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'''Dulwich''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ʌ|l|ɪ|tʃ}}; {{Respell|DUL|itch}}) is an area of [[south London]], England. It is mostly in the [[London Borough of Southwark]], with parts in the [[London Borough of Lambeth]]. Dulwich comprises [[Dulwich Village]], [[East Dulwich]], [[West Dulwich]], and the Southwark half of [[Herne Hill]] (which is often referred to as the North Dulwich triangle). It lies in a valley between the neighbouring districts of [[Camberwell]] (to the north), [[Crystal Palace, London|Crystal Palace]], [[Denmark Hill]], [[Forest Hill, London|Forest Hill]], [[Peckham]], [[Sydenham Hill]], and [[Tulse Hill]].

For the last four centuries Dulwich has been centred on the [[College of God's Gift]], also known as the "Old College", which owned most of the land in the area today known as the [[Dulwich Estate]]. The College, founded with educational and charitable aims, established three large [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private schools]] in the 19th century ([[Dulwich College]], [[Alleyn's School]] and [[James Allen's Girls' School]]). In recent decades four large state [[secondary school]]s have opened in the area ([[The Charter School East Dulwich]], [[The Charter School North Dulwich]], [[Kingsdale Foundation School]] and [[Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich]]).

Dulwich formed part of the ancient [[parish]] of Camberwell in [[Surrey]], which became the [[Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell]] within the [[County of London]] in 1889;<ref>
[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol6/pp269-286#h3-0002 "Camberwell", British History online]</ref> in 1965, the borough was abolished and the area became part of the newly created London Borough of Southwark.

==History==
The first documented evidence of Dulwich is as a hamlet outside London in 967 AD, granted by King [[Edgar I of England|Edgar]] to one of his [[thanes]]. The name of Dulwich has been spelt in various ways since the Medieval period: Dylways, Dullag and most commonly Dilwysshe (from dile-wisc 'meadow where the [[dill]] grew'). The land was granted in 1127 by King [[Henry I of England|Henry I]] to [[Bermondsey Abbey]] who then owned the surrounding land. In 1333, the population of Dulwich was recorded as 100.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Weinreb |first=Ben |url=http://archive.org/details/londonencycloped00ias |title=The London encyclopedia |publisher=Adler & Adler |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-917561-07-8 |location=Bethesda, MD |pages=241–2 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1538, [[Henry VIII]] sold the area to goldsmith Thomas Calton for £609. Calton's grandson Sir Francis Calton, due to financial reasons, sold the Manor of Dulwich for £5,000 in 1605 to [[Elizabethan]] actor and entrepreneur [[Edward Alleyn]]. He vested his wealth in a charitable foundation, the [[College of God's Gift]], established in 1619.<ref name=":0" /> The charity's modern successor, [[The Dulwich Estate]],<ref>{{EW charity|312751|The Dulwich Estate}}</ref> still owns {{convert|1500|acre|ha|abbr=off|-2}} in the area, including a number of private roads and a tollgate. As part of the foundation, Alleyn also constructed a school, the [[Christ's Chapel of God's Gift|Christ's Chapel]]<ref>{{EW charity|1057970|Christ's Chapel of God's Gift at Dulwich}}</ref> (where Alleyn is buried) and [[alms house]]s in Dulwich (today the Dulwich Almshouse Charity).<ref>{{EW charity|207167|Dulwich Almshouse Charity}}</ref> Alleyn's original school building is no longer used for that purpose, instead now housing the Estate's Governors.

