Move to Surrey

[ThisNewAnt]

Looking to relocate to Warlingham or Woldingham areas. Advice needed on where’s best. Are these nice places to live? Have a dog that needs off lead walking. Also looking for somewhere with community vibe to meet neighbours so do not want to be isolated.

as my husband will be driving up to Catford and East Dulwich and Peckham Rye

I know someone who commutes daily from Catford to Caterham (via Warlingham!).

Caterham has a great community spirit and events are always really well supported. Warlingham is similar no doubt. Warlingham is certainly prettier and if I were in your position it would probably be my choice.

Oh thank you! We keep looking and coming back to Warlingham as it ticks so many boxes for us. Do you know how long it takes them to get to Catford? Our kids did it and it was about an hour and I suppose it depends what time of day too. Also do you hear of much crime in that village? it seemed fairly peaceful when we visited

The only crime I ever hear about in the whole E Surrey area (have formed all over) is luxury car theft (was a spate after covid but seems to have settled down) and occasional bored teenagers being a nuisance. In Warlingham they are obsessed with prete ding it is still a discrete village, which its not, theyre all small towns or suburban sprawl round here, and on the Facebook pages you will see lots of "its getting closer!!" doom and gloom posts everytime anyone hears a siren, meaning Croydon/London, but in 12y of living here (moving out of S Croydon) I have experienced zero crime and the only crime I have heard about is the usual car theft, teenagers throwing eggs and some shoplifting in the shops on the green/in the valley. I guess burglary and domestic things go on too but not to anybody I have heard about.

The police are fairly visible at the moment as are currently located in Caterham Valley, but not like it used to be and you rarely see any of them since community police etc disappeared. But thats all of home counties. They came round once to advise on car security measure a few years ago and thats the only time I've ever had any dealing with them.

Compared to London, where you have to watch your phone and wallet, it seems incredibly low crime to me, perhaps surprisingly so given how close it is to London. You do hear sirens a but vut that is mainly due to rescue services for the motorway I think.

https://www.police.uk/pu/your-area/?search=1

You can see crime stats by area above, Warlingham is likely lower than Caterham

Oh that’s informative thank you.

Warlingham is really pretty, I know 2 people who live in Sanderstead and though it’s nice enough I’d choose Warlingham over it. Westerham lovely but no train station. Don’t know Farleigh that well nor Woldingham but have driven through/been to pubs. Limpsfield is also very pretty and near Warlingham, no station but some village shops. Tatsfield, a friend of mine years ago lived there with her parents. Nice enough place but haven’t been there (driven near it) for years so could’ve changed. Driving to Catford I’d probably go for Warlingham, property there seems fairly decent value compared to eg Woldingham. As far as I know Warlingham village doesn’t have much crime, AI says it’s a relatively safe area. Chislehurst is great I know a few people living there, takes approx 20-38 mins even in rush hour.

That’s driving to Catford I meant from Chislehurst. Warlingham by car to Catford is 45-65 mins during rush hour.

We went to Tatsfield and stayed overnight - not enough shops and same with Limpsfield. Really pretty and love the look of the houses but ready to be somewhere a bit livelier as we currently live in a similar village - beautiful but not much going on. Thanks for the info - really think Warlingham is the furthest away from our kids we want to be and has lots we are looking for. Just need to find a nice property on a quiet road. 🤞🏻