{"id":46477,"date":"2017-03-03T23:29:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-hither-green-london-good-schools-train-links-and-parks\/"},"modified":"2017-03-03T23:41:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T16:41:39","slug":"lets-move-to-hither-green-london-good-schools-train-links-and-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-hither-green-london-good-schools-train-links-and-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Hither Green, London: \u2018Good schools, train links and parks\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s not cheap, but the lesser of all local property price evilsWhat\u2019s going for it? You\u2019ll often find me red-faced in Manor House Gardens, striding the circuit with a pushchair, shushing at any noise-emitting entity who dares come close. Hither Green is one of my prime get-the-kid-to\u2011sleep routes. It combines, in one handy neighbourhood, everything me and the nipper need: preprandial children\u2019s library, postprandial ice-cream at the gardens\u2019 cafe, an ace playground with that secret tree that all the kids climb, and an endless supply of fellow parents with whom to exchange sleep-deprived-but-knowing looks and emergency nappies, should the proverbial hit the hand drier. For, yes, there is a nice public loo, too. I am very much not alone. Hither Green is one of those plum breeding grounds for Londoners priced out of Peckham, gentrified out of Greenwich. Good schools; good train links; lovely parks; not cheap, but the lesser of all local property price evils; and ice-cream. Did I mention the ice-cream? It\u2019s the little things, you see, that get parents through the day.The case against The neighbourhood is riven in two by the railway line, practically (there are few crossing points, hence bad traffic) and in spirit. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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