[[File:Dulwich College, College Road, Dulwich. - geograph.org.uk - 58443.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dulwich College]]]]

In the 17th century, King [[Charles I of England]] visited [[Dulwich Wood]]s on a regular basis to hunt. In 1738, a man named Samuel Bentyman was murdered in Dulwich Woods.<ref name="British History">{{cite book |author=Edward Walford |title=Old and New London |volume=6 |year=1878 |chapter=Chapter XXII 'Peckham and Dulwich' |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45282 |pages=286–303 |publisher=British History Online |access-date=19 April 2008}}</ref> On 5 August 1677 [[John Evelyn]] writes that he took the waters at Dulwich. The Dulwich waters were cried about in the streets of London as far back as 1678. In 1739, Mr. Cox, master of the Green Man, a [[tavern]] situated about a mile south of the village of Dulwich, sunk a well for his family. The water was found to be possessed of [[purgative]] qualities, and was for some time used medicinally. While the water was popular much custom was drawn to the adjoining tavern, and its proprietor flourished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45282 |title='Peckham and Dulwich', Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878), pp. 286–303 |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |access-date=3 May 2010}}</ref> The oak-lined formal avenue, known as Cox's Walk, leading from the junction of Dulwich Common and [[Lordship Lane (Dulwich)|Lordship Lane]] was cut soon after 1732<ref>{{Cite book | last=Hall | first=Edwin | title=Dulwich History and Romance 2nd Edition | publisher=Bickers and Sons | year=1922 | page=46 | url=https://archive.org/stream/dulwichhistoryro00hall#page/46/mode/2up }}</ref> by Francis Cox to connect his establishment of the Green Man Tavern and Dulwich Wells with the more popular [[Sydenham Wells Park|Sydenham Wells]].<ref>From the Nun's Head to the Screaming Alice by Mathew Frith, The Friends of the Great North Wood, 1995</ref>

By 1815 the Green Man had become a school known as [[William Glennie|Dr. Glennie]]'s academy in Dulwich Grove, although it was demolished about ten years later. Among the pupils here there were a few who became well known, [[Lord Byron]], [[John Le Marchant (British Army cavalry officer)|General Le Marchant]] and [[Captain Barclay]]. Dr Glennie held Saturday evening concerts which attracted visitors from outside the family circle, such as the poet [[Thomas Campbell (poet)|Thomas Campbell]], then living in nearby [[Sydenham, London|Sydenham]], and [[Robert Barker (painter)|Robert Barker]], inventor of the [[panorama]]. Following the closure of the school, the building reverted to its original use and was known as the Grove Tavern. The building has now been boarded up and neglected for many years by owners the Dulwich Estate. In 1803, Samuel Matthews – known as the "[[Dulwich Hermit]]" – was also murdered in Dulwich Woods; he was buried in Dulwich Old Cemetery.<ref name="British History" /> 1811–1814 saw the building of the [[Dulwich Picture Gallery]].

[[File:Dulwich Picture Gallery exterior.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dulwich Picture Gallery]]]]

The school founded by Alleyn expanded in 1842 into a small new building, designed by [[Sir Charles Barry]] who designed [[Westminster Palace]], known as the Old Grammar School next to the Old College. In 1857, the foundation was restructured as part of a nationwide review of educational foundations; this resulted in a significant expansion of the school, which was split into an Upper School (later [[Dulwich College]]) that moved into new buildings designed by [[Charles Barry (junior)]] in 1870, and a Lower School (later [[Alleyn's School]]) which moved to its present day site in Townley Road in 1887.

By 1901, the population had grown to 10,247 from a smaller population of 1,632 in 1851 due to the development of railway networks and a growth in housing for the middle and working classes.<ref name=":0" /> In the [[Second World War]], Dulwich was hit by many [[V-1 (flying bomb)|V-1]] flying bombs and [[V-2 rocket]]s. A possible explanation for this is that the British military when announcing V-1 and V-2 explosions deliberately gave map co-ordinates four miles north of the truth in an attempt to protect densely populated central London and focus the drops on the open spaces in the suburbs instead.

