Lambeth
Lambeth is a district in South London, England, which today also gives its name to the London Borough of Lambeth.
Lambeth is a district in South London, England, which today also gives its name to the London Borough of Lambeth. Lambeth itself was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Charing Cross, across the river from Westminster Palace. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area experienced some slight growth in the medieval period as part of the manor of Lambeth Palace. By the Victorian era, the area had seen significant development as London expanded, with dense industrial, commercial and residential buildings located adjacent to one another. By this point, there were distinct localities appearing on the map, and a separate parish of South Lambeth was created in 1861.
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Things to do
- 01Brixton Academy
- 02Brockwell Lido
Outdoor swimming pool that's empty during cold days and has queues around the block whenever the sun is out.
- 03The Oval
- 04Stockwell Skate Park
Also ironically named Brixton Beach, this free skate park began in the 1970s.
From Wikivoyage: Lambeth, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
There are many different types of food available in Lambeth, from Caribbean to Eritrean and fish and chips to noodles. You will find most of the restaurants on Coldharbour Ln and Atlantic Rd. Here are a few noted establishments. Clapham High St has a good selection of restaurants.
- 01Asmara
386 Coldharbour Ln, Brixton, SW9 8LF (Facing the Dogstar),.
- 02Eco Pizza
- 03Gandhi's Restaurant
347 Kennington Rd, SE11 4QE (tube: Kennington NOR ), info@gandhis.co.uk.
- 04Ichiban Sushi
Great freshly prepared sushi and tofu dishes.
- 05Negril
Mon-Wed 10AM-6PM, Thu-Sat 10AM-10PM, Sun 10AM-6PM.
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Getting to Lambeth
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 24 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 38 km · London Luton (LTN), 46 km
- Luton, Luton → Lambeth48 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Lambeth2 km · quickest by road, 11 min · £0
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Lambeth164 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · £17–23
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lambeth
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lambeth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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- Get inSouthern from the South East including Gatwick Airport (), Bognor Regis, Epsom and Portsmouth with ferries from and ().
- Get inAlso from Harwich (via A120, ferries from Hook of Holland, Netherlands).
- Get inFastest route from Fishguard (ferries from Rosslare, Ireland).
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Next door to Lambeth
Lambeth is 2 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.