Norwood
The Norwood area includes Gipsy Hill and West Norwood. It is the smallest and least populated town centre in Lambeth. It comprises three wards – Gipsy Hill, Knight's Hill and Thurlow Park. The town centre area is located around the Norwood Road shopping area. It is bounded in the north by Brockwell Park, with Streatham Common and Crystal Palace Park at the south west and south east corners of the area.
West Norwood Cemetery in the middle of the town centre ranks alongside Highgate as a bizarre and beautiful insight into the Victorian age. Its tombs and monuments, including memorials to many famous names, are among London's hidden treasures.
For more information visit our guide to West Norwood Crematorium and its services, or visit the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery website.
West Norwood's Slow Food Festival
Local retailer, Beamish and McGlue are bringing South London's first Slow Food Festival to West Norwood on Saturday 31 March. It will be a celebration of good, clean food for the whole family and takes place between 10am and 6pm in the gardens of St Luke’s Church.
The festival is funded through the Mayor's Outer London Fund and supported by Lambeth Council, Slow Food London and the West Norwood community.
The West Norwood Feast launched in April 2011 as a result of a collaboration between Lambeth Council and Space Makers, an innovation agency dedicated to rethinking public spaces. It is a monthly people-powered market brought to you by local residents and businesses working together.
Following a winter hibernation the West Norwood Feast will return on 1 April 2012. The monthly market extravaganza will then take plance on the first Sunday of every month.
Market day features four marketplace 'hubs': a Gardeners' Corner; an Artisans' Market; a Food Fair and a Retro Village.
West Norwood's Favourite Business
A competition to find West Norwood’s favourite businesses, funded by the Mayor’s Outer London Fund, relied on a public vote to crown the winners. Family-run restaurant, O Girasol, came out on top and the runner up was Universal Hair Talk. West Norwood’s Favourite Charity was Centre 70.
West Norwood business
The West Norwood Business Club meet regularly to discuss issues affecting the local business community. Information about dates and times can be found on the local business network page.
The area profile for North Lambeth town centre with data extracted from the 2001 Census. There are some comparisions with the 1991 Census and with the borough as a whole.
West and Upper Norwood's neighbour Crystal Palace Park is a famous landmark close to the international athletics stadium and national sports centre.