North Vs South....

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London! Inspired by another thread. Come and champion your side of the river Thames! Aibu to ask - which do you prefer - North or South London

I read an interesting explanation of postcodes once (well, I thought it was interesting) - you have the east central (ie the City) and west central postcodes, then all the others have 1 as their most central location and then are alphabetical. Which explain why you have Cambewell as SE5 sitting next to Peckham which is SE15.

I think SW will have originally started as being southwest of the centre, rather than of the river.

That is interesting!

I'm so glad someone else thinks so! I think I read it in this book which is worth a read, I must have another dip into it.
London Suburbs

Only lived north of the river once, in the horror of Bethnal Green. Clapham, Tooting, Dulwich, Earlsfield and Streatham down south have all been great. Peckham and Brixton have good stuff too. All of the people I know who have experienced crime in their areas, live north, and they don't seem to have anywhere near the variety of nice bars and restaurants (central beside, but who wants to go there). Won't venture west, maybe Fulham at the most, find east overrated.

All London postcodes are alphabetical apart from WC and EC areas. Also, the 1 postcodes (W1, E1 etc.) aren't alphabetical. Some areas, like N, just run from A ~ Z whilst others, such as SW, have two runs from A~ Z. The list, with a few missing spaces which cannot be explained, is;

SW2 Brixton SW3 Chelsea SW4 Clapham SW5 Earl's Court SW6 Fulham SW7 Knightsbridge SW8 Nine Elmes SW9 Stockwell SW10 World's End SW11 Battersea SW12 Balham SW13 Barnes SW14 East Sheen SW15 Putney SW16 Streatham SW17 Tooting SW18 Wandsworth SW19 Wimbledon SW20 Wimbledon Chase

NW2 Cricklewood NW3 Hampstead NW4 Hendon NW5 Kentish Town
NW6 Kilburn NW7 Mill Hill NW8 St John's Wood NW9 West Hendon
NW10 Willesden NW11 Willifield Green

W3 Acton W4 Chiswick W5 Ealing W6 Hammersmith W7 Hanwell
W8 Kensington W9 Maida Vale W10 North Kensington W11 Notting Hill W12 Shepherd's Bush W13 West Ealing W14 West Kensington

SE2 Abbey Wood SE3 Blackheath SE4 Brockley SE5 Camberwell SE6 Catford SE7 Charlton SE8 Deptford SE9 Eltham SE10 Greenwich SE11 Kennington SE12 Lee SE13 Lewisham SE14 New Cross SE15 Peckham SE16 Rotherhithe SE17 Walworth SE18 Woolwich Arsenal SE19 SE20 Anerley SE21 Dulwich SE22 East Dulwich SE23 Forest Hill SE24 Hearne Hill SE25 South Norwood SE26 Sydenham SE27 West Norwood SE28 Woolwich & Thamesmead

E2 Bethnal Green E3 Bow E4 Chingford E5 Clapton E6 East Ham E7 Forest Gate E8 Hackney E9 Homerton E10 Leyton E11 Leytonstone E12 Manor Park E13 Plaistow E14 Poplar E15 Stratford E16 Victoria Dock E17 Walthamstow E18 Woodford

N2 East Finchley N3 Finchley N4 Finsbury Park N5 Highbury N6 Highgate N7 Holloway N8 Hornsey N9 Lower Edmonton N10 Muswell Hill N11 New Southgate N12 North Finchley N13 Palmers Green N14 Southgate N15 Stamford Hill N16 Stoke Newington N17 Tottenham N18 Turnpike Lane N19 Upper Holloway N20 Whetstone N21 Winchmore Hill N22 Wood Green

Christ...I need to get out more!

The ‘1s’ are the central sorting offices.

This thread is like watching philosophers debate about how many angels can dance on a pinhead... so many people, interested in such a microscopic topic
Love from the rest of the world

True.

But it’s still better than hearing from Scottish Nationalists or Yorks v Lancs.

This thread is a bit of family bantz in response to -yet another— thread about how horrible London and Londoners are. Hopefully it might also let visitors know about some new areas. After all it is the Capital, it belongs to everyone!

Seamstress over 8 million people live in London, the capital of the UK, and they come from all around the globe. Hardly a miscroscopic topic.

@Craft1905 N18 isn't turnpike lane, its upper Edmonton.

South West London, the central Clapham station is Clapham Common which is one of the few island stations.

I love the commons, Clapham, Wandsworth , Wimbledon, Putney, Morden Park Richmond Park, easy access to Hyde Park and one of my favourite views in London from the restaurant in Peter Jones

SW10 is Chelsea, Worlds End is in Chelsea but postcode also includes The Bromptons. It's a bit of a messed up postcode but it's my favourite

North. Crouch End, Wood Green. Though I did live in Streatham for a year once and it was very nice, it's just not the same.
I left a couple of years ago and wish I hadn't.

There was a survey a couple of years back about the best place to live in London by postcode. Winner was SW4.

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/clapham-voted-best-place-to-live-in-london-a2953626.html

I enjoyed living in south London but am now in east and transport is so much better. I don't like snooty north London though.

I don’t think I’ve ever been south of the river tbh.

North.

Of the Watford Gap, always.

South, always ❤️