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Streatham High Road, some 1.8 miles (2.9 km) in length, [1] is part of the main A23 road from London to Brighton, and is in the London Borough of Lambeth. It begins in the north at Streatham Hill railway station , being an end-on junction with Streatham Hill and continues south to Norbury where the A23 becomes London Road .
A map showing the Streatham ward of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916. Streatham means "the hamlet on the street". The street in question, the London to Brighton Way, was the Roman road from the capital Londinium to the south coast near Portslade, today within Brighton and Hove.
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The road branched from Stane Street at or near Kennington Park and has become the line of the modern A23 road for several miles through south London, followed by Brixton Road, Brixton Hill, Streatham Hill, Streatham High Road and London Road, Streatham, then the A235 road on London Road nearer to Croydon. [6] Streatham takes its name from the ...
Streatham Hill railway station is one of three stations serving the district of Streatham, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is 5 miles 57 chains (9.2 km) measured from London Victoria . The wooden station building at street level faces the busy Streatham High Road ( A23 ) at the junction with Leigham Court Road .
Streatham Common, looking west towards Streatham High Road. The tower in the distance is that of Immanuel Church. Streatham Common is a large open space on the southern edge of Streatham in the London Borough of Lambeth. The shallow sloping lower (western) half of the common is mostly mowed grass, and the upper (eastern) half is mostly woodland ...
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Streatham railway station is a station in central Streatham in south London. Its main entrance now is on Streatham High Road, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. Services are provided by Southern and Thameslink. Thameslink services go north to St Albans via London Blackfriars and St Pancras, and south to Wimbledon and Sutton.