Gipsy Hill
Gipsy Hill in south London is a hilly and leafy neighbourhood spanning the southern parts of the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark characterised for its stunning views of the City of London and Dulwich.
| Gipsy Hill | |
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View down the upper straight of the street, Gipsy Hill, looking north towards the City of London | |
Gipsy Hill Location within Greater London | |
| Population | 13,712 (2011 Census. Ward) |
| OS grid reference | TQ332710 |
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| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | SE19, SE27 |
| Dialling code | 020 (8670 OR 8761) |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
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It borders the neighbourhood of Crystal Palace, which was crowned as the best place to live in London by the Sunday Times Best Place to Live survey.
Historically, north of its traditional Westow-Central Hill southern limit, it was split between the southern projections of the West Norwood daughter parish of Lambeth and the St Giles church daughter parish of Camberwell in Surrey until urban reforms of 1889 created the County of London. It takes in, due to a diagonal, slightly weaving border, somewhat less of the London Borough of Southwark, and it has a ridge-top border along the retail/services/leisure street Westow Hill and residential street Central Hill with Upper Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon.