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Despereately trying to find somewhere to live in London at the moment as I have to move by Jan. I have been contacted by someone with rooms available in Plumstead. Good price and house looks ok from photos but I don't know SE London at all and it is a long way from the centre (35min by train - getting the train to Greenwich a few weeks ago from London Bridge was horrible).

Has anyone ever been or even heard of Plumstead?

In reply to BigBrother:

Plumstead is where the band Shampoo come from!

And the infamous Jim Sidetail/Rattail

You need to know no more...

In reply to BigBrother:

Was born there but never lived there.

not been through there in a few years, but did used to work there a fair bit.

Large Asian community, some great places to eat. Traffic could be hellish.

Hopefully somebody else will be able to provide some more helpful info!

Si

In reply to BigBrother:
the train journey's a pain in the parts....bu tto b ehonest 35 mins isn't the worst commute i've heard of.

can't remember what the shops & streets are like...but if the price is good, it'll do to start with?..
I'd say it was a bit rough, but you can say that about anywhere - there's a few people on 'ere from that neck o' the woods

In reply to BigBrother: Whereabouts? It doesn't look hideous up by the common. I would think that you could do a lot worse

In reply to woolsack: Between plumstead station and the park.

Thanks for the replies.

In reply to BigBrother:

Assuming you have a vague interest in climbing (not apparent from your postings) I can think of few places worse to live in the UK.

It's alright in a mediocre SE London sort of way.

In reply to BigBrother: Random Plumstead facts/anecdotes

Plumstead is dreary.. Woolwich is rough.. racial abuse and gang rapes. Commuting through London Bridge is enough to drain the soul from Steven Segal. But we do know a gay bloke who lives around there and he has never had any jip about being camp as knickers. My gf's nan has never been mugged in 20 years. I worked there for a few months and it was chav central.

Poor transport. Bad vibes.

In reply to BigBrother: Thanks for the replies. I have been living in north west london for several years but have to move and struggling to find anywhere I can afford near here. But after being in easy cycling distance of the centre and living in quite a pleasent place (for London) the idea of being stuck at the end of a trainline in south east isn't really appealing.

I had heard really bad things about woolwich. Pity, as there are some great cheap flats there when I was looking for flats with a friend.