Allendale Close, Camberwell, south London
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Allendale Close, Camberwell, south London
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 29 Aug 2016
This low-rise residential development from the 1980s is an oasis of relative quiet just a few steps from busy Denmark Hill and Camberwell Church Street. It's possible that many people who live here work at King's College Hospital or the Maudsley, which occupy a considerable area to the south. I say relative because there is no escape from the Camberwell soundscape – ambulance sirens, and jets approaching Heathrow: a dissonant whine swelling to a roar every two minutes at peak hours. Old maps from the late 19th century show streets of terraced houses. Allendale Road is one of the streetnames; another is Selborne Road, now a stub off Denmark Hill. In Love Walk there is a stone inscribed 'Selborne', so the development may at first have been known as the Selborne Estate. Cuthill and Kerfield are other streetname elements retained.
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Image Location
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51.471914
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