Brixton
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include The Oval and Brixton Academy.
The Oval
Stadium
Photo: Jguk, Public domain.
The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London.
Brixton Academy
Theater building
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Brixton Academy is a mid-sized concert venue located in South London, in the Lambeth district of Brixton. Opening in 1929 as a cinema, the venue was converted into a discotheque in 1972, then reborn as a concert hall in 1983.
Battersea Power Station
Shopping center
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames in Nine Elms, Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westminster and Southwark and Lewisham.
Westminster
Westminster is a district of central London, at the heart of the United Kingdom's royal and political life. Many of its attractions are of an historical and cultural variety.
Southwark and Lewisham
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.
South Bank
Photo: Bloodholds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.
Brixton
- Type: Suburb with 66,300 residents
- Description: district in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London, England
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4634° or 51° 27′ 48″ northLongitude
-0.1148° or 0° 6′ 53″ westPopulation
66,300Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C3XFV7P+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 21521237OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6690877Wikidata ID
Q146690
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Brixton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بريكستون”
- Armenian: “Բրիքսթոն”
- Asturian: “Brixton”
- Azerbaijani: “Brikston”
- Basque: “Brixton”
- Bavarian: “Brixton”
- Belarusian: “Брыкстан”
- Bengali: “ব্রিক্সটন”
- Bulgarian: “Брикстън”
- Catalan: “Brixton”
- Cebuano: “Brixton”
- Chinese: “布利克斯頓”
- Chinese: “布里克斯頓”
- Chinese: “布里克斯顿”
- Czech: “Brixton”
- Dutch: “Brixton”
- Esperanto: “Brixton”
- French: “Brixton (Londres)”
- French: “Brixton”
- German: “Brixton (London)”
- German: “Brixton”
- Greek: “Μπρίξτον”
- Haitian: “Brixton”
- Hebrew: “בריקסטון”
- Hungarian: “Brixton”
- Iloko: “Brixton”
- Irish: “Brixton”
- Italian: “Brixton”
- Japanese: “ブリクストン”
- Kashmiri: “بِرٛکسٹن”
- Korean: “브릭스턴”
- Korean: “브릭스톤”
- Korean: “브릭스튼”
- Latin: “Brixtonia”
- Luxembourgish: “Brixton”
- Maori: “Brixton”
- Marathi: “ब्रिक्स्टन”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Brixton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brixton”
- Norwegian: “Brixton”
- Panjabi: “ਬ੍ਰਿਕਸਟਨ”
- Persian: “بریکستون”
- Polish: “Brixton”
- Portuguese: “Brixton”
- Romanian: “Brixton”
- Russian: “Брикстон”
- Scots: “Brixton, Lunnon”
- Scots: “Brixton”
- Slovak: “Brixton”
- Slovenian: “Brixton”
- Spanish: “Brixton”
- Swedish: “Brixton”
- Swedish: “Brixtonpund”
- Turkish: “Brixton”
- Ukrainian: “Брікстон”
- Urdu: “برکسٹن”
- Vietnamese: “Brixton”
- Welsh: “Brixton”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as St Matthew’s Estate and Stockwell.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Beehive and Brixton tube station.
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