Brixton Academy
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Theater building
- Description: music venue in London, a former cinema
- Also known as: “Astoria Theatre”, “Fair Deal”, “O2 Academy Brixton”, “O2 Academy Brixtonn”, “O2 Academy, Brixton”, “Odeon Astoria”, “Sundown”, “The Astoria.”, “The Fair Deal”, and “The Sundown Centre”
- Address: 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London, SW9 9SL
Photo: R Sones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brixton railway station and Brixton Mosque.
Brixton railway station
Railway station
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Brixton railway station is a commuter railway station in Brixton, South London, UK. It is on the Chatham Main Line, 3 miles 14 chains down the line from London Victoria. Brixton railway station is situated 1,000 feet south of Brixton Academy.
Brixton Mosque
Mosque
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The Brixton Mosque, officially known as The Brixton Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre, and also known as Masjid ibn Taymeeyah, is a Salafi Sunni mosque, located in Gresham Road in the Brixton area of South London, England, in the United Kingdom. Brixton Mosque is situated 490 feet east of Brixton Academy.
Stockwell Skatepark
Pitch
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Stockwell Skatepark, also known as "Brixton Bowls" or "Brixton Beach", is a concrete skatepark situated on the corner of Stockwell Park Walk and Stockwell Road in the borough of Lambeth in South London. Stockwell Skatepark is situated 390 feet northwest of Brixton Academy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brixton and Stockwell.
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.
Stockwell
Suburb
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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
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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 Academy
- Categories: concert hall, music venue, movie theater, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46554° or 51° 27′ 56″ northLongitude
-0.11487° or 0° 6′ 54″ westOperator
Academy Music GroupOpen location code
9C3XFV8P+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 30104578OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
building=theatreWikidata ID
Q2239788
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Brixton Academy” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “O2 Academy Brixton音樂廳”
- Chinese: “O2布里克斯頓學院”
- Chinese: “布裏斯頓學院”
- Chinese: “布里克斯頓學院”
- Chinese: “布里克斯頓音樂廳”
- Chinese: “布里克斯顿学院”
- Chinese: “布里斯頓學院”
- Chinese: “布里斯顿学院”
- Czech: “Brixton Academy”
- Danish: “Carling Academy Brixton”
- Dutch: “Brixton Academy”
- French: “Brixton Academy”
- French: “Carling Brixton Academy”
- French: “O2 Academy, Brixton”
- German: “Brixton Academy”
- Irish: “Brixton Academy”
- Italian: “Brixton Academy”
- Japanese: “ブリクストン・アカデミー”
- Korean: “브릭스톤 아카데미”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carling Academy Brixton”
- Norwegian: “Carling Academy Brixton”
- Persian: “آکادمی بریکستون”
- Polish: “Brixton Academy”
- Portuguese: “Brixton Academy”
- Russian: “Brixton Academy”
- Slovak: “Brixton Academy”
- Spanish: “Brixton Academy”
- Turkish: “Brixton Academy”
- Ukrainian: “Brixton Academy”
- Urdu: “برکسٹن اکیڈمی”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fitness First and Brixton Tabernacle Baptist Chapel.
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