Old Spike

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Skipton House

Government office

Photo: Londoneye, Public domain.

Skipton House is a high specification office building in Elephant and Castle, Central London. It was built for a Japanese bank and then sold on to accommodate staff of the Department of Health who were moved out of Alexander Fleming House.

Imperial War Museum

Museum

Photo: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Imperial War Museum, currently branded "Imperial War Museums", is a British national museum. Its headquarters are in London, with five branches in England. Imperial War Museum is situated 2,000 feet west of Old Spike.

London Bridge

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 1 mile northeast of Old Spike.

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Elephant and Castle

Suburb

Photo: Sue Wallace, CC BY 2.0.

Elephant and Castle is an area of south London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark. The name also informally refers to much of Walworth and Newington, due to the proximity of the London Underground station of the same name.

St George’s Circus

Locality

Photo: Martin Addison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St George's Circus is a road junction in Southwark, London, England. At its centre, which is now a traffic roundabout, is an historic obelisk, designed by Robert Mylne, in his role as surveyor and architect of Blackfriars Bridge.

Heygate Estate

Locality

Photo: London SE1 Community Website, CC BY 2.0.

The Heygate Estate was a large housing estate in Walworth, Southwark, South London, comprising 1,214 homes. The estate was demolished between 2011 and 2014 as part of the urban regeneration of the Elephant & Castle area.

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