Gipsy Hill

Gipsy Hill is the name of the central road that runs south upwards from Gipsy Road, where it becomes Alleyn Park near the southern end of Croxted Road, up to Central Hill and Westow Hill (a brief eastern continuation in the Crystal Palace Triangle). The latter are two crest-top roads marking the limit of Upper Norwood, part of the London Borough (and, here, former parish) of Croydon. Due to its station, as common across London, the name has been taken to extend to encompass a wider, in this case, upper hill-side zone in extreme projections of the two relevant boroughs. The district takes its name from the presence of Gypsies in what was, until the 19th century, a sparsely populated rural…

The Central Hill Estate was built in the 1960s and 1970s, and designed by Rosemary Stjernstedt, Roger Westman and the Lambeth Council planning department during the directorship of Ted Hollamby. Two independent companies brew beer commercially: the Gipsy Hill Brewing Co. and the London Beer Factory.