The Ultimate London Walk – Section 9: Stockwell to Herne Hill  New Walk!

From Stockwell’s early 19^th century commuter homes cross over to Brixton where Victorian estates have been rebuilt not just once – in the 1970s – but again a generation later.

Angell Town’s community-led rebuild supplanted the previous design disaster. Next door it was also community pressure that stopped a Victorian street’s disappearance. Brixton market is calling.

Now Brixton village, it has changed and thrived. Today maybe the array of foods on the stalls is not as wide as it once was, yet amongst the plethora of new eateries there are plenty of foods and goods that cross cultures. Come out onto Brixton’s central pivot…

Windrush Square – where the Black Cultural Archives face onto the Town Hall clocktower. It’s a fitting setting for the memorial to those from Africa and the Caribbean who served in World War 2. St Matthew’s church strikes a presence on the fork between the southbound roads both neatly hemmed by Rush Common.

Reaching Brockwell Park – renowned for its lido and Country Show – go up the slope to take the view from the recently revamped Brockwell Hall. With its walled garden nearby it’s easy to see why this was the Regency retreat  of a very successful City glassmaker.

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