== Governance ==
Dulwich is part of the [[Dulwich and West Norwood]] constituency for elections to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK Parliament election results: Dulwich and West Norwood (31 May 2024 - ) |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/ |access-date=2026-01-11 |website=UK Parliament election results |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Dulwich is part of the [[Dulwich Hill (ward)|Dulwich Hill]], [[Dulwich Village (ward)|Dulwich Village]] and [[Dulwich Wood (ward)|Dulwich Wood]] wards for elections to [[Southwark London Borough Council]].<ref>{{cite web |date=5 November 2020 |title=The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (Electoral Changes) Order 2020 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1230/made |access-date=14 November 2021 |website=[[gov.uk]]}}</ref>

==Geography==
There are a number of recognised districts in Dulwich: 
*[[Dulwich Village]] which includes the traditional village centre
*[[West Dulwich]] which is a mainly residential area bordering [[West Norwood]] and [[Tulse Hill]].
*[[Herne Hill]] (the Southwark half) which forms the North Dulwich Triangle, borders [[Brixton]], [[Denmark Hill]], [[Loughborough Junction]] and [[Tulse Hill]].
*[[Sydenham Hill Wood]] and [[Dulwich Wood]] –  The southern border includes [[Sydenham Hill station]], St. Stephen's Church and the mid-century housing estates of Great Brownings and Peckarmans Wood.
*[[East Dulwich]], also a residential area, bordering Peckham. It includes [[Lordship Lane, Southwark|Lordship Lane]].

Dulwich Village contains the original shopping street and still contains nearly all of its original 18th and 19th century buildings. It remains very uncommercialised and is a conservation zone.{{cn|date=July 2023}} The village borders on [[Dulwich Park]], where the Dulwich Horse and Motor Show is held every year.

==Sport and leisure==
Dulwich is also home to [[Dulwich Hamlet F.C.]], founded in 1893 and competing in the [[Isthmian League]] today. They ground share with another [[Non-League football]] club [[Fisher F.C.]] at Champion Hill in East Dulwich. In the early 1990s [[Sainsbury's]] acquired the site and built Dulwich Hamlet a new ground.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

The [[Old Alleynian|Old Alleynian Football Club]] is a local [[rugby union]] team originally for former pupils of [[Dulwich College]], but is now open to all who wish to play. Alleyn Old Boys Club – former pupils of Alleyn's School – is located on Burbage Road.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

Dulwich has two running clubs, namely Dulwich Park RC and Dulwich Runners.

==Local landmarks==
[[File:Path in Dulwich Park - geograph.org.uk - 203767.jpg|thumb|left|Dulwich Park in 2006]]

[[Dulwich Park]] was opened in 1890. It was formerly farmland, part of the Court Farm, and now offers duck and rowing ponds, children's play area, bowling green, tennis court, bridle path for horse-riding, and a café.

Dulwich Hospital in [[East Dulwich]] Grove was designed by Henry Jarvis and built on {{convert|7|acre|ha|spell=on|abbr=off}} of land purchased in [[East Dulwich]] by the Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of St Saviour, Southwark, for the price of £50,000 in 1885.<ref>[http://www.dulwichcommunityhospital.nhs.uk/index.php?PID=0000000240 Dulwich hospital history] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416152415/http://www.dulwichcommunityhospital.nhs.uk/index.php?PID=0000000240 |date=16 April 2008 }}</ref> At the time of opening in 1887, it offered a 723-bed capacity. It was transformed from an infirmary into the Southwark Military Hospital during World War I, when it is estimated 14,000–15,000 wounded soldiers were treated at the hospital. After the Poor Law was abolished in 1930, the Southwark Union Infirmary was renamed Dulwich Hospital and the following year an operating theatre was built. In 1964, the hospital was aligned with King's College Hospital on Denmark Hill. There is no casualty department at Dulwich at present. However, in 2015 it was announced that Dulwich Hospital was to be closed and replaced by a school.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

There is a memorial fountain in Dulwich Village which is in remembrance to Dr George Webster, founder of the first [[British Medical Association]] (BMA), who worked in Dulwich from 1815 until his death in 1875.

