Forest Hill

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Local democracy

The area is split between Forest Hill and Perry Vale wards.

• Your Forest Hill councillors
• Your Perry Vale councillors
• Forest Hill local assembly
• Perry Vale local assembly

Parks and open spaces

• Albion Millennium Green
• Baxters Field
• Dacres Wood
• Devonshire Road Nature Reserve
• Garthorne Road Nature Reserve
• Horniman's Triangle
• Mayow Park
• Sydenham Hill Wood

Leisure and arts

• Havelock Walk
• Horniman Museum
• Forest Hill community library service
• Forest Hill Pools
• Public art

Community

• Forest Hill Society

Regeneration

• SEE3

Families

• Kilmorie Children's Centre

Transport

Rail

• Forest Hill – to London Bridge, London Victoria, Caterham and the East London Line

Bus

• See bus routes on TfL

Walking and cycling

• Walk-it routefinder
• Cycle routes 

History

Forest Hill is one of the highest hills in London, originally part of the Great North Wood until the mid-19th century it was sparsely inhabited by charcoal burners and woodsmen. The opening of the Forest Hill Station in 1839 (originally called The Dartmouth Arms) gave the first boost to the development of the suburb. Until then the name 'Forest Hill' had been applied exclusively to fifteen or twenty houses in Honor Oak Road.

Collector and politician Frederick Horniman began his collection of artefacts as a public and it became one of the most popular attractions in south London. The current building was opened in 1901 amid a 16-acre park and is open to the public free of charge. Other buildings of architectural merit include the Forest Hill Library, Forest Hill Pools and the Capitol cinema now a J.D Wetherspoons pub.

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