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West Norwood / Tulse HillWest Norwood and Tulse Hill are predominantly residential suburbs, well served with parks andopen spaces. They offer local bars and restaurants, as well many independent and high streetshops. For such a small London suburb, West Norwood has some cultural sites to offer forthose weekend strolls.

Here RK Accommodation provides you with an overview of your local area.

AttractionsEntertainmentWhat’s On

ServicesHealthShopping

Transport LinksHistory of Wallington

AttractionsNorwood ParkNorwood Park is situated on one of the highest points in Lambeth and offers some amazingviews across South London. Norwood Park has an 'open' feel, balanced by avenues or copsesof native and ornamental trees, as well as a wildlife area to the north of the site.

The park has a dog-free children's play area, paddling pool, a large multiuse games court(booking may be required 0845 130 8998), One O’clock Club, a small wildlife community garden, toilets, picnic andsitting areas.

EntertainmentBars:There are a few local bars and restaurants in West Norwood; however most of the nightlyentertainment is in the surrounding boroughs of Brixton, Clapham and Streatham.

Restaurants & Takeaways:There are a limited number of good restaurants in West Norwood and Tulse Hill....but witheasy links in to London, there is plenty of choice around!

Indigo (Indian) 0871 426 7244101 Rosendale Road SE21 8EZ

Pangs (Chinese) 020 8674 9923184 Tulse Hill SW2 3BU

The Railway7 Station Rise London SE27 9BWIt is all too easy to while away a fewhours here sitting on the comfy leathersofas. The food is fresh and delicious.

Perfect Blend 020 8769 46468-9 Streatleigh Parade Streatham High RdThe Perfect Blend Flagship restaurant opened in2005, and has created an excellent reputationwith the locals due to the friendly atmosphere.

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Cinemas:Odeon Cinema 0871 224 400747-49 Streatham High Rd Streatham LondonSW16 1PW

What’s onSaturday Food marketAlong the side of West Norwood Road’spavement, outside A&S Homewares offers aselection of market stalls selling differentfood and drink treats. The carrot cake fromthe Patisserie stand is exceptional!

The Ritzy 020 7733 229Brixton Oval London SW2 1JG

November - FireworksStreatham fireworks display takes place onStreatham Common on / around the 5thNovember. In 2008, the fireworks willcommence at 7.30pm on Wednesday 5thNovember 2008.

The Streatham fireworks display is one ofthree massive Bonfire Night events beingstaged by Lambeth Council this year; and willbe an impressive display of fireworks for theyoung and old.

ServicesCouncil/Local Authority:London Borough of Lambeth 020 7926 1000 (Between 9am and 8pm)Town Hall Brixton Hill SW2 1RWWebsite: www.lambeth.gov.uk

Emergency Services:Police Stations:Brixton Police Station 020 7326 1212367 Brixton Road Brixton SW9 7DD

Streatham Police Station 020 8678 1212101 Streatham High Rd SW16 1HJ

Hospitals:St George’s Hospital 020 8672 1255 Blackshaw Road Tooting SW17 0QTSt George’s is the nearest and largest hospital with an Accident and Emergencydepartment.

In emergencies you should call 999.

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Banks/Building Societies:There are quite few banks and building societies in West Norwood High Street. Here is a smallselection:

Abbey National Plc 0845 765 4321531 Norwood Road London SE27 9DL

Barclays Bank Plc 020 8272 3535543 Norwood Road London SE27 9DW

National Westminister 0870 240 1155270 Norwood Road London SE27 9AL

Waste/Refuse Collection:When is the refuse collected?The London Borough of Lambeth provides a weekly refuse collection service for every home.They replace stolen or damaged bins, and can arrange to make assisted collections.Lambeth make collections from over 120,000 households every week, providing a serviceLambeth residents can rely on the efficient removal and disposal of their household rubbish.To check on you road or area collection dates, see the local council’s website for further details.

The days for the weekly collections are as follows:

Casewick Road – MondayChestnut Road – TuesdayDassett Road – WednesdayDodbrooke Road – ThursdayElmcourt Road – FridayHarpenden Road – Wednesday

Kingsmead – ThurdayPerran Road – MondayUffington Road – ThursdayWaldeck Grove – ThursdayWolfington Road – Thursday

Collection days may be changed around Christmas day and New Year's day. Details of anychanges will be posted on Lambeth’s website. Collection days are not changed around otherPublic/Bank Holidays.