Old Burial Ground, Dulwich Village, was created by [[Edward Alleyn]] as part of the foundation of his College of God's Gift. The Archbishop of Canterbury, [[George Abbot (Archbishop of Canterbury)|George Abbot]], conducted the consecration on Sunday 1 September 1616.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southlondonguide.co.uk/dulwichvillage/history.htm |title=Dulwich village history |publisher=Southlondonguide.co.uk |access-date=3 May 2010}}</ref> Guests included [[Edmund Bowyer (died 1627)|Edmund Bowyer]], [[Thomas Grimes]] and [[William Gresham]]. Thirty five Dulwich victims of the plague were buried in unmarked graves in the ground. Old Bridget, queen of the Norwood Gypsies (who appeared in the writings of [[Samuel Pepys]]) was also buried here in 1768. The ground was declared "full" in 1858, however the family of Louisa Shroeder obtained special permission for her remains to be interred in 1868. The ground's wrought iron gates and twelve tombs are Grade II listed.

The old Grammar School adjacent to the Old College and Almshouses at the junction of Burbage Road and Gallery Road was designed by [[Charles Barry]] (senior).

===Houses===
Belair House on the boundary between [[West Dulwich]] and Dulwich itself, is opposite [[West Dulwich railway station]] and was designed in 1785 for [[John Files]]. It remained a private house until 1938 when it came into the hands of Southwark Council. It fell into disrepair in the 1990s but was bought in 1998 and refurbished and turned into an upmarket restaurant. The house has a large park ground attached which is now public, including tennis courts and a children's play area. This area used to be the fields for its farm. The lake is the only substantial stretch of the ancient [[River Effra]] remaining above ground.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCommunity/Dulwich/dulwichgreenspaces.html |title=Dulwich Green Spaces |publisher=Southwark.gov.uk |date=1 April 2005 |access-date=3 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719181009/http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCommunity/Dulwich/dulwichgreenspaces.html |archive-date=19 July 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

[[Bell House (Dulwich)]] in College Road was designed in 1767 for [[Thomas Wright (mayor)|Thomas Wright]], a stationer and later [[Lord Mayor of the City of London]]. A large extension was added in the mid-19th century and it is accompanied by a lodge house. The house is Grade II listed. Its name comes from its Bell Tower situated on top of the original house and the bell was restored in the late 1990s. It became a [[Dulwich College]] boarding house in 1926 and only returned to private ownership in 1993. The house was bought in the summer of 2016 by an educational charity.

[[The Crown and Greyhound]] public house is in Dulwich Village. In the 19th century, two separate pubs stood in this area – the centre of Dulwich Village. The Crown was for the labourers of the area, while the Greyhound across the road, was for local gentry. The Greyhound was a coach stop on the London Piccadilly-Sittingbourne route. [[Charles Dickens]] was a frequent visitor to the village and used to drink at The Greyhound pub.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200159/history_of_southwark/1020/dickens_southwark/1 |title=Dickens' Southwark &#124; Southwark Council |website=Southwark.gov.uk |date=26 January 2010 |access-date=4 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408211907/http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200159/history_of_southwark/1020/dickens_southwark/1 |archive-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The current pub known as "The Dog", is a Grade II listed building. In the 1960s, it used to be known as the venue of the "Dulwich Poets".{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

One of the area's most famous residents and architects was Sir George Frederick Ellyatt (founder of the architecture practice, Ellyatt & Porter). He was responsible for the design or influence of in excess of 25 homes in the area, each built in its own individual style. One of the most notable homes was Crossways, 1 Dulwich Village, which he built as his own home following being granted permission to do so in January 1927 at a cost of just over £2000 and with a ground rent of £22 10s per annum. Uniquely, Ellyatt sought and was granted permission to build in 9" solid brick walls rather than 11" cavity walls (as was usual convention) as long as he used cement mortar. The site was originally occupied by a Georgian built home, known locally as "the Hall" which had become partially derelict during World War I and was demolished in 1925. Crossways still exists in substantially the same manner and form as when it was originally built.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

The Dulwich Wood and Sydenham Hill area contains mid-century housing estates designed by Austin Vernon and Partners for the [[Dulwich Estate]]. Examples include Peckarmans Wood and Great Brownings.

