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Dist:0.0km north<br/>Interesting block of flats on Harleyford Road, Kennington, with the Oval cricket ground at the end.
©Ben Gamble
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Taken at the junction of Fentiman Road. In the foreground are Lambeth Council flats. The 3 storey 19th century houses to the rear of the shot are much more likely to be owner occupied, although not necessarily by one household as flat conversions are common here.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Taken at the junction of Fentiman Road. The cycle logo in the bottom left corner denotes a London Cycle Route. The speed limit sign in centre shot suggests that this side of the sign is a 20mph zone.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Taken at the junction of Meadow Road. This area has become very "gentrified" over the last 25 years or so.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Taken from Wandsworth Road, near to the flower market.
©David Lally
Dist:0.2km north<br/>The church is dwarfed by the office block behind (Keybridge House, occupied by BT). It is at the junction of South Lambeth Road and Miles Street.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.2km north<br/>This is near the corner of South Lambeth Road and Lawn Lane.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.3km north<br/>This is near the junction with Old South Lambeth Road. The flats are Victoria House and Victoria Mansions. Many of the shops and eating places here have a Portuguese connection.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.3km north<br/>This church was built in 1896. It is used by 2 independent churches -- one of them is a Portuguese language church and the other denomination is the Unity Baptist Church. (The banners give more detail). There is a community centre here too.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The memorial, opposite the end of Tradescant Road,commemorates the family of the same name, "plant collectors and Gardeners to Charles I whose house and gardens were near this site in the 17th century." The sculptor was Hilary Cartmel and it was unveiled by David Bellamy. The historical link is maintained in the nearby Tradescant Museum [[307729]].
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The site, and the library building itself was donated by sugar magnate Henry Tate and was completed in 1887.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This is about half way between Stockwell and Vauxhall tube stations. It is near the administrative border of Stockwell (See the sign on the lamp post near the green car -- it says Welcome to Stockwell).
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This garden is open to the public but normally used by the local residents. It is obviously well cared for. It is near the junction of Harleyford Road and Durham Street.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This church was built in 1969 to the designs of Norman Ashley Green, replacing an over-large Victorian building of 1881. The design has been described as "ecclesiastical warehouse" style. The base plan, unusually, is pentagonal. the entrance seen in the photo was added in 1996.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.4km north<br/>
©David Lally

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