Gipsy Hill

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Gipsy Hill

Coordinates: 51.4229° N 0.0848° W
OS grid reference	TQ332710
London borough	Lambeth
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SE19, SE27
Dial code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Dulwich and West Norwood
London Assembly	Lambeth and Southwark
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

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.

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 50 m from the top of Gipsy Hill. It is London's highest Metropolitan Police station.

In Lunham Road there is a decommissioned 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.