Type Archive
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- Type: Museum
- Description: London museum
- Also known as: “The Type Museum” and “Type Museum”
- Address: 100 Hackford Road, London, SW9 0QU
Places of Interest Nearby
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. The Oval is situated 3,700 feet north of Type Archive.
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 2,900 feet south of Type Archive.
St Michael’s Church
Church
Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Michael’s Church is situated 750 feet southwest of Type Archive.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stockwell and Loughborough Junction.
Stockwell
Suburb
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stockwell is a district located in South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. It is situated 2.4 miles south of Charing Cross.
Loughborough Junction
Suburb
Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loughborough Junction is an area in Herne Hill, South London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is located equidistant between Herne Hill, Brixton and Camberwell providing excellent transport connections to Central London.
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.
Type Archive
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.47361° or 51° 28′ 25″ northLongitude
-0.11558° or 0° 6′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C3XFVFM+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 261700004OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7860886
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Type Archive” goes by many names.
- French: “Type Museum”
- German: “Type Museum”
- Spanish: “Tipo Museo”
- Spanish: “Type Museum”
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