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Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. [3] Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th century as communications with central London improved.
The Brixton Library (also known as the Brixton Tate Library) is a public library in the London Borough of Lambeth in Brixton, South West London. It was built in the 1890s by the sugar magnate Sir Henry Tate and is a Grade II listed building.
Finch's last design for Lambeth was the iconic Brixton Recreation Centre. Designed in 1971 as the centrepiece of a proposed radical redevelopment for a new Brixton on raised walkways over a motorway, the recreation centre and the attached International House were the part of the scheme that was realised when the rest of the scheme was abandoned ...
The parish of Lambeth included the archiepiscopal Lambeth Palace, and formed part of the Hundred of Brixton. It was an elongated north–south parish with two miles (three kilometres) of River Thames frontage opposite the cities of London and Westminster. Lambeth became part of the Metropolitan Police District in 1829.
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 in Brixton The original seal of the borough. When the borough was created in 1900, the corporation adopted a seal which was used in place of a coat of arms. The device was derived from that of the borough's forerunner, Lambeth Vestry. At the base of the seal was a lamb, a play on the name "Lambeth", and a symbol long used to ...
Brixton Acre Lane is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lambeth. The ward was first used in the 2022 elections . It returns three councillors to Lambeth London Borough Council .
Brixton TopCats; Leagues: Men's: EBL Division 2 Women's: Women's British Basketball League: Founded: 1985: History: Brixton TopCats (1985–1986) Lambeth TopCats (1986–1987) Brixton TopCats (1987–present) Arena: Brixton Recreation Centre: Location: Brixton, London: Team colors: Red and White Website: brixtontopcats.org