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St. James's Crescent, LONDON, SW9 7BY

Located at 45 Gresham Road, this TE used to have BRIxton and REDpost numbers until the late 1960s. Besides Brixton, this TE also serves Herne Hill nearby, and now has 0207-274, 733, 737 and 926 numbers. Looking at the brickwork and windows, this TE would appear to have been rebuilt quite recently. Its postcode is SW9 7NU.

See Image for a view from the other side with a brief history.

The fire station opened in 1906 on the site of the former church of St Catherine, Loughborough Park (opened 1877, date of closure unknown). Now grade 2 listed (list entry number 1251337) http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1251337

Opened in 1866 as 'Loughborough Park' by the London Brighton & South Coast Railway on the line from Brixton to Denmark Hill, this station received its last name in 1894. It closed in 1976. View north east on Barrington Road at the former entrance. The wooden platforms used to overhang the side of the viaduct and were demolished soon after closure.

The road runs parallel and adjacent to the railway viaduct. The two arches nearest the camera are occupied by a wholesale greengrocer, and the six beyond that by the Brixton Brewery.

The estate was built in 1953-57 to the designs of the London County Council's chief architect Leslie Martin. Here are three six-storey blocks, bearing the influence of Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation in Marseilles. Two-storey flats recessed behind the grid. In this unlikely setting, some kids were horse riding (right). This is the home of Ebony Horse Club, "a community riding centre using horses to help improve the life skills, education and aspirations of children and young people growing up in the Coldharbour area of Brixton, South London - an area of severe deprivation where 38% of children grow up in poverty."

Two railway lines cross Gresham Road in Brixton, South London. The lines run more-or-less parallel from Peckham Rye for around 5 miles to London's Victoria terminus station. Suburban services operated by Southern generally use the higher bridge, although these services will cease in 2012. London Overground trains will by then be using the route. Suburban and longer-distance services to the Kent Coast operated by Southeastern generally use the bridge further back.

Despite this being around midday on a weekday, many of the shop units were closed.

View northward on Gresham Road, under the ex-LB&SC South London line (Victoria, (to left) - (to right) Peckham Rye - London Bridge) on which East Brixton station was situated (on the right) until closed 5/1/76. Beyond is the ex-SE&CR Victoria - Chatham - Ramsgate/Dover main line through Brixton station off to the left. (Cf. Image]).