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 East Dulwich Station on Grove Vale (A2216) | ||||
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| Length | 4.0 mi (6.4 km) | |||
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| North end | Denmark Hill | |||
| Major intersections |  A215 A2214 A205 A212 | |||
| South end | Sydenham | |||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Constituent country | England | |||
| Primary destinations | Denmark Hill,East Dulwich,Forest Hill,Sydenham | |||
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TheA2216 is anA road in south London, England suburbia. It runs from theA215 inDenmark Hill to theA212 inSydenham. Part of the road is an ancient thoroughfare,Lordship Lane. InDulwich, the roadruns via the A205South Circular Road.
The road begins at traffic lights on theA215 Denmark Hill, oppositeRuskin Park andKing's College Hospital. It heads west as Champion Park, parallel to the railway line (South London Line and Catford Loop) passing Denmark Hill Station, before turning south onto Grove Lane, to pass aparade of shops. The road meets Champion Hill/Grove Hill Road, where it becomes a dual carriageway named Dog Kennel Hill. It rattles quickly down a steepish slope, with fairly handsome 1930s-era council flats. On the west side is Sainsbury's Dulwich[1] and Champion Hill, the home ground ofDulwich Hamlet Football Club. Dog Kennel Hill passes St. Francis Park to the west, before suddenly becoming single-carriageway, to pass under theSutton and Mole Valley Line. As a result, we pass East Dulwich Station and the name changes to Grove Vale.
Here we enter East Dulwich, and pass some shops, before arriving at a roundabout with Goose Green to the east. We continue straight onto the ancient thoroughfare – Lordship Lane. TheA2214 runs concurrent with us until it turns right along what looks like a nondescript side-street named East Dulwich Grove. The A2216 follows 1.3 miles (2.1 km) of Victorian suburbia, until it meets theA205 Dulwich Common, coming in from the west. Here, the South Circular Road turns to the right to become Lordship Lane. The A2216 and A205 run concurrent untilForest Hill. At Wood Vale, Lordship Lane becomes London Road, and at Sydenham Hill, theLondon Borough of Lewisham takes over from theLondon Borough of Southwark.
At the end of London Road, in the centre ofForest Hill, theA205 and A2216 disperse. The A205 turns to the east, along Devonshire Road, whilst the A2216 turns to the west, along Dartmouth Road. Dartmouth Road runs parallel to the mainline out ofCharing Cross Station. It meets a roundabout with Kirkdale, where it turns to the north. The road then meets another roundabout with theA212, which means the A2216 comes to an end.
The A2216 was, for a short while in the 1920s, the original number of this route, as the A205 was largely created using sections of existing roads.
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The children's author,Enid Blyton was born on 11 August 1897 above a shop in Lordship Lane. A Southwark Blue Plaque[2] was placed there in 2003 above 352 Lordship Lane – her birthplace.
One of the mostarchitecturally interesting buildings in the area is at549 Lordship Lane.[3] The so-called "Concrete House" grade IIlisted building and is an example of a 19th-centuryconcrete house. It was built in 1873 by Charles Drake of the Patent Concrete Building Company. In 1867, the builder had patented the use of iron panels forshuttering rather than timber. It is listed onEnglish Heritage'sBuildings At Risk register.Southwark Council refused permission for its demolition.
Derelict for many years it has now been restored with the help of the Heritage of London Trust into 5 flats, to be managed by Hexagon Housing Association. The Duke of Gloucester opened the completed building on 13 June 2013.
Lordship Lane is East Dulwich's oldest street. It is an ancient thoroughfare that significantly predates the late 19th century developments.The area was transformed from fields andmarket gardens to Victorian suburbs in the period 1865–1885. The tram line that once served Lordship Lane is long gone.
Lordship Lane was a railway station inEast Dulwich, in what was theMetropolitan Borough of Camberwell in south London, on theCrystal Palace and South London Junction Railway. It was opened by theLondon, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) in September 1865 and took its name fromLordship Lane, the thoroughfare on which it stood. It was situated a short distance from a rivalLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) station namedForest Hill, which survives.[4]
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51°26′49″N0°04′21″W / 51.4470°N 0.0724°W /51.4470; -0.0724 (A2216 road)
