Maybe a bit of disruption and inconvenience here would reduce traffic through Perry Vale and on through Forest Hill? As it stands it’s a through route of dreams - you get drive 2 miles without any traffic lights or any real disruption.
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Perhaps Lewisham could organise play pavements and pavement partys like they do currently with streets to allow for temporary closure of the pavement to cars so kids and adults can use and enjoy the pavement.
On a more practical note, perhaps residents getting together to plant more vegetation and trees on the pavement might be a long term solution and give more of a sense of the pavement being something to care about.
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The one outside FH Cars might be alright. Depends whether that darker paving is part of the property in which case they’re good to go. Though those few inches into the public pathway from the front right tyre might be an issue.
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Funny you say that… I have been thinking today that Woodcoombe is about 250m long and the pavements used for parking are say 2m wide on both side, which i think works out as a sq/km of land in Forest Hill dedicated to parked cars. Could have have an amazing community garden or something there.
I didnt think you could drive up a kerb and across the pavement to get to your land without a dropped kerb.
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No idea. I have seen drives without a dropped kerb.
I think they’re called a front gardens then 
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They should be reported to the council.
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One thing you never see down Woodcoombe is children playing… actually that’s true when it snows i have seen some.
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It’s a good route but you can probably shave off 10 seconds by using Westbourne Drive and Canonbie Road rather than the slow main roads and pesky zebra crossings. It is a particularly good route if you have 4 wheel drive so that you don’t need to slow down for humps.
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Perhaps on that particular occasion.
I saw this once (admittedly a while ago). It forced a pedestrian with baby buggy to walk in the road to pass.
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FH Car is on the property line so not pavement
I wonder how the car got there.
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I saw something like this in Croydon a few years ago.
The car was upside down, but parked perfectly in a parking bay!
Mmm, well spotted marymck, although if the lovely Katie had been involved pretty sure her airbags would have done their job and she would have emerged unscathed…
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You are on form today, Troy !
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Hi all,
Just a quick piece of information. The Council have a new system for reporting footway parking and I’ve been told by the Cabinet Member for Transport this is meant to help our wardens be a bit more responsive.
To report footway parking, you should telephone 0208 7875397 and select Option 5.
Thanks,
Leo
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