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Barrington Road, LONDON, SW9 7JH

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.

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]).

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.

Southwyck House, a block of flats in South London, is also known locally as "Barrier Block". The block was built in around 1970, at a time when there were plans for a 6-lane elevated motorway to pass in front of the building. The block was designed to bounce traffic noise back, and to protect residents from fumes. The motorway formed part of the "London Ringways" plan, which would have seen motorways built in 4 concentric circles around London. The overall plan was abandoned, although some stretches of motorway have been built.

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

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

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 pub apparently closed in 2011, the ground floor briefly becoming a Tesco express that itself had closed by the time this photo was taken in 2015, and the upper floors redeveloped for housing. Next to it are an internet cafe and fish bar. For a more detailed history and other photos, see http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/the-angel-coldharbour-lane-brixton.html

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

'Education cuts never heal,' an ILEA (Inner London Education Authority) poster from the early 1980's. This image is taken from a scanned photograph.