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Brixton Road, looking north. Brixton Road is a road in the London Borough of Lambeth (south London, England), leading from the Oval at Kennington to Brixton, where it forms the high street and then forks into Effra Road and Brixton Hill at St Matthew's church at the junction with Acre Lane and Coldharbour Lane.
Angell Town is an area in Brixton, in the London Borough of Lambeth, south London. The area is dominated by the Angell Town Estate, a housing estate known for its poverty, deprivation and gang subculture. [1] [2] The Angell Town Estate was originally built in the 1970s as a set of blocks linked by a deck-access system. [3]
David Bowie was born at 40 Stansfield Road, Brixton. Peter Hawkins, Voice artist, actor (born Brixton, 1920) Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone grew up and lived for many years in Brixton. Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson is a long-time Brixton resident. Former British Prime Minister John Major spent part of his childhood living off Coldharbour Lane ...
The road south of Godstone at Tilburstow Hill. The London to Brighton Way, also called the London to Portslade Way, is a Roman road between Stane Street at Kennington Park and Brighton (or more specifically Portslade) in Sussex. The road passes through Streatham and Croydon, then through the Caterham Valley gap in the North Downs.
Brixton Hill is the name given to a two-thirds of a mile (1 km) section of road between Brixton and Streatham Hill in south London, England. Brixton Hill and Streatham Hill form part of the traditional main London to Brighton road (A23). The road follows the line of a Roman Road, the London to Brighton Way, which diverges from Stane Street near ...
The warehouse on Brixton Road was purchased in 1988, and in 1991 the centre officially opened. [3] In 2002, her Royal Highness Princess Anne visited the centre to celebrate Baytree's 10th anniversary. [4] In 2017, Baytree, along with other youth-based organisations in Brixton, founded Building Young Brixton, a
Brixton Hill ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, England from 2002 to 2022. It contained most of the road known as Brixton Hill and part of Acre Lane . It contained Brixton Prison , Lambeth Town Hall , Ashby's Mill (known as Brixton Windmill) and the adjacent Windmill live music venue, Electric Brixton ...
Lambeth Town Hall, also known as Brixton Town Hall, is a municipal building at the corner of Brixton Hill and Acre Lane, Brixton, London. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Lambeth London Borough Council , is a Grade II listed building.