Nice leafy areas in and around London?

[ccr32]

Purely by accident, I drove through Dulwich Village the other day while on the way to work and was quite taken by the look and feel of the place - felt more like somewhere in the New Forest than in Zone 2.

Having very little knowledge of the various areas and suburbs in and around London, was wondering if anyone would like to offer up any comparably nice leafy areas?

Only parameters are, lets say, within (or just slightly outside) the M25, and/or within 30 mins(ish) train of a main London station.

Thanks!

[CraigW]

Wimbledon Village
Barnes
Richmond
Putney
St Margarets.

(i also have a real find 30 min s from waterloo but I dont want too many people to know about it so answers only on PM!)

[Rags]

Kingston
Teddington
Hampton
Twickenham
Winchmore Hill
Cockfosters
Chorley Wood

[richyb]

London Borough of Ealing is very 'leafy'. Has one of the highest stats for parks per area and parks per resident. Several SSSI and small nature reserves.

[silverthorn2151]

All the above are rubbish. All too west or too south.

You want to be heading for any of the burbs around Epping Forest!

[essexplumber]

The area around Well st common in Hackney E9 is very leafy and the houses are quite nice too.

[silverthorn2151]

In my book anything with an E postcode counts as near Epping Forest!

[Silver993tt]

How about Weybridge, Walton on Thames, Esher? - all within 30mins to London by train. Borough of Elmbridge came out as best in the country:

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2040074_elmbridg...

Edited by Silver993tt on Monday 11th October 20:51

[s1962a]

The likes of Dulwich and Wimbledon are much closer to the city (financial disctrict + west end) than a lot of the other areas (esp in NW / East London). Consider the drive into the city / late night taxi home when comparing the areas. I believe Dulwich is in Zone 2 isn't it?

[fido]

I'm going out in Dulwich (or the bit between Forest Hill and Dulwich) later this week to warm a friends new pied-à-terre. Just trawling through StreetView to see if it's safe to go on foot - and it does seem a bit of a dive. Mind you can't really tell in London - some bits of Wimbledon (towards South Wimbledon) are a bit rough imo.

[chris_w]

Half an hour out of Cannon Street/London Bridge/Charing Cross gets you into Sevenoaks and surrounding area, about as leafy as it gets.

[toast boy]

Sunbury and Shepperton are quite nice, there are some lovely little pubs tucked away down there and a few with outside seating by the river.

[Dr Imran T]

silverthorn2151 said:

All the above are rubbish. All too west or too south.

You want to be heading for any of the burbs around Epping Forest!

Very nice indeed. Loughton is pretty smart as well.

All depends where you want to be. I used to live in Docklands and never really warmed to it. I moved out to Greenhithe Kent which is about 35-40 mins by train.

Sevenoaks is also very plush as is St Albans. There are fast trains in too

Don't be too afraid to move to the perimeter of the (wait for it) M25.

Some parts of Surrey are really 'leafy' as others have suggested but it is rather pricey.

[ukwill]

chris_w said:

Half an hour out of Cannon Street/London Bridge/Charing Cross gets you into Sevenoaks and surrounding area, about as leafy pikey as it gets.

EFA

Edited by ukwill on Tuesday 12th October 16:12

[maturin23]

I'm in Whetstone

It's pretty leafy here, even more so in Totteridge and Hadley Wood and still on the tube network - Northern Line / High Barnet Branch. 30 mins to Euston.

[mxspyder]

maturin23 said:

I'm in Whetstone

It's pretty leafy here, even more so in Totteridge and Hadley Wood and still on the tube network - Northern Line / High Barnet Branch. 30 mins to Euston.

I lived in Whetstone until 7 years ago, nice housing but the High Street has let it self go a bit recently. Now in rural Cambs - Very Leafy and Very Quiet!

If I was to move back to the smoke I would head for some of the residential streets around Hampstead. Lovely big London Plane trees and quiet streets, I just need another 10 Million quid and I could afford a bungalow!

[Johnniem]

A three bed semi in East Dulwich (very definitely not Dulwich Village!!!) will cost you over £750k. In the village you can double that +++. It is a very expensive place to live because of the Dulwich foundation schools. You'll love living there as it is steeped in ancient history and lots of ancient woodland but the cost of being there is for the properly wealthy. Low six figures wont cut it these days for a village property.

[dundarach]

North Yorkshire
Northumbria
Lakes

Anywhere north of the M62

[Zod]

CraigW said:

Wimbledon Village
Barnes
Richmond
Putney
St Margarets.

(i also have a real find 30 min s from waterloo but I dont want too many people to know about it so answers only on PM!)

Rags said:

Kingston
Teddington
Hampton
Twickenham
Winchmore Hill
Cockfosters
Chorley Wood

All South London slums.

Hampstead and Highgate are the gems. We don't just have leaves. We have hills too!

[rpguk]

Hampstead - has a real village atmosphere once you get away from the High Street and with the Heath nearby you're just a moments walk from the countryside yet only 15 minutes from central London on the Northern Line.