Where in London will be gentrified next?

[Willow1086]

Where in London do you think will be gentrified next?

Chelsea. It’s long overdue…

Southall maybe. Anywhere on the new Elizabeth line. Or Acton.

Kensal Green.

Southall

Not much left...Ilford...manor park....??

Croydon

Lewisham, they’ve already made a start on catford

Woolwich

Elephant and Castle.

I already think Lewisham and Catford are nice. Lovely houses for 400-500k.

I noticed some of the outer NW suburbs seem to have good and fast links to central London. Harrow and Wealdstone, for example. Definitely not gentrified right now but relatively cheap for London - which perhaps makes it appealing to brave pioneers?

Catford has supposedly been 'up and coming' for the last decade.... Can't ever see Manor Park becoming a desirable place to live.

Catford is grim, really not gentrified at all.

So gentrification is being spoken about as a positive thing?

I'd have thought Kensal Rise would already be on the 'up'.

There are some parts of London that never really seem in danger of gentrification. A lot has to do with the available housing stock. Areas full of identikit (smallish) housing stock are never going to see the gentrification of places like the Nappy Valley SW London areas.

Well the Corbett estates really nice, loads of the roads down there have £1mn properties

I've spent what feels like the entire day there today as the stupid Blackheath triangle was shut all morning

@smallgoon

Catford has supposedly been 'up and coming' for the last decade.... Can't ever see Manor Park becoming a desirable place to live.

Years ago people thought the same about Hackney, Peckham, etc. Things change.

Good transport links (including preferably being within walking distance of the Underground) are key too.

@HumunaHey

So gentrification is being spoken about as a positive thing?

Done right, it can be. The problem is it's often been done wrong. Areas need a good balanced mix of different people living in them. Variety of incomes, etc. It helps make a community. Otherwise we end up with two extremes with nothing in the middle. Exclusive very expensive, or 'no go' avoid at all costs. Really bad for social cohesion.

@Tealightsandd Fair point, but areas in zone 2 shouldn't be too surprising given their proximity to the centre of town (tower hamlets etc).

Penge? Sits nicely between Crystal Palace and Beckenham, and is affordable compared to both of those. Great transport links into mainline London stations too.

Catford is definitely 'naice' and has been for a long while. Not the central shopping area which is very rundown, but the side streets. Some very nice and pricy houses. Ditto Lewisham.

Tooting

Norbury.

Good family houses / starter houses, great transport, slowly improving High St. Excellent value for money housing price-wise. The creep south from Brixton and Streatham has begun.

Has a yarn bombing Norbury Knitters Group

Schools good.

@Happyhippy99

Tooting

Ha! Tooting got a Franca Manca and hipster coffee places in the market AGES ago