Everything you need to know about moving to Bermondsey, southeast London

Where?

A large neighbourhood just south of the Thames, stretching roughly between London Bridge, Canada Water and down to the Old Kent Road.

Why?

The years have left their mark on Bermondsey, an urban patchwork that tells the story of the capital in miniature. There are ancient churches and old leather factories, the traces of post-war rebuilding, deindustrialisation, dereliction and gentrification. Regeneration has happened in earnest over the past decade or so and it keeps on coming. This year, Lewisham council approved proposals for the New Bermondsey scheme, which seeks to transform a 30-acre industrial area around the Millwall football club stadium, The Den. This will involve building 3,500 homes (35 per cent of which will be affordable), putting in walking and cycling routes and

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