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London borough in the United Kingdom
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Lambeth is a borough of inner south-west London. Here is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, St. Thomas's Hospital and County Hall. Lambeth includes the districts of Kennington (the location of the Imperial War Museum and The Oval Cricket Ground) and Brixton, known for its Black British culture and nightlife.
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A large hilly green park; 10 min walk from the centre of Brixton. Has the following facilities: Brockwell Lido, children's play area, paddling pool, café, flower gardens, sports facilities, toilets and several ponds. Brockwell Park also has a BMX track.
Charles Chaplin lived with his mother in various addresses in and around Kennington Road in Lambeth, including 3 Pownall Terrace, Chester St and 39 Methley Street, and briefly lived with his father and his mistress, Louise, at 287 Kennington Road where a plaque now commemorates the fact. After Chaplin's mother was admitted to the Cane Hill Asylum, her son was left in the workhouse at Renfrew Road in Kennington.
Small London park with some lovely tended gardens.
Imposing building on the waterfront with a huge number of CCTV cameras and looks more fortified than a prison. Quite a sight to behold and you're able to walk around the outskirts of the building but can guarantee that you're being watched when you do.
Fronted by two immense guns from Royal Navy battleships, the IWM focuses on British military history since 1914. The central atrium display of objects bearing "witness to war" (everything from a Harrier Jump Jet to a battle-scarred press Land Rover) branches into immersive and sensitive exhibitions on the First and Second World Wars, modern warfare, the Holocaust, and more. The same institution owns the HMS Belfast (South Bank), Cabinet War Rooms (Westminster), and Duxford Air Museum (Cambridgeshire - a day trip from London).
A uniquely decorated house. Book in advance.
A somewhat idiosyncratic but interesting museum with limited opening. It can only be visited on guided tours or screenings that can be booked by email or phone. The building is a former workhouse where Charlie Chaplin once lived.
O2 Academy
Live music venue for audiences as large as 4,000 in a beautiful Art Deco building. It is often considered one of the best concert halls in the world.
Alex Wheatle, the Brixton Bard, takes you on a personal journey through the vibrant streets of Brixton that have been his inspiration.
Outdoor swimming pool that's empty during cold days and has queues around the block whenever the sun is out.
The Britoval, Kennington Oval
The second home of English cricket in London after Lords - these Test matches sell out early. Surrey CCC play here in Division One of the County Championship and tickets are readily available. Also here are Oval Invincibles men's and women's teams playing in The Hundred short game.
Also ironically named Brixton Beach, this free skate park began in the 1970s. Skateboarders and BMXers can regularly be seen riding or simply hanging out on the edges.
An avant-garde fetish club in Brixton—not for the squeamish! They do not have a permanent venue.
Small friendly restaurant serving interesting Eritrean food.
formerly Pizzeria Franco
Tasty reasonably priced pizzas, calzones and sandwiches using fresh ingredients.
Traditional Indian restaurant.
Great freshly prepared sushi and tofu dishes.
Jamaican restaurant that serves traditional Jerk chicken and Caribbean curries. Most of the food is organic and they make their own fresh fruit juice. Reasonably priced and has lovely patio area.
A long-established and very popular Thai restaurant serving good food in rather spartan surroundings, alongside Clapham Common. Good value. Expect to queue in the peak period.
Brixton's longest-running restaurant, specialising in Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai cuisine. Also has a cocktail bar and lounge with an extensive cocktail list and premium drinks menu. Located next to the Ritzy Cinema. Probably Brixton's busiest restaurant and it runs many specials including a lunch special at £4.95.
Michelin Bib Gourmand winning restaurant in the unlikeliest of locations. A non-descript door buzzer in what looks like a flat leads you up to a cosy bar serving delicious cocktails before you ascend again to the tiny restaurant. The food is delicious and though expensive, very reasonably priced for such upmarket cuisine with very attentive staff. Not a place for every day, but a great choice for a treat.
Authentic Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Bento boxes, pad Thai, mizo, spare ribs.
A small pizzeria-café that hosts bands in the walkway of the covered arcade
Pioneering ‘locavore’ shop and restaurant that helped kick-start the Market...
Does exactly what the name says. Wholesome and hearty (honest)!
