Time Out London

In the second episode of Time Out's new podcast 'Love Thy Neighbourhood', clever, down-to-earth comedian Chloe Petts sings the praises of her native Streatham. You probably already know that this historic neighbourhood is packed with palatial Victorian and Edwardian houses and sprawling green spaces like Streatham Common. But our podcast, sponsored by the mobility super app FREENOW, is all about showing you bits of London through the eyes of a proud local (and our editor Joe Mackertich, of course): so you'll soon find out that this postcode holds quite a few surprises.

Okay, a confession: Streatham High Road was once voted Britain’s worst and most polluted high street. Granted, that vote was the result of a Radio 4 poll, and w