===Churches===
[[File:Pissarro - st-stephen-s-church-lower-norwood-1870.jpg|thumb|left|St Stephen's Church by [[Camille Pissarro]], 1870]]

[[All Saints Church, West Dulwich]] (Church of England) alongside Rosendale Road is a Victorian [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]] building, originally intended to be the cathedral for [[south London]]. The church was built between 1888 and 1897 and designed by [[George Fellowes Prynne]], a pupil of [[George Edmund Street]]. Although plans were scaled down it was still a huge building and is a Grade I listed building. Unfortunately it was gutted by a huge fire on 9 June 2000, the cause remains unknown.<ref>[http://www.sandybrown.com/webprojects/detail2.php?ID=318 All Saints Church] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416035707/http://www.sandybrown.com/webprojects/detail2.php?ID=318 |date=16 April 2008 }}</ref> The building reopened in April 2006 after a three-year restoration project.

[[St Barnabas' Church, Dulwich|St Barnabas' Church]] (Church of England) lies on Calton Avenue at the edge of [[Dulwich Village]]. The old church was designed by W H Wood of Newcastle upon Tyne and consecrated in 1894. However the original church burnt down in an arson attack by 'unknown persons' on Monday 7 December 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/southwark/dulwich/st-barnabas.htm |title=St Barnabas |publisher=Ideal-homes.org.uk |access-date=3 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415071413/http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/southwark/dulwich/st-barnabas.htm |archive-date=15 April 2009 }}</ref> The "Phoenix appeal" raised money to build a new church and the replacement structure, designed by [[Larry Malcic]] with an all-glass spire, was opened in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Geograph:: St Barnabas church, Dulwich [11 photos] in TQ33347439|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/12509|access-date=2020-09-01|website=www.geograph.org.uk|language=en}}</ref>

Grace Church Dulwich is situated on Turney Road and was built in 1900.  The church is currently a conservative evangelical Church of England church and meets on Sunday mornings at 10:30. The building is otherwise home to Rosendale School.

In the south, the spire of St. Stephen's Church can be seen above the trees of [[Dulwich Wood]], adjacent to [[Sydenham Hill railway station]].

==Transport==
[[File:Paying-the-toll-College-Road-London-SE21.jpg|thumb|Paying the toll at the College Road, Dulwich, London SE21 tollgate, which dates back to 1789]]

Dulwich sits astride the [[A205 road|South Circular (A205)]], one of London's [[Ring Road]]s. Also passing through the area is the [[A2199 road|A2199]] and College Road, which features a working [[Toll Road|tollgate]] dating back to 1789.

The journey to [[London Victoria]] from [[West Dulwich railway station|West Dulwich]] takes about 12 minutes and there are direct trains to and from [[London Blackfriars]] and points north on the [[Thameslink (route)|Thameslink line]] during the morning and evening peak periods respectively, [[East Dulwich railway station|East Dulwich]] is 12 minutes from [[London Bridge railway station|London Bridge]] and [[North Dulwich railway station|North Dulwich]] is 14 minutes from London Bridge. The nearest stations are in: [[Denmark Hill railway station|Denmark Hill]], [[East Dulwich railway station|East Dulwich]], [[West Dulwich railway station|West Dulwich]], [[North Dulwich railway station|North Dulwich]], [[Gipsy Hill railway station|Gipsy Hill]], [[Herne Hill railway station|Herne Hill]], [[Peckham Rye railway station|Peckham Rye]], [[Sydenham Hill railway station|Sydenham Hill]] and [[Tulse Hill railway station|Tulse Hill]].

