Retirement Properties Spotlight in Brockley

Brockley is in south London situated between New Cross and Lewisham. The area really developed in the early 19th century when the Tyrwhitt-Drake family replaced their market gardens with housing and later still the Earl of St Germans developed Forest Place previously common land. The coming of the railway further speeded up change and Octavia Hill, one of the National Trust founders, promoted the creation of Hilly Fields thereby saving an important bit of landscape as a park. It is a popular recreational area to this day. Brockley has good communications and a good range of shops and cafes.