News – Forest Hill

SE23 Rocks!

SE23.Rocks is trying to recapture the best of SE23.life’s with a more modern user interface. It already has more than a 100 members and efforts are being made to keep it in safe hands.

Safer crossing on Woolstone / Cranston / Houston Rd junction

It was exciting to see that work has FINALLY started on the dangerous junction on Woolstone Road where it is crossed by the traffic from Cranston Road and Houston Road.

Horniman twinned with Khanenko Museum in Kyiv

The Horniman has signed an agreement to twin with the Khanenko Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, in an arrangement which will see the cultural exchange of knowledge and support between the two organisations.

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Featuring the latest and most comprehensive collection of news curated from social media and elsewhere. Plus upcoming events, travel, planning, photos and more to come. Not forgetting links to discover more about Forest Hill and the community.

Waldram Crescent water works

8 April 2026

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Best Indian Take-Away / Delivery Place

7 April 2026

I’ve been asked for a recommendation of a local restaurant that offers take-away or delivery of Indian food. Unfortunately I’m not a regular user so don’t have any suggestions other [...]

Bampton Road new sheltered housing development

3 April 2026

Does anybody know why progress has stopped on this? They broke ground in late 2020 and work seemed to be going well, the flats were concluded externally in mid-2023. Since [...]

Walks around Forest Hill

3 April 2026

Here’s an interesting app you may appreciate: “Gojauntly”. I first heard about it on Ramblings, on Radio 4. This is an excellent app which has loads of walks around Forest [...]

Garden bin payment renewal

2 April 2026

It’s that time of year to pay the piper for the hit and miss service that is garden bins. Once again whilst renewing the DD for the payment it is [...]

ScootRail Innovation

1 April 2026

Forest Hill Society – 31 Mar 26 ScootRail to launch pioneering railway service in SE London With technology borrowed from the e-scooter industry and Tesla-level safety systems, ScootRail plans to [...]

Today we reached 100+ users

31 March 2026

I think today we have reached 100 (and more) user sign ups. I can detect the effects of us having reached the critical mass needed to engender dynamic conversation and [...]

Dartmouth Arms closes

31 March 2026

… according to this article about MEATLiquor “restructuring” the business and closing a number of their places: MEATliquor shutters bulk of estate leaving three restaurants in London It’s a shame, [...]

Stolen - Green Tern cargo work bike

30 March 2026

I’m a local gardener and had my electric work bike stolen from my property today (Monday 30th) - whoever took it rode it straight down to the recreation ground because [...]

TRAFFIC: Thames Water works on Waldram Crescent

26 March 2026

I just discovered that work starts tomorrow on Waldram Crescent - which is the section of the South Circular that goes under the railway bridge at Forest Hill Station. It [...]