Dulwich is served by [[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 3|3]], [[London Buses route 12|12]], [[London Buses route 37|37]], [[London Buses route 40|40]], [[London Buses route 42|42]], [[London Buses route 176|176]], [[London Buses route 185|185]], [[London Buses route 197|197]], [[London Buses route 201|201]], [https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/363/ 363], [[London Buses route 484|484]], [[London Buses route 450|450]], [[London Buses route P4|P4]] and [[London Buses route P13|P13]].

==Notable residents==
Famous people born in the area include: artist [[Madge Tennent]] in 1889;<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wageman|first1=Virginia|title=Larger than Life|url=http://www.hanahou.com/pages/Magazine.asp?Action=DrawArticle&ArticleID=341&MagazineID=21|access-date=9 August 2017|work=Hana Hou|volume=5|issue=5|publisher=Hawaiian Airlines}}</ref> the author [[Enid Blyton]] in 1897;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/6570310/Why-Enid-Blytons-greatest-creation-was-herself.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/6570310/Why-Enid-Blytons-greatest-creation-was-herself.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Why Enid Blyton's greatest creation was herself |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=4 April 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the first compiler of the [[London A-Z]], [[Phyllis Pearsall]] in East Dulwich in 1906, she went on to live in Dulwich Village; code breaker [[Mavis Batey]], then Mavis Lever, was born in Dulwich on May 5, 1921; the war-time singer [[Anne Shelton (singer)|Anne Shelton]] who lived on Court Lane until shortly before her death in 1994; also on Court Lane, Dr [[Reginald John Gladstone]] [[FRSE]] embryologist, lived here until his house was destroyed in the blitz in 1941; footballer [[Trevor Sinclair]] in 1973; the actor [[Tim Roth]] in 1961; the television personality [[Lisa Vanderpump]] in 1960; actress [[Sally Hawkins]] in 1976 and actor [[Angus Castle-Doughty]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angus Castle-Doughty |url=https://www.mandy.com/uk/a/angus-castle-doughty |publisher=Mandy.com |access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref>

In 1980, [[Bon Scott]], the lead singer of [[AC/DC]], after a night's heavy drinking, was found lifeless in a car outside 67 Overhill Road, East Dulwich. He was rushed to hospital but was dead on arrival at King's College Hospital.

The Village has also long been popular with people in show business; [[Ronnie Corbett]] lived there for years.{{when|date=July 2023}} [[Carl Barât]], [[The Libertines|Libertines]] lead singer, lives on Lordship Lane. [[Ronnie Reed]], who ran [[double agents]] during the [[Second World War]], and was an [[MI5]] officer from 1940 to 1976, lived in Court Lane Gardens from 1960 to 1995.<ref name="foo bar">{{cite book|first=Nicholas|last=Reed|date=2011|title=My Father, The Man Who Never Was: Ronnie Reed, The Life and Times of an MI5 Officer|location=Folkestone|publisher=Lilburne Press|isbn=978-1-901167-21-4}}</ref> [[Huw Edwards]], the former ''[[BBC News at Ten]]'' newsreader, resides in Dulwich. Actor [[Iain Glen]] also lives in the village.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Dulwich has also been home to several [[Members of Parliament]] and senior [[Civil Servant]]s. [[Margaret Thatcher]] bought a house in a "gated community" in Dulwich after her time as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. [[Edward George, Baron George]], governor of the [[Bank of England]] and himself an [[Old Alleynian]], lived in Gilkes Crescent just off the Village until his retirement. [[Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich]] who served as [[John Major]]'s [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] in the [[House of Lords]], also lives there.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Saumarez Smith |first1=Otto |title=Action for Cities: the Thatcher government and inner-city policy |journal=Urban History |date=May 2020 |volume=47 |issue=2 |page=1 |doi=10.1017/S0963926819000543 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2393016446 |access-date=10 February 2025|id={{ProQuest|2393016446}} |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

