Platanos College

Platanos College is a mixed secondary school located in the Stockwell area of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The school was converted to academy status on 1 February 2011, and was previously a foundation school administered by Lambeth London Borough Council.

Type: School
Description: school in Lambeth, UK
Address: Stockwell Park Road, London, SW9 0AL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stockwell tube station and Type Archive.

Stockwell tube station

Metro station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stockwell is a London Underground station in Stockwell in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is served by the Northern and Victoria lines, and is in London fare zone 2. Stockwell tube station is situated 850 feet southwest of Platanos College.

Type Archive

Museum

Photo: bongo vongo, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Type Archive was a collection of artefacts representing the legacy of type founding in England, whose famous type foundries and composing systems supplied the world with type in over 300 languages. Type Archive is situated 820 feet east of Platanos College.

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 4,000 feet north of Platanos College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stockwell and Brixton.

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.

Brixton

Suburb

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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.