tunnel, connecting College Road with Kingswood Estate. That's the only reference to "South Dulwich" I've ever seen, and it's been there for years. 

Yes, I think it was there, or at least in that general area, though I have no idea why we would have been walking  there, unless we had been in the woods and decided to walk home a different way!

Edited 4 hours ago by Sue

[Jamesh31]

13 hours ago, the_hermit said:

And Croydon, Acton, Harrow, Finchley, Kensington.  I think they all miss a compass point: North, South, East, South and East respectively.

It might not have a tube station, but South Acton is definitely a place

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Jamesh31

[Jenijenjen]

27 minutes ago, Jamesh31 said:

It might not have a tube station, but South Acton is definitely a place

 

South Acton Station is on the Richmond branch of London Overground, formerly the North London line. District line trains used to run there until 1959, I think it was a shuttle service from Acton Town.

[Pink Panther]

3 hours ago, Sue said:

Yes, I think it was there, or at least in that general area, though I have no idea why we would have been walking  there, unless we had been in the woods and decided to walk home a different way!

This is the church website, with the sign I mentioned in the first photograph. 

https://www.ststephensdulwich.org/about-us/