Recycling From HousesIf your rubbish is collected from outside your property in a dustbin or black sack, you can alsohave your recycling collected in an orange sack and/or green box. A roll of orange sacks willbe delivered to your door approximately every four months. If you run out before your nextdelivery, you can call to order sacks on 020 7926 9000 or complete the recycling requestform. You can also request a green box. Alternatively you can pick up a roll of sacks from anyof the locations below:

Any Lambeth library A parking shop Brixton Customer Centre

Request a serviceIf you need to replace a damaged bin, want to report a stolen bin or a missed collection, orwant to arrange a bulky refuse collection, contact Lambeth on: 020 7926 9000 email: streetcarecallcentre@lambeth.gov.uk.You can also report a missed collection or arrange a bulky refuse collection using their bulkyrefuse collection online form.

Green Garden Waste Collections(Grass cuttings, leaves and twigs, weeds, plants, flowers and hedge trimmings only)Households can request up to 10 biodegradable bags and a reusable bag. The biodegradablebags have to be kept in a dark dry space until they are needed to prevent degrading instorage. To request biodegradable bags or to arrange a collection of them you will need to call 020 7926 9000

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Post Offices:West Norwood Post Office 020 8670 180912 Knights Hill London SE27 9AU

Streatham Hill Post Office 020 8674 3138102 Streatham Hill SW2 4RD

Library:West Norwood LibraryWest Norwood Library is next to the main gate of West Norwood Cemetery. It offers books,DVDs, videos and CDs for loan, a reference and information service, and free use of computersfor Internet, email and word-processing. West Norwood Library also holds a small collection ofbooks in Bengali, French, Gujerati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian and Spanish.

1-5 Norwood High Street London SE27 9JX 020 7926 8092 Fax: 020 7926 8032

Opening hours:Monday – 1.00pm to 8.00pmTuesday – 10.00am to 8.00pmWednesday, Thurs & Fri – 10.00am to6.00pmSaturday – 9.00am to 5.00pmSunday - Closed

Parking:The majority of the West Norwood area has free parking; however some roads do requireparking permits.

Resident Parking PermitsPeople who live in a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in Lambeth may be entitled to buy an on-street resident parking permit. This allows the permit holder to park in resident bays andresident shared use bays in the CPZ in which they live. Each permit is vehicle specific so itcannot be used on any other vehicle.

Resident permit holders only may also park free of charge for the first and last hour of thecontrolled hours in a pay and display bay, but must display a pay and display ticket at all othertimes for up to the maximum time allowed.

If you think your car has been removed please call TRACE helpline on 020 7747 4747.

Permit CostResident parking permits are priced in accordance with either the emissions the vehicleproduces or the size of the engine. You can determine the price of your permit using Lambeth’semissions-based charging document on their website www.lambeth.gov.uk.

PLEASE NOTE: First time applicants for a residents’ permit cannot apply for a permit by postas original documentation must be produced. You can apply for your first permit at one of theparking shops or at a customer care centre.

At the parking shop you can:

Pay for a Penalty Charge Notice. Apply for and receive a permit. Book a bay suspension for special circumstances. Pay for your Lambeth Housing parking permits and scratch cards.

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Brixton Customer CentreOlive Morris House 18 Brixton Hill SW2 1RL

Opening hours are as follows:Monday, Wed & Fri 8.30am – 5.30pmTuesday 8.30am – 3.00pmThursday 8.30am – 7.00pmSaturday 10.00am – 2.00pm

Kennington Parking ShopLambeth Towers 74-80 Kennington Rd SE11 6NJ

Opening hours are as follows:Monday to Friday 10.30am – 6.00pmSaturday 9.00am – 4.30pm

Residents may buy daily visitor permits for people visiting them who need to park their cars.You can buy up to 50 visitors permits in any 12-month period.

Launderettes:Wash ‘n’ Roll 020 8488 0800254 Norwood Road London SE27 9AJ

Avon Laundry Ltd 020 8766 6170Unit 5 160 Hamilton Road SE27 9SF

Health

Hospitals:As stated under Emergency Services, St George’s is the nearest and largesthospital with an Accident and Emergency Department. Listed below aresome other local hospitals that may be of use:

Mayday University Hospital 020 8401 3000530 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7YE

London Bridge Hospital 020 7407 310029 Tooley Street SE1 2PR (PRIVATE)

Doctors & Dentists:Below is small selection of doctors and dentists in the area, you can find more atwww.locallife.co.uk or www.yell.com in the health section.

Dentists:Norwood Dental Surgery 020 8761 777699 Norwood High Street SE27 9JF

Doctors:Norwood Surgery 020 8670 1000483 Norwood Road SE27 9DJ

Unique Dental Care 020 8766 7430409 Norwood Road SE27 9BU

Tulse Hill Practice 020 8671 3448Out-of-Hours: 020 8693 90664 Hardel Rise Tulse Hill SW2 3DX

Sports Club/Gyms:The West Norwood area does not have many gyms to offer, however newly opened HolmesPlace teamed up with Virgin Active in Streatham. This gym is probably one of the closest andyou’ll find all of the latest exercise equipment, a wide range of innovative aerobics classesincluding Powerplate, toning circuit, swimming pool, luxurious spa facilities, personal training,and more.

