Pedestrian crossing outside Balham Underground station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Pedestrian crossing outside Balham Underground station by Christopher Hilton as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 2 Dec 2011
The digits to the right of the light array light up when the green man goes out and count down from 30 to 0; at this point the red man appears. Last minute hurriers thus know exactly how long they have before the traffic on Balham High Road is unleashed.