Click on the headings below to find out more about the local area.
Palace Road is surrounded by schools and nurseries, including:
- Palace Road Nature Garden – our closest park; a small nature reserve
- Hillside Gardens Park – a medium-sized park, including sports facilities
- Brockwell Park – a large park, with a wide range of facilities
Herne Hill Market – every Sunday
West Norwood Feast – every first Sunday of the month
The nearest railway stations are Tulse Hill and Streatham Hill, served by Southern and Thameslink trains. Tulse Hill has connections to and from London Bridge station, as well as Thameslink services to Bedford, passing through St. Pancras. Streatham Hill connects with London Victoria station.
Underground
Our nearest tube station is at Brixton, which is on the Victoria line.
Bus
Our nearest bus route is the P13, which runs along Hillside Road and travels from Streatham Station to New Cross, via Dulwich and Peckham. Buses run along Tulse Hill (road) towards Kennington (432), Marylebone (2), Old Kent Road (415) and Morden (201). From Tulse Hill railway station you can catch buses to Norwood Junction (196), Crystal Palace (322), Anerley (432) or Wimbledon, via Clapham (690). Streatham High Road is a major route followed by buses to Kingston (57), King’s Cross (59), Croydon (109), Morden (118), Liverpool Street (133), Oxford Circus (137), Marble Arch (159), Morden (201), Croydon (250), Tooting and Elephant and Castle (333), Crystal Palace and Clapham Common (417)