2006

TQ3175 : Southwyck House, Brixton

taken 20 years ago, near to Brixton, Lambeth, England

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Southwyck House, Brixton
Southwyck House, Brixton
This block of flats is on Coldharbour Lane SW9, very near Brixton town centre. It is known locally as the Barrier Block and it has had an interesting history. Click here LinkExternal link for an excellent website that tells more. The reason why the block was built to look like that was to deflect traffic noise from a proposed multi lane highway that was never built.

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Category: Flats
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Coldharbour Lane [26] · Near [8] · Barrier Block [4] · Look Like [2] ·
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TQ3175, 349 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Danny P Robinson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 17 August, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 17 August, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 314 754 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:27.7397N 0:6.5943W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 315 755
View Direction
Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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