Why we love Coney Hall

I really like this excerpt from a local resident selling their house on a property website. "We moved to Chestnut Avenue primarily to be in the catchment area for the schools which are excellent. However, we soon discovered that Coney Hall has a wonderful ‘village life’. It’s a great community, situated near enough to town and transport links yet just on the edge of glorious countryside with a wealth of wonderful woodland walks. Horse riders from the local stables trot along the avenue while the 138 bus to Bromley town centre stops outside our door. Coney hall itself has a good selection of shops and excellent restaurants"

Addington Road crossing

Please take a look at the West Wickham South Residents Association facebook page for the response from the local council to a letter sent from a concerned resident about the dangers of crossing Addington Road.

Bye bye bike and kebab shop

Unsurprisingly, the Cafe next to the Thai restaurant looks to have closed. I was never sure whether it was a builders cafe (of which we already have the excellent Omega cafe) or a restaurant. I think the fact that it probably wanted to be a kebab shop meant it wasn't sure what it should be either. I'm not convinced a kebab shop would have worked either (and certainly wasn't desirable).

Shame to see the bike shop close down - looks like it's back to trips to Halfords or the excellent BigFoot bikes in Hayes.