South London has been having something of an artsy renaissance for the past few years.
It began with Brixton being gentrified out of all recognition and then spread to Peckham and Camberwell thanks to an incessant stream of resident graphic design students.
Street art, kayaks and a town called Celebration — the Florida you've probably never heardBut we’ve now reached the apex of this south side love-in.
Because Tooting – that odd area at the bottom of the Northern Line that up until now had been written off as social Siberia – has just been named one of the world’s top 10 ‘coolest neighbourhoods’.
Yep, the Broadway and Bec are up there on Lonely Planet’s list with Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro, Sunset Park in New York and Business Bay in Dubai.
So, what is it that’s so great about SW17?
Well, Lonely Planet says it’s ‘quirky bars’, ‘eclectic market’ and ‘multiculturalism and originality’ are what’s won it a place on the list, which is made up of the most ‘up-and-coming’ areas in the world.
They’re places they recommend people visiting now before they get too popular.
So you’d best get down to the Tram and Social ASAP before people start flocking there from the East End…
Other areas on the list include:
Borgo San Frediano, Florence
Seongsu-dong, Seoul
The Triangle, Lisbon
Vesterbro, Copenhagen
Business Bay, Dubai
Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur
Sunset Park, New York
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Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro
Frelard, Seattle
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