- P. G. Wodehouse.
London postal district SE 21. Some of the houses have been converted from detached properties to semi-detached. Accommodation can be obtained through Messrs. Matters and Cornelius, House Agents, of Ogilvy Street. There is a pub near Mulberry Grove, just around the corner at Benjafield Road, and two more, the Green Lion and the Green Man, in Rosendale Road. The Bijou Palace (One Hundred Per Cent Talking) is at the corner of Roxburgh Road and Myrtle Avenue. The Oddfellows' Hall is in Ogilvy Street. There are train and bus services into London.
Mulberry Grove, off Rosendale Road, is a cul-de-sac with lilac, almond, thorn (hawthorn), rowan and laburnum trees but only two houses, Castlewood (detached) and The Nook/Peacehaven (converted to semi-detached). On the other side of the road is an ornamental pond inhabited by two swans, Egbert and Percy. The rear gardens back on to Valley Fields Lawn Tennis Club. Peacehaven is 'a two-storey edifice in the Neo-Suburba-Gothic style of architecture'. Nearby are two other houses, Chatsworth and Balmoral.
Burberry Road also features houses that have been converted into semi-detached residences, notably Mon Repos/San Rafael and Beau Rivage/Sans Souci. Acacia Road contains Balmoral. (Another, or the same, Acacia Road is mentioned as being in Dulwich in Psmith in the City.)
| Horace Appleby | Living at Resthaven, Croxley Road in Do Butlers Burgle Banks? |
| Mr Belitho | Moved with business from Peacehaven to Manchester in Big Money |
| Mrs Bellamy-North | Of Beau Rivage, Burberry Road in Sam the Sudden |
| Jane Benedick | Stayed with Keggs at Castlewood in Something Fishy |
| Amelia Bingham | Of The Laurels, Burbage Road in Bachelors Anonymous |
| Lord Biskerton | As Godfrey Smith, at Peacehaven, Mulberry Road in Big Money |
| Berry Conway | Living at The Nook, Mulberry Road with his old nurse in Big Money |
| Mr Cornelius | House agent, writing a history of Valley Fields in Sam the Sudden and others. Living at The Nook in Ice in the Bedroom |
| Kay Derrick | Mr Wrenn's niece, living at San Rafael, Burberry Road in Sam the Sudden |
| Sergeant Finbow | A policeman in Big Money |
| Major Flood-Smith | Of Castlewood, Mulberry Grove in Big Money |
| Sally Foster | Stayed briefly at Castlewood in Ice in the Bedroom |
| George | Policeman living at Peacehaven in Ice in the Bedroom |
| Gladys | Maid at Castlewood in Big Money |
| Bill Hardy | Living at Mon Repos, Burberry Road in Company for Henry |
| Rev. Aubrey Jerningham | The local vicar in Sam the Sudden |
| Augustus Keggs | Owner and resident of Castlewood, Mulberry Grove in Something Fishy |
| Claire Lippett | Kay Derrick's cook in Sam the Sudden |
| Algy Martyn | Guest of Bill Hardy at Mon Repos in Burberry Road in Company for Henry |
| Dolly and Soapy Molloy | Rented Castlewood in Ice in the Bedroom |
| Muriel | Maid at Peacehaven in Big Money |
| Montgomery Perkins | Architect in Big Money |
| Edwin Phillimore | Of The Firs on the corner of Buller St and Myrtle Avenue, mentioned in Ice in the Bedroom |
| Mrs Jane Priestley | Of The Laurels, Burbage Road in Bachelors Anonymous |
| Ferdinand Ripley | Living at Resthaven, Croxley Road in Do Butlers Burgle Banks? |
| Mr Roddis | Of The Cedars, Mafeking Road, mentioned in Uncle Fred in the Springtime |
| Sam Shotter | Living at Mon Repos, Burberry Road in Sam the Sudden |
| Maudie Stubbs | Resident and proprietor of a detective agency, mentioned in Pigs have Wings |
| Hash Todhunter | Sam Shotter's cook in Sam the Sudden |
| Stanhope Twine | Of Peacehaven, Mulberry Grove in Something Fishy |
| Lord Uffenham | Stayed at Castlewood with Keggs in Something Fishy |
| Katherine Valentine | Stayed with her uncle, Major Flood-Smith in Big Money |
| Mr Walkinshaw | Chased by his own dog at Balmoral, Acacia Road, in Sam the Sudden |
| Miss Myrtle Watling | With her father and brother, at 7 Nasturtium Villas, Marigold Road in The Story of Cedric |
| Freddie Widgeon | Guest of cousin George at Peacehaven in Ice in the Bedroom |
| Hannah Wisdom | Living at The Nook in Big Money |
| Matthew Wrenn | Living at San Rafael, Burberry Road in Sam the Sudden |
| Leila Yorke | Rented Castlewood briefly in Ice in the Bedroom |
These four are where some significant part of the action takes place in Valley Fields. See the longer list above for minor appearances and other mentions.
The turnover of occupants seen above is only to be expected in suburbia.