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East Dulwich, London — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Nineteenth-century streets and the Dog Kennel Hill statue mark East Dulwich, a South East London suburb in the London Borough of Southwark.
About East Dulwich
Where to stay in East Dulwich
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East Dulwich suits travellers after a residential South East London base with village streets rather than a hotel strip. It leans domestic. Guests settle in the nineteenth-century terraces of the London Borough of Southwark, a short hop from Peckham, Camberwell and central London, with the rest of Dulwich just to the west.
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About East Dulwich
What are the main landmarks in East Dulwich?
East Dulwich keeps the Dog Kennel Hill statue and the House of Dreams Museum, small landmarks that suit its scale. The grand set-pieces sit around it. The South London Gallery draws visitors over towards Camberwell and Peckham, while the monuments of the Dulwich Old Burial Ground and the track at Herne Hill Velodrome lie among the older parts of Dulwich nearby.
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What is the history of East Dulwich?
East Dulwich was first developed in the nineteenth century on land owned by the College of God's Gift. Fields became streets. As the eastern part of Dulwich filled with houses, the suburb settled into the London Borough of Southwark, with Peckham to the east and Camberwell to the north.
The village pattern held.
Where is East Dulwich?
East Dulwich lies in South East London, the eastern part of Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark, with Peckham to the east and Camberwell to the north.
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Updated July 2026