[[Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce|Admiral Sir Michael Boyce]], a former [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]], lived in Woodwarde Road and Sir [[John Scarlett]], head of [[MI6]], lived just off the South Circular Road.{{when|date=July 2023}} [[Harriet Harman]] MP lives in Winterbrook Road, [[Albert Booth]] MP, [[Secretary of State for Employment]] under [[James Callaghan]], lived on the corner of Woodwarde Road and Desenfans Road and [[Sir Robin Butler]], secretary to the Cabinet, lived in Half Moon Lane.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

In the closing chapter of [[Charles Dickens]]' romance ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'', [[Samuel Pickwick]] retires to a house in Dulwich, "one of the most pleasant spots near London."

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Grove Tavern, Dulwich.jpg|The Grove Tavern, [[public house]], located on the busy [[South Circular Road, London|South Circular]] road
File:Camberwell Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg|A map showing the Dulwich wards of Camberwell Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916
File:Dulwich village houses old.jpg|An old house in Dulwich village
File:College-Road-Dulwich-London-SE21-Tollgate.JPG|The tollgate on College Road, Dulwich, London SE21
File:Table-of-tolls-College-Road-London-SE21-Tollgate.jpg|A table of tolls in pre-decimal currency for the College Road, Dulwich, London SE21 tollgate
File:Dulwich village houses modern.jpg|Modern housing in Dulwich village
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Dulwich Estate]]
* [[Dulwich OnView]], a local [[virtual community]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Boast, Mary (London Borough of Southwark, 1975) ''The Story of Dulwich''
* Darby, William (1966) ''Dulwich Discovered''
* Darby, William (Darby; Cory, Adams & Mackay, 1967) ''Dulwich: A Place in History''
* Darby, Patrick (Dulwich Society) ''Belair: A History of the House and its Estate''
* Darby, Patrick (Dulwich Society) ''The Houses in-between: A History of the Houses on the North Side of Dulwich Common, between College Road and Gallery Road''
* [[Harold James Dyos|Dyos, H. J.]] (Univ of Leicester, 1962) ''Victorian Suburb''
* Galer, Allan Maxley (Truslove and Shipley, 1905) ''Norwood & Dulwich''
* Green, Brian (Dulwich Society, 1995) ''Dulwich, the Home Front, 1939–1945''
* Green, Brian (Quotes Ltd, 1988) ''Victorian & Edwardian Dulwich ''
* Green, Brian (2002) ''Dulwich: A History ''
* Hall, Edwin T. (Bickers & Son, 1917) ''[https://archive.org/details/dulwichhistoryro00halliala Dulwich History and Romance AD 967–1916]''
* Powell, Kenneth (Merrell Publishers Ltd, 2004) ''City Reborn: Architecture and Regeneration in London, from Bankside to Dulwich''
* Tames, Richard (Historical Publications Ltd, 1997) ''Dulwich & Camberwell Past: With Peckham''

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070812144702/http://www.dulwichparkfriends.org.uk/photos.php Dulwich Park Friends photos]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111001012651/http://www.dulwich.co.uk/ Dulwich community website including history]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061031023215/http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/southwark/main/images-dulwich.htm Images of old Dulwich]
*[http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/ Dulwich Picture Gallery]
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45282 History of Peckham & Dulwich]
*[http://www.dulwichvillage.southwark.sch.uk/ Dulwich Village C of E Infants' School (DVIS)]
*[http://www.ddfas.org.uk/ Dulwich Decorative & Fine Arts Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924180556/http://www.ddfas.org.uk/ |date=24 September 2016 }}
*[http://www.northdulwichtennis.co.uk/ North Dulwich Tennis Club]

*[https://mydulwichhistory.com/ Patrick Darby's history of Dulwich to 1808]

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