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Holmes Place20 Ockley Road Streatham SW16 1UBOpening Hours; Mon. - Fri. 7am - 10.30pm; Sat. 8am - 8pm; Sun. 9am - 8pm 020 8769 8686

Supermarkets/ShopsWest Norwood High Street offers many independent shops as well as large named food stores.For example there is A&S homecare for homeware products, F Strowger if you are looking foranything related to DIY as well as the main high street brands such as Superdrug as well as allthe big food names:

Tesco’s Express551 Norwood Road West Norwood SE279DL

Somerfield Stores Ltd178 Norwood Road Tulse Hill SE27 9AU539-541 Norwood Road West NorwoodSE27 9DL

Sainsbury’s Local364-6 Norwood Road west Norwood SE279AG

Iceland Food plc348-352 Norwood Road west NorwoodSE27 9AA

Transport LinksPublic transport services available in Clapham:

RailWest Norwood Railway Station is operatedby Southern Trains, servicing a variety ofstations including Victoria, London Bridge,West Croydon, Crystal Palace, etc.

Tulse Hill Railway station offers a greaterdiversity of links serving additionalStreatham and Wimbledon links. Bothstations have received awards under thenational secure stations accreditationscheme and are both zone 3 stationsoffering easy access into London.

TubeThe nearest tube is the London VictoriaLine in Brixton (zone 2). As with all tubestations you are able to connect to Londonquickly and easily.

BusWest Norwood has bus services runninginto London stopping at many main trainstations including Euston, Marylebone,Victoria and Elephant & Castle. Servicesalso run to the neighbouring Brixton,Streatham, Crystal Palace and Croydon. Formore routes from West Norwood and TulseHill look on www.tfl.gov.uk.

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History of West Norwood & Tulse HillWest NorwoodThis high ground was once completely covered with trees as part of an enormous area ofnative woodland known as the 'Great North Wood', which covered over 1,400 acres of the oldCounty of Surrey. The North Wood was originally common land in the Manors of Croydon andLambeth and most of it belonged to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Before 1885 West Norwood was known as Lower Norwood, in contrast to Upper Norwood andSouth Norwood. These areas were created as a result of the enclosure acts which divided upthe Great North Wood, hence the name 'Norwood'. The first act in 1797 was for Croydon andwas mainly in favour of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the south, while the second in 1806was for Lambeth, being mainly in favour of Lord Thurlow to the north.

The new parish required a church, so St. Luke's was providedunder the Waterloo Church Scheme, one of four built inLambeth (the others being Matthew, Mark, and John) and wascompleted in 1825. Originally St Luke's parish served just a fewsubstantial villas, and some more humble worker's cottagesmainly situated between Knights Hill and the High Street. Theearly 19th century saw the arrival of recreational tea gardensaround Knights Hill and Beulah Hill, and the South MetropolitanCemetery in 1837. The new railway line to Sydenham andCrystal Palace in 1856 heralded major changes, and many ofthe larger houses and gardens were demolished and replacedwith predominantly terraced and semi-detached housing overthe next 4 decades.

Norwood High Street never developed into a major shoppingparade as originally planned; instead most local shops have

been located on the Norwood Road between York Hill and St Luke's. Horse-drawn tramsshuttled passengers along this road from the terminus in front of St Luke's to Herne Hill, andbeyond.

The two world wars witnessed fatalities and bomb damage to many buildings in the area, withYork Hill and the areas around the railway suffering particularly badly. Chatsworth BaptistChurch had to be rebuilt after a direct hit. Many of the post-war estates were built on bombsites or replaced areas which had experienced damage.

Tulse HillThe name of the area comes from the Tulse family, who came into ownership of farmland inthe area during the period of the Commonwealth in the 1650s. A member of the Tulse familymarried Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow, and the land remained in Onslow ownership until1789 when most of it was purchased by William Cole. The estate was further divided on Cole'sdeath in 1807 and in time led to the creation of Tulse Hill and Brockwell Park.

Famous, Former and Current Residents:Ken Livingstone - formerly, Mayor of London, attended school in Tulse Hill.Sir John Scarlett – Head of MI6Adele – SingerTom Utley – Journalist of Daily Telegraph and Daily MailHiram Maxim - who developed the first portable fully automatic machine gun in the garden ofhis house in Norwood Road (Serbia House, now demolished).