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Wood Vale, LONDON, SE23 3DW

Possibly a deodar (Cedrus deodara).

Victorian tea trader Frederick John Horniman began collecting specimens and artefacts from around the world in the 1860's. He opened part of his family house to the public so they could view the riches he had collected, and eventually commissioned construction of a new museum, which opened in 1901. Entrance to the Museum and Gardens is FREE - and highly recommended! See www.horniman.ac.uk.

Underhill Road, heads from Lordship Lane towards East Dulwich. Melford Road leads left towards Lordship Lane, Dulwich Park and right to Wood Vale.

The blocks of the Dawson Heights development frown out over more traditional housing on Belvoir Road below. Apparently, we are supposed to be thinking "Italian Hill Town" here, according to this piece from 2012. http://www.c20society.org.uk/casework/dawsons-heights-the-italian-hill-town-in-dulwich/ when there was an application for listing made. It was turned down by the Secretary of State. From the link :- "English Heritage disagree. They emphasise the architectural and design interest of the site: ‘The dramatic stepped hilltop profile is a landmark in SE London, and endows the project with a striking and original massing that possesses evocative associations with ancient cities and Italian hill towns." Err....Which Italy would that be, then....? In fact, browsing some of the other pictures from round here, I saw this one which suggests Brazil might be a better comparison. Image

View of the City with Swiss Re and the Natwest Tower with the new Shard taking place to the left. Dawson Heights flats in the middle distance. A temperature inversion has trapped the pollution in the lower air levels and this can be seen as the brown tint near ground level.

This oval concrete rink is for use of skateboards and BMX bike riders, within the gardens on Sydenham Hill.

This is one of the views from the second floor of Bredinghurst.

The southern entrance onto Wood Vale. The green signpost is a way mark for one of the Green Chain Walks, which goes through the cemetery.

Built between 1964 and 1972 to design by architect Kate Macintosh of the London Borough of Southwark. An account of the building of this housing estate may be found at this https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/dawsons-heights-east-dulwich-an-example-of-the-almost-lost-art-of-romantic-townscape/. View from Horniman Gardens.