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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.
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 ...
Brixton is a London Underground station on Brixton Road in Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London. It is the southern terminus of the Victoria line and the next station towards north is Stockwell. [9] The station is known to have the largest London Underground roundel on the network. [10]
The London postal district is the area in England of 241 square miles (620 km 2) to which mail addressed to the London post town is delivered. The General Post Office under the control of the Postmaster General directed Sir Rowland Hill to devise the area in 1856 and throughout its history it has been subject to reorganisation and division into increasingly smaller postal units, with the early ...
The SW (South Western) postcode area, also known as the London SW postcode area, [2] is a group of 20 postcode districts within the London post town in England. The area comprises the South Western operational district (covering the subdivisions of postcode district SW1, plus SW2 - SW10) and the Battersea operational district (covering SW11 - SW20), [3] and is the only area within the London ...
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.
Brixton railway station is a commuter railway station in Brixton, South London, UK. It is on the Chatham Main Line , 3 miles 14 chains (5.1 km) down the line from London Victoria . Trains are operated by Southeastern .
Also on the river is the London Eye and Shell Centre. Nearby is St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace and the Florence Nightingale Museum. Nearby is Brixton, home of Lambeth Town Hall and the Brixton Murals. London Eye Sunlight Laundry. Landmark church buildings include: St Mary's, Lambeth (now the Garden Museum)