HM Prison Brixton
HM Prison Brixton is a Category C training establishment men's prison, located in Brixton area of the London Borough of Lambeth, in inner-South London. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Before 2012, it was used as a local prison.Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Prison
- Description: men’s prison in south London
- Also known as: “Brixton Prison” and “HMP Brixton”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include All Saints Church and Clapham Common tube station.
All Saints Church
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church is situated 1,100 feet south of HM Prison Brixton.
Clapham Common tube station
Railway station
Photo: TheFrog001, CC0.
Clapham Common is a London Underground station in Clapham within the London Borough of Lambeth. It is on the Morden branch of the Northern line, between Clapham North and Clapham South stations. It is in London fare zone 2. Clapham Common tube station is situated 1 mile northwest of HM Prison Brixton.
Brixton Academy
Theater building
Photo: brodiepunk, CC BY 2.0.
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. Brixton Academy is situated 1 mile northeast of HM Prison Brixton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clapham Park and Clapham.
Clapham Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clapham Park is an area in the Borough of Lambeth in London, to the south of central Clapham and west of Brixton.
Clapham
Suburb
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clapham is a district in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.
Brixton
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
HM Prison Brixton
- Categories: HM Prison and government building
- Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.45149° or 51° 27′ 5″ northLongitude
-0.12493° or 0° 7′ 30″ westElevation
118 feet (36 metres)Open location code
9C3XFV2G+H2OpenStreetMap ID
way 76741384OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prison
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“HM Prison Brixton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سجن بريكستون”
- Catalan: “presó de Brixton”
- Central Kurdish: “ئێچ ئێم زیندانی بریکستۆن”
- Chinese: “布里克斯頓監獄”
- Dutch: “gevangenis van Brixton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن بريكستون”
- French: “maison d’arrêt de Brixton”
- French: “Prison de Brixton”
- German: “Gefängnis Brixton”
- Irish: “Príosún Brixton”
- Japanese: “ブリクストン刑務所”
- Japanese: “ブリックストン監獄”
- Slovenian: “HM Prison Brixton”
- Slovenian: “zapor Brixton”
- Spanish: “Cárcel de Brixton”
- Spanish: “Prisión de Brixton”
- Turkish: “Brixton Hapishanesi”
- Welsh: “carchar Brixton”
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