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Which is better place to stay? London south (Bermondsey) or east (Stepney Green)
Hi all, going to move to london soon and wondering which is better place to stay between London south (Bermondsey sube stn) or east (Stepney Green tube stn). Really, what I want is a safe place and convenience for daily shopping needs. Both places have approximately same travel time to my place of work.
Any advice from Londoners?????
Any advice from Londoners?????
lhwjud
Hi all, going to move to london soon and wondering which is better place to stay between London south (Bermondsey sube stn) or east (Stepney Green tube stn). Really, what I want is a safe place and convenience for daily shopping needs. Both places have approximately same travel time to my place of work.
Any advice from Londoners?????
Any advice from Londoners?????
Don't know anything about Stepney...but Bermondsey is generally crap
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Reply 7
lhwjud
OP
Juwel
Stepney is Zone 2, yes. District and Hammersmith lines though 
If you're not too far from Mile End station, use that instead, better luck on the Central line.
If you're not too far from Mile End station, use that instead, better luck on the Central line.
Are District and Hammersmith lines not good?
I head Mile End area is not too safe, is it true?
What about Walthamstow Central (zone 3)? I'm quite surprise to know that the travel time between Walthamstow Central and Euston is approximately 20mins, and the flats seem to be generally better. But what about safety and environment?
lhwjud
Are District and Hammersmith lines not good?
I head Mile End area is not too safe, is it true?
What about Walthamstow Central (zone 3)? I'm quite surprise to know that the travel time between Walthamstow Central and Euston is approximately 20mins, and the flats seem to be generally better. But what about safety and environment?
I head Mile End area is not too safe, is it true?
What about Walthamstow Central (zone 3)? I'm quite surprise to know that the travel time between Walthamstow Central and Euston is approximately 20mins, and the flats seem to be generally better. But what about safety and environment?
District line's rather slow, and it's one of the older lines. Not sure Hammersmith and City line is as slow, but about as old. Jubilee's been treated to an extension in the last decade and is relatively fast and modern.
While I have no fears about safety in Mile End, it is one of the East End areas, a bit ghetto, certainly in comparison with Walthamstow.
Walthamstow borders the East End and the leafy suburbs and combines elements of both; better safety and environment to your other areas of choice.
Reply 9
**** that, come to the West! We have me!
Reply 10
I live in Walthamstow. Like somebody mentioned above, it sort of straddles the divide between the East End and the suburbs - somehow. It is quite leafy and there are quite a few open spaces, and there's the forest 10 mins walk from my house. It used to be in Essex until a reorganisation of London boroughs in the mid 60s when it became part of Waltham Forest, so this would explain that. At the same time, it's got a lot of typical modern 'East End' features - multicultural, generally friendly and open community, a lot of estates/flats/basically no non-terraced housing, and I don't know what the crime rates are like, but I somehow doubt they're as bad as the neighbouring and much more deprived borough Newham.
Quite a few of my male friends have been mugged, but they were generally a bit drunk or wandering the streets really late at night, so not helping their situation - and only one of my female friends has been a victim of crime (being attacked at gunpoint in a park, but it really is very very rare, and she was remarkably cheerful enough to joke about it afterwards).
There isn't much for young people - we lost our cinema ages ago when it was bought out by some fundamentalist-sounding Christian organisation (though it's only a 20-min bus ride to Stratford or South Woodford or Ilford cinemas), the high street is quite rubbish, especially the market which apart from getting cheap, local fruit and veg and being the longest open market in Europe is a bit of a dump, and there aren't really any good clubs, but there are generally decent pubs and bars everywhere. There are loads of ridiculously cheap places to get food, from traditional pie and mash to indian, cantonese, etc, restaurants. Where I live, near the Village area (it is quite like a village, with its own church, graveyard, community centre, post office, 3 corner shops, museum, 2 parks, etc.), there's a row of about a dozen places to eat and drink - trendy cafes, a load of different pretty classy for the area restaurants, fish and chips, indian takeaway, a bakery, and 3 pubs (one's quite pretentious, another is pretty ordinary and another has let itself go a bit). However, because it's seen as the upmarket and trendy area to be the prices are a bit too high for poor students, and in my 19 years I think I've only eaten at the bakery, fish and chip shop and one Italian restaurant. Rent I believe is also higher here (and I'm moving soon because we can't afford the mortgage) too, though there are quite a lot of trendy but tiny converted flats in the Village (when we move, my 2-bed house is going to be converted into 2 flats by developers).
It is really quick to get into central London - you never really need to plan far in advance, because everywhere in central London is about 35-40 mins max away, and there are 2 tube stops in Walthamstow, and an overground line to Liverpool Street with 3 stops within the town, so wherever you are in Walthamstow you can get into central London pretty sharpish.
If you have any more questions about Walthamstow, I'd be happy to answer them if you PM me... it really is a nice place to live
Quite a few of my male friends have been mugged, but they were generally a bit drunk or wandering the streets really late at night, so not helping their situation - and only one of my female friends has been a victim of crime (being attacked at gunpoint in a park, but it really is very very rare, and she was remarkably cheerful enough to joke about it afterwards).
There isn't much for young people - we lost our cinema ages ago when it was bought out by some fundamentalist-sounding Christian organisation (though it's only a 20-min bus ride to Stratford or South Woodford or Ilford cinemas), the high street is quite rubbish, especially the market which apart from getting cheap, local fruit and veg and being the longest open market in Europe is a bit of a dump, and there aren't really any good clubs, but there are generally decent pubs and bars everywhere. There are loads of ridiculously cheap places to get food, from traditional pie and mash to indian, cantonese, etc, restaurants. Where I live, near the Village area (it is quite like a village, with its own church, graveyard, community centre, post office, 3 corner shops, museum, 2 parks, etc.), there's a row of about a dozen places to eat and drink - trendy cafes, a load of different pretty classy for the area restaurants, fish and chips, indian takeaway, a bakery, and 3 pubs (one's quite pretentious, another is pretty ordinary and another has let itself go a bit). However, because it's seen as the upmarket and trendy area to be the prices are a bit too high for poor students, and in my 19 years I think I've only eaten at the bakery, fish and chip shop and one Italian restaurant. Rent I believe is also higher here (and I'm moving soon because we can't afford the mortgage) too, though there are quite a lot of trendy but tiny converted flats in the Village (when we move, my 2-bed house is going to be converted into 2 flats by developers).
It is really quick to get into central London - you never really need to plan far in advance, because everywhere in central London is about 35-40 mins max away, and there are 2 tube stops in Walthamstow, and an overground line to Liverpool Street with 3 stops within the town, so wherever you are in Walthamstow you can get into central London pretty sharpish.
If you have any more questions about Walthamstow, I'd be happy to answer them if you PM me... it really is a nice place to live
Reply 11
bermondsey is horrible! stepney is also quite horrible, but i'd rather live there.
Reply 12
lhwjud
OP
Well already decided to go Walthamstow; will be staying just 2 mins away from the tube station. Any more tips?
Reply 14
lhwjud
OP
Woh already in Walthamstow, like the place!!! So convenient with an open market a lots of shops around.
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