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Dartmouth Road, LONDON, SE23 3AS

Due for rebuilding, the frontage is to be retained following a local campaign.

Clyde Terrace, and railway signal for trains passing through Forest Hill heading north

Grade II listed building on the junction of the A2216 Dartmouth Road (in front) and Thropewood Road (on the left). See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-436183-forest-hill-public-library-lewisham for more details about the library.

A grade II listed building, of 1900 according to the citation, but with 1901 appearing on the front.

Grade II listed school on Dartmouth Road. See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-462528-holy-trinity-school-lewisham for more details about the school.

A suburban electric multiple unit train near Forest Hill in South East London. This railway is electrified using the third rail system, with trains picking up current from a live rail rather than from overhead wires. A more recent image taken at the same place is here: Image

The railway here follows the line of the Croydon Canal which ran for nearly ten miles from Croydon, via Forest Hill, to the Grand Surrey Canal at New Cross. It opened in 1809, and closed in 1836, making it the first canal to be formally abandoned by an Act of Parliament. Much of the alignment was used by the London & Croydon Railway Company (to whom the canal had been sold for £40,250). The station was opened by the original London & Croydon Railway in 1839 as Dartmouth Arms after the name of the local inn. The line was also used by the London & Brighton Railway from 1841 and the South Eastern Railway from 1842. In 1844, the station was chosen by the London & Croydon Railway as the northern terminus for Phase 1 of an experimental Atmospheric railway to West Croydon operated by the railway. In 1847, 'Atmospheric' working was abandoned, and the station became Forest Hill for Lordship Lane. In the early 1850s, the line was quadrupled. The London Brighton & South Coast Railway station buildings, were destroyed by bombing during the Second World World. London Overground trains now operate from the station, as well as Southern trains.

The railway here follows the line of the Croydon Canal which ran for nearly ten miles from Croydon, via Forest Hill, to the Grand Surrey Canal at New Cross. It opened in 1809, and closed in 1836, making it the first canal to be formally abandoned by an Act of Parliament. Much of the alignment was used by the London & Croydon Railway Company (to whom the canal had been sold for £40,250). The station was opened by the original London & Croydon Railway in 1839 as Dartmouth Arms after the name of the local inn. The line was also used by the London & Brighton Railway from 1841 and the South Eastern Railway from 1842. In 1844, the station was chosen by the London & Croydon Railway as the northern terminus for Phase 1 of an experimental Atmospheric railway to West Croydon operated by the railway. In 1847, 'Atmospheric' working was abandoned, and the station became Forest Hill for Lordship Lane. In the early 1850s, the line was quadrupled. The London Brighton & South Coast Railway station buildings, were destroyed by bombing during the Second World World. London Overground trains now operate from the station, as well as Southern trains.