Sydenham Town Forum

To add to what Rachael has said, closing off the sidestreets has the wonderful effect of civilising the residential streets beyond. Sydenham is plagued with selfish rat running so if the downside of closures is a bit more traffic on the High St that's fine by me (and I'm sure by the majority of ...

Locals popping into sydenham to shop does not just mean those in roads adjacent to the high street. It was easier to park in sydenham than penge, forest hill or crystal palace. Therefore to drop into sydenham to grab something from say super drug and the post office was much simpler to do in ...

The traffic is in part due to the rephrasing of the lights but is in the main due to the fact that you can no longer get off of the high street on to side roads except at mayow road or silverdale meaning everyone goes from one end to the other. In the past people could come off and double back on ...