Gipsy Hill

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Location
Gipsy Hill


OS grid reference:	TQ332710
Latitude:	51.4229°
Longitude:	-0.0848°
Administration
London borough:	Lambeth
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Surrey
Services
Police force:	Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade:	London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service:	London Ambulance
Post office and telephone
Post town:	LONDON
Postal district:	SE19, SE27
Dialling code:	020
Politics
UK Parliament:	Dulwich and West Norwood
London Assembly:	Lambeth and Southwark
European Parliament:	London
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View of Gipsy Hill, looking north towards the City of London

Gipsy Hill is an area of South London near Upper Norwood and is considered to be part of Crystal Palace. This area of Gipsy Hill also includes the Central Hill estate. The south west corner of West Norwood around Gipsy Road, SE27 is in the electoral ward of Gipsy Hill.

Gipsy Hill is the name of the main road that runs down the hill in SE19 and takes its name after a community of gypsies or an indian who formerly lived on the hill in Crystal Palace. It links Gipsy Road (formerly Gipsy House Road) with Westow Hill, Westow Street and Central Hill in Upper Norwood. It is in the south-east corner of London Borough of Lambeth with its Southern end up by Westow Street in London Borough of Croydon and its northern end down by Long Meadow (aka Bell Meadow) where the borough is Southwark.

Gipsy Hill Police Station is located on Central Hill about 50m from the top of Gipsy Hill. It is London's highest Metropolitan Police station.

In Lunham Road there is a decommisioned nuclear bunker. The 18-room bunker was constructed between 1963 and 1966 as part of a block of flats on the Central Hill Estate called Pear Tree House.