Moving to Clapham Junction / Wimbledon advice ?

piggeh

Why do you want to be near the train station? Ifyou need to get to Clapham Junction, then look at Raynes Park, Wimbledon Chase, as they'll be a bit cheaper, and are quite nice. Or even Worcester Park, Motspur Park, but depends if you want to be within walking distance of somewhere like Wimbledon or prefer it a bit quieter.

olly300

piggeh wrote: »

Why do you want to be near the train station? Ifyou need to get to Clapham Junction, then look at Raynes Park, Wimbledon Chase, as they'll be a bit cheaper, and are quite nice. Or even Worcester Park, Motspur Park, but depends if you want to be within walking distance of somewhere like Wimbledon or prefer it a bit quieter.

Wimbledon Chase, Worcester Park and Motspur Park all have infrequent trains compared to Raynes Park and Wimbledon.

In fact people I know who live and lived in Wimbledon Chase use to take the bus to Wimbledon as it was quicker.

He's better off looking at the tube i.e. South Wimbledon, Colliers Wood (depending where you live you would actually be in Wimbledon but in walking distance to the tube.)

Oh and in regards to supermarkets there are a lot and a lot of convenience shops that open late. So that isn't an issue.

lampard

Thanks again for the replies all.

The commute has already been worked out, its either going to be between clapham or wimbledon stations as im going towards guildford to work.

im leaning towards wimbledon as its a cheaper 3 month ticket. On top of the nice reviews about the place here also I think ive nearly made up my mind

:T

princeofpounds

OK that's more helpful.

You are lucky to be heading out of town for the commute. It will be very comfortable.

One of the major differences between the two places is the time it takes to get into town. Wimbledon is a 50min place to the city, but the junction is 20min or so. But that relationship is reversed given where you are.

Wimbledon is split into 3 areas really. There is the Town, around the rail and tube station. It is quite commercial, with small shopping centres, offices, cinemas etc. There are restaurants and bars, but not many nightclubs compared to the the Clapham area. The housing around here is very convenient for travel, price-wise similar to nicer areas around Junction (Northcote Rd area).

There is the Village, which is up the hill near the common. This is a really great area - it's the first place you get to in SW London which has anywhere like a country feel. The common is genuinely a big area so great for running/cycling. It's more expensive than the town.

Finally there is South Wimbledon. This is the cheap area, it looks a bit shabby as is ex-industrial in places, but there is nothign wrong with it, it's not a particularly criminal area or anything. Easy to get into town on the Northern Line and easy to get to Wimbledon Town.

There are also areas around Wimbledon (Wimbledon Park, Southfields, Raynes Park etc) which are cheaper but to describe them all is a lot of work.

How is the Junction different? Well the housing stock is similar to the Town really, perhaps more cramped-in, but the area is a bit more urban and the shopping not as pleasant. The sort of inhabitants are not that different - young professionals, some families, some Saffers and Aussies. There is maybe more weight on families in Wimbledon and more on sharers around Junction. It's more convenient for town. It has more council estates, but on the north side of the station so if you are up the hill to the west or south near northcote so you can avoid them. Clapham common is not that far away but Clapham Junction is not in Clapham, to be clear. Wimbledon common is much bigger, quieter and more wild (also has 2 golf courses).

If I were you, I'd do Wimbledon unless you see yourself as an urban type who needs to be in Leicester square on a saturday night. You gain many of the benefits of london access without so many compromises.

Richard_Webster

Don't understand point of living in Wimbledon if working in Guildford. Why not live the other side of Guildford down the line to Portsmouth? Property prices will be a bit cheaper and life a lot less frenetic.

Wimps who catch the bus from Wimbledon Chase to Wimbledon! 12-15 minute walk? I lived near Dundonald Rec for 26 years and it was 7 minutes to Wimbledon Station.

abankerbutnotafatcat

Or live in Guildford - it's really nice :-)

zagubov

If you can bear changing trains you might be better in New Malden or even Berrylands.

New Malden's better for supermarkets. Leafy, spacious, villagey. If you did go to a show in London at night the last train from Waterloo leaves about 1.30 AM I believe

Wimbledon's easy to get to (Kingston too) and so's Surbiton where there's loads of trains to Guildford, always empty as you're commuting the "wrong" way.

princeofpounds

Don't understand point of living in Wimbledon if working in Guildford.

Could be a number of reasons, family, friends, hobbies that are only London-based (not many polo fields or natural history museums in Guildford)

Wimps who catch the bus from Wimbledon Chase to Wimbledon! 12-15 minute walk? I lived near Dundonald Rec for 26 years and it was 7 minutes to Wimbledon Station.

If you have a 1 hour commute to work, it's not the walk you want to avoid but the extra 10-20 minutes out of your day, every day (~60 hours). Not something I did, but I could understand why people would

If you can bear changing trains you might be better in New Malden or even Berrylands.

New Malden's better for supermarkets. Leafy, spacious, villagey. If you did go to a show in London at night the last train from Waterloo leaves about 1.30 AM I believe

Wimbledon's easy to get to (Kingston too) and so's Surbiton where there's loads of trains to Guildford, always empty as you're commuting the "wrong" way.

Berrylands is a bit chavvy, New Malden is fine but heavily Korean. You aren't going to get the social scene you have in Wimbledon or Clapham there. Surbiton, I don't know about the Guildford links but is worth considering.

lampard

princeofpounds wrote: »

Could be a number of reasons, family, friends, hobbies that are only London-based (not many polo fields or natural history museums in Guildford)



If you have a 1 hour commute to work, it's not the walk you want to avoid but the extra 10-20 minutes out of your day, every day (~60 hours). Not something I did, but I could understand why people would



Berrylands is a bit chavvy, New Malden is fine but heavily Korean. You aren't going to get the social scene you have in Wimbledon or Clapham there. Surbiton, I don't know about the Guildford links but is worth considering.

Pretty much what I was going to say only less detailed :rotfl:and thank you so much for your detailed reply above very useful.

It really is either wimbledon or clapham guys, nowhere else is in consideration.

Thanks for suggestions but I really am only intrested in opinions of those areas only.

minibbb

My sister has a one bedroom flat on Plough Road, Clapham which is literally a 2-3 min walk from the station.

Ive visited a few times and its great up there! The bars/pubs are good and most of the people who frequent them are professional types. Lots of building/developing going on atm!

She's moved abroad for a year and pretty sure their one bed flat is renting for about £1300 pcm but dont quote me on it!

The good thing is, the council tax is filthy cheap!