Where to livein Dulwich near DCPS

[Mistymummy]

All - My son has recently been offered admission to DCPS which is on Gallery Road in Dulwich. We currently do not stay in this area and are now looking to rent a property nearby (before we finally buy something). I would really appreciate some thoughts from people living locally in this area as I know locals can offer the best perspective.

Our main criterion are:

a). A decent size house / flat (currently we have a 1200 sq feet flat with a garden and are used to the size)
b). Not too far from DCPS (preferably on way to over ground station)
c). Near to a station that has direct connection to London Bridge
d). Safe neighbourhood (important)

I currently pay £1500 p.m in rent and can go up to £200-300 higher but not much.

Will we get something fitting our criterion in our budget?

Will really appreciate comments / suggestions.

I live fairly near there but don't know what to suggest. Try posting on the East Dulwich Forum (hope I don't get banished from MN for suggesting that!)

You will get more for your money in West Norwood, which borders West Dulwich, isn't that far from the college and has a direct train service into London Bridge. It's quite gritty but you can't really get away from that in SE London - I quite liked living there.

The area around Sydenham Hill station on the edge of the wood is lovely but probably extraordinarily expensive. Depends how many bedrooms you want really.