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Gipsy Hill, Streatham — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Gipsy Hill is a neighbourhood on the Lambeth and Southwark boundary in south London, known for views across Dulwich to the City of London.
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Where to stay in Gipsy Hill
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Beds are scarce on the hill. Gipsy Hill spreads across the southern parts of Lambeth and Southwark, a residential slope where hotels are few and the sensible base for most visitors is central London, a short rail run north. Upper Norwood is the nearer draw, with the Crystal Palace Museum and the British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum within walking distance of each other. Stay out this way and you get West Norwood Memorial Park on the doorstep, with Dulwich and the City of London in view.
Few places to stay in Gipsy Hill — most visitors book in London nearby.
About Gipsy Hill
What are the main landmarks in Gipsy Hill?
The parish churches come first. Christ Church, Gipsy Hill and the Church of St Stephen serve the streets on the hill, while St John the Evangelist, the Church of All Saints and SS Constantine and Helen Church all stand in Upper Norwood. Beltwood House and 9 Harold Road are the listed houses.
Two small museums pull visitors up here, the Crystal Palace Museum and the British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum, and the Crystal Palace Park Cricket Ground shares the name, with West Norwood Memorial Park the other large open space on the list.
What is the history of Gipsy Hill?
Much of the record is in stone. West Norwood Memorial Park holds the tombs of Sir Henry Bessemer, the Reverend Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the Reverend William Morley Punshon, Christopher Gabriel, John Stevens and Captain John Wimble. Mrs Eliza Capper, Mrs Anne Joyce and Thomas De La Garde Grissell have family tombs there too.
A Greek burial ground sits within it, where the mausolea of Antonios Ralli of Chios, Eustratious Ralli, and the Rodocanachi, Schilizzi, Mavrogodato and Argenti families stand together.
Where is Gipsy Hill?
A hilly stretch of south London, Gipsy Hill spans the southern parts of the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, looking out towards Dulwich.
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What is the best area to stay in Gipsy Hill?
Gipsy Hill: a quiet ridge stay between Upper Norwood and West Norwood Memorial Park.
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Updated August 2026