Geo-Trips :: Covering South London
Thornton Heath
A drive from Wandsworth, Sun, 29 Sep 2013 by David Howard
Coming to the end of the season, with the clocks going back soon till almost April, I am mopping up convenient patches while I still can fairly nearby. There was a small area of space around Streatham I hadn't covered, mainly as there wasn't that much of interest although I'd gone through it on the way to other places beyond. Being a Sunday it was the only day of the week South London wasn't jam packed, otherwise such a journey by road would have been almost impossible without a motorbike. I sailed through one main road after another and didn't encounter more than the odd traffic light the whole way, quite the opposite to any other day where it would jam up as soon as you hit Wandsworth onwards.
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Albert Carr Gardens, Streatham
Balham Underground Station at the corner of Balham Station Road
Norbury Station on Norbury Avenue
Petrol station on Streatham High Road
On the corner of Streatham Common South
Shop on the corner of Khartoum Road and Garratt Lane
Monarch Mews at the junction of Crown Dale
Shops on the corner of Crown Lane, Norwood
There's a vacant lot along the next plot probably ready for more flats
Under the railway bridge on Balham High Road
The station can just be seen on the left
Balham High Road
Gateway to the south, as Peter Sellers rightly said.
The entrance to Central London Golf Centre and Springfield University Hospital
Mini roundabout on Burntwood Lane
At the junction of Beechcroft Road on the right
Marius Road at the junction of Balham High Road
Garrad's Road, Streatham
Tooting Bec Common is on the right
Tooting Bec Common on Garrad's Road
Tooting Bec Gardens, Streatham
Overlooking St Leonard's Church
Shops on Streatham High Road
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Hollman Gardens at the junction of Norbury Hill
Figge's Marsh by Streatham Road
Figge's Marsh from London Road, Tooting
Longmead Road at the junction of Mitcham Road, Tooting
Shops on Mitcham Road at Tooting Broadway
Mini roundabout on Garratt Lane
At the junction of Wimbledon Road to the left
Flats on the corner of Garratt Lane and Burmester Road
Garratt Lane at the junction of Burntwood Lane
Garratt Green by Burntwood Lane
Green Lane from the corner of Norbury Hill
Norbury Hill looking towards Green Lane
Willow Tree Way at the junction of Kensington Avenue
The entrance to Norbury Manor School for girls
Kensington Avenue approaching the junction with Norbury Avenue
Norbury Avenue by Norbury Station
It's just on the left
Shops on Mitcham Road, Tooting
Parade of shops on Mitcham Road,Tooting
Streatham Road, Mitcham
Figge's Marsh is on the right but it's all grass now.
Shops on the corner of Streatham Road and Southcroft Road
Decorators Centre on the corner of Streatham Road and Links Road
Figge's Marsh by London Road, Mitcham
Hendham Road at the junction of Trinity Road
Shops on Streatham High Road from Norbury Lane
Car wash on Streatham High Road
Looking across to Green Lane
GJ's Bar on Garratt Lane, Wandsworth
Florida Road at the junction of Brickfield Road, Norbury
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