I'm still a bit confused about the perceived impact on Dartmouth Rd when hardly anything that is sold at the Farmers' Market is available in Dartmouth Rd, and vice versa? The brilliant Butchery is both at the market and in central Forest Hill and I can see some overlap with Aga's, but not really much otherwise?

If anything, the market stops me going to Lordship Lane, which has a fairly comprehensive range of nice food and is thus a more realistic competitor for the market than central Forest Hill. It keeps me in SE23, making me more likely also to go to the central Forest Hill shops. Those of us who live on the hill behind the Horniman or to the west of it are perhaps especially likely to have previously shopped in SE22, which is quite near, than to have gone to central Forest Hill, which is not much nearer and had fewer good shops.

The market does seem an excellent addition to local life, enriching it socially as well as commercially as it's a great place to hang around, especially with kids, and bump into neighbours. I do hope the wonderful Forest Hill Society, who do so much for our local environment, have something up their sleeves that involves supporting its continuation!