Dario Bellantoni and his staff bring some sunshine to the market with a selection of own-made pasta and an all-Italian wine list.
Chinese-fusion, pretty-good ingredients! Lovely sense of flavours
Exciting, dreamy food but the rushed service when crowded can leave a bad taste in your mouth.
Gluten-free restaurant.
Once named Timeout's #1 cheap eat in all of London and is always ludicrously busy. Authentic Italian sour dough pizza for very cheap prices. Top tip for Saturday dining: Turn up at 11:45AM, 15 minutes before it opens. You queue 15 minutes guaranteed, but can over an hours wait if you turn up at 12:15AM.
Only really worth going if the weather is sunny, as the pub itself is nothing to write home about. Step out through the back and you will find a massive beer garden, and the only thing waking you to the reality that you are still in Brixton is the trains that clatter by every 15 minutes or so.
A winning combination of great Guinness, a friendly mixed crowd and superb live jazz on weekdays and Sundays.
Fabulous old school boozer with two bars and a pool table. There is large function room at the back with a growing reputation for putting on interesting rock, reggae and punk acts.
Popular late licence pub with a penchant for live ska music. Incredibly popular on weekends with upbeat fun atmosphere and large outdoor area. Also hosts El Panzon Mexican kitchen for delicious cheap food.
Sporting an immaculate and beautifully preserved exterior, this quiet pub deserves to be much better known.
Green King
A local favourite that still stubbornly remains a simple pub, without succumbing to standard London bar makeover. Good atmosphere with plenty of places to sit down inside plus a tiny outside beer garden, which is nice in the summer.
POW Brxtn
The downstairs pub has a late licence while the exquisitely restored upstairs POW is a members only affair and well worth a visit. There is also a boutique hotel on the top floor. In the boozer, there's free wi-fi with any bar purchase, making it a good place for daytime meetings.
Gastropub on the Thames Pathway near Vauxhall Bridge. Serves a wide range of food and drink, including Pimms on tap at the bar.
Young's
A proper old man's pub with a picture of the Queen pulling a pint on the wall. Right in the middle of the bustle of Brixton near the tube station, but tucked around a corner on Trinity Gardens that feels like it's in a different part of London altogether. Beer garden in front and back, excellent food as well. They do a Sunday roast that shouldn't be missed if you're in Brixton that evening.
A bit of a trek from the Brixton tube (about 15 minutes walk), but it's a gem worth discovering. This small pub regularly hosts live music from up and coming bands, in the past seeing Bloc Party before they hit big time thanks to promoter Tim Perry's meticulous quality filter. Sunday nights they have DJs and BBQs during the summer.
One of Brixton's long time favourites and worth a visit for a night out. It still runs an eclectic mix of dance music, covering hip-hop, reggae, r&b, ska and house. Has dance floor, big old sofas and screen for sports matches. Upstairs there is Moca (Caribbean restaurant) and a third floor to hire out for private parties.
Located in the train arches of Vauxhall are three inter-linked clubs (with separate events and queues): Fire, Lightbox and Protocol. The music and crowds range from velvety commercial house for shirtless, partying-till-midday gay audiences to underground techno, South London grime and even Canto and K-Pop nights for the East Asian community.
Streatham jazz club. Voted the best jazz venue of 2011 by the House of Commons' cross-party Parliamentary Jazz Club.
Typical London pub with outdoor area and pool table. Serves food. DJs usually play Funk music on the dance floor (although you should expect it to be crowded late on F and Sa).
Home to a constant assortment of strange, bawdy, underground, queer and quirky nights from artists, comedians and performers.
Nice little economy hotel with friendly staff. Very simple clean rooms.
Nice little economy hotel with friendly staff. Very simple clean rooms.
Small budget hotel.
A bed and breakfast run by a friendly gay couple.
Stylish and reputable.
Brixton Market consists of several different parts. The main section is Electric Avenue, selling mainly fruit, vegetables and meat, which also has a very good Chinese supermarket. On Pope's Road, you will find clothes and bric-a-brac. You will find more indoor markets around the area, such as Brixton Village (between Pope's Road and Coldharbour Lane), Reliance Arcade (between Brixton Road and Electric Lane) and Granville Arcade (running between Electric Lane and Atlantic Road). These sell everything from wigs, clothes, pets, exotic foods and coffee.
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