IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Balham Hill, LONDON, SW12 9DR
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Balham Hill, SW12 9DR by members 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 over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (207 Images Found)
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Balham, Majestic Wine
On Balham Hill; formerly the Odeon Cinema, which operated from 1938-72; now a wine warehouse. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/11169
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 2 Mar 2014
0.02 miles
4
Terraced houses in Gaskarth Road
Assorted styles, but all of a period
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 17 Nov 2016
0.03 miles
5
The Majestic Wine warehouse, Clapham
This Art Deco building was originally constructed as the Odeon Cinema in April 1938; the facade remains. The central tower is a convenient space for mobile phone masts
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 17 Nov 2016
0.03 miles
7
Clapham South deep shelter (south), Balham Hill, SW12
In late 1940, the government decided to build a system of deep (air raid) shelters linked to existing underground stations. Each deep shelter consisted of two parallel tubes that might be used for future express underground lines. Seven such shelters were built at Northern Line stations - Belsize Park, Camden Town, Goodge Street, Stockwell, Clapham North, Clapham Common and Clapham South. Each shelter had two entrances with a “pill box” and ventilation shafts; most of these are still there today (February 2011). Some of the deep shelters are in use for secure storage of documents.
From the remains of the sign, now saying only "all", above and to the left of the blue gates, and the estate agent's "sold" notice, it would appear that this shelter was until recently used by Recall http://www.recalldms.co.uk/index.html a Brambles Company http://www.brambles.com/BXB/content/home.html, as is currently (February 2011) the Image
This shelter can be seen on the satellite image http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm?lat=51.45175046583516&lon=-0.14803379774093628&gz=19&oz=10>=1 . [Source: “Beneath the City Streets” by Peter Laurie (1970, revised 1979).]
Betond the shelter (left) is the Image photographed by Danny Robinson; the shelter is just visible on the right hand side of his photo.
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 8 Feb 2011
0.03 miles
8
Pre-Worboys arrow on Malwood Road, Balham
One of a pair, the other is on Alderbrook Road.
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 28 Feb 2010
0.03 miles
9
Building flats, Balham Hill
The extraordinary thing is that the flats are being built over and around the cylindrical structure, which is the southern entrance to Clapham South deep air raid shelter. The northern entrance may be seen on Clapham Common.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 6 May 2012
0.03 miles
10
Former Odeon cinema, Balham Hill
Only the Art Deco frontage remains of this 1938 cinema, which finally closed (under another name) in 1979. Behind the frontage, all is demolished or converted.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 6 May 2012
0.03 miles