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The Market began on Atlantic Road in the 1870s and subsequently spread to Brixton Road which had a very wide footway. Brixton then was a rapidly expanding London railway suburb with newly opening shops, including the first London branch of David Greig at 54-58 Atlantic Road in 1870, and London's first purpose-built department store, Bon Marché, on Brixton Road in 1877. [2]
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.
Brixton Market is open every day, selling a range of African-Caribbean products and reflects other communities in the local area with Indian and Vietnamese supermarkets and South American butchers amongst the shops and stalls. [citation needed]. London Farmers' Markets opened a farmers market on Brixton Station Road in September 2009. It is ...
The building went on to be used as a market, retail units, a pub, and a business centre. The store had two buildings: the main building on the corner of Brixton Road and Ferndale Road, and Topland House opposite. Topland House was originally built as staff accommodation and currently houses The Department Store bar and restaurant. [12]
Brixton Market in Electric Avenue, 2007. Electric Avenue is a street in Brixton, London built in 1888. [1] It was the first market street to be lit by electric lights. [2] [3] Today, Electric Avenue contains national retail chains (Boots, Greggs, and Iceland), plus various local food and housewares retailers.
Borough Market This is a list of markets in London. Greater London is home to a wealth of covered, outdoor and street markets. Many specialise in a particular type of goods or sell different things on different days. Most open very early in the morning and close early or late afternoon. Markets in London have their origins in the Middle Ages and ancient charter; set up to serve the population ...
Brixton Cycles is a workers co-operative bike shop in Brixton in the London borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. It was established in 1983. Its formation was part of an increasing trend in the 1970s and 1980s of a new cycling shops co-op movement across the United Kingdom. [1] Brixton Cycles being directly inspired by the Edinburgh Bicycle co-op.
Coldharbour Lane seen from Acre Lane.. Coldharbour Lane is a road in south London, England, that leads south-westwards from Camberwell to Brixton.The road is over 1 mile (1.6 km) long with a mixture of residential, business and retail buildings – the stretch of Coldharbour Lane near Brixton Market contains shops, bars and restaurants.