London family friendly are recommendations (villagey feel)

[Anteater5]

Hello, we are looking to move from a flat in zone 1 to somewhere more family friendly and are coming up with blanks, so coming for suggestions! Budget is £1.1-1.4mn, have two toddlers (boy and girl) and another on the way so looking for good primary and secondary schools (ideally state, Catholic is fine/a bit preferable) and longevity (ideally 4 bedrooms). Commutes into the City and Canary Wharf (although links to the City are more important). Generally, like the village vibes of Dulwich, Barnes. Any suggestions are SO welcome! Thank you in advance

Grove Park area of Chiswick, the Butts Estate Brentford, Northfields Ealing. Gunnersbury School for Boys and Gumley House for girls, both Catholic, are well regarded and serve all those areas.

Of go west as Londoner... south is shit 🤣 north is out of your range.
West is best Chiswick or have you tried hanwell? Worth a look

Is "villagey" the new euphemism for affluent/leafy? (i.e. 'naice')

Because as someone who currently lives in a village, but also knows London well as I grew up there, none of the areas mentioned are genuinely village-like. Nowhere in London is.

If what you actually want is 'naice', then Telegraph Hill would do the job.

Pinner

I’d also vote Woodford Green. Nice area, within budget, good commute to the areas you need to reach, very good primaries and catholic secondary.

That budget would not go very far in Chislehurst . Use to live in that area

Totally disagree as a born Londoner who also has lived in an actual village. Barnes for example is definitely a village complete with village green and village pond.

Chislehurst