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Brixton's main shopping streets are on the Brixton Road Restaurants
and bars are located on Coldharbour Lane and Atlantic Road.
Best Brixton Restaurants
Best Brixton Health & Fitness Services
Art Galleries
198 Gallery,
194-198 Railton Road,
(020) 7978 8309
www.198.org.uk
Established in 1988
Open Mon to Fri, 11am to 5pm.
Admission free
Brixton Art Gallery
35 Brixton Station Road
020 7733 6957
www.brixtonartgallery.co.uk
Modern & Contemporary Art
Established in 198*.
Closed Wed & Sun.
Photofusion
17a Electric Avenue
020 7738 5774
www.photofusion.org
Photography resource centre & gallery
Regular exhibitions
Open Mon-Sat
Attractions
Archive & Museum of Black Heritage
378 Coldharbour Lane
020 7326 4154
www.aambh.org.uk
Black history & culture
Open Mon - Sat
Good bookshop
Brixton Windmill,
22 Blenheim Gardens,
020 8671 0700
www.brixtonwindmill.org
Built in 1816 in what was then open fields
Closed in 1934. Now owned by Lambeth Council.
Set in Windmill Gardens park. Join the Friends.
Bars, Clubs & Pubs
Babalou,Crypt of St Matthews Church,
Brixton Hill
020 7738 3366
www.babalou.net
Bar
Lounge
Club (www.mass-club.com)
Brixton Bar & Grill
15 Atlantic Road
020 7737 6777
www.brixtonbarandgrill.co.uk
Previously Pangaea,
Food served daily
Wines & Cocktails. DJ music
Dogstar
389 Coldharbour Lane
020 7274 8433
www.antic-ltd.com
Previously The Atlantic.
Party pub then refurbished in 2007.
DJ music. Food served daily.
Mango Landing
40 St Matthews Road
020 7737 3044
Previously Babushkas
DJs at weekend
Beer garden
Prince Albert
418 Coldharbour Lane
020 7274 3771
Unprententious pub
Real ale: Adnams
Beer garden
South Side
144 Brixton Hill
020 8674 5329
Previously George IV
Lager pub with DJ music
Barbecue menu
SW9
11 Dorrell Place
020 7738 3116
Bar/Cafe
Opposite Brixton Tube
Open 7 days a week
Trinity Arms
45 Trinity Gardens
020 7274 4544
Friendly back street local
Real ale: Youngs
Beer garden
White Horse
94 Brixton Hill
020 8678 6666
www.whitehorsebrixton.com
DJs Thurs-Sun. Lagers.
Food served 12-10 weekdays
Breakfast served Sat & Sun
Bicycles
Brixton Cycles,
145 Stockwell Road,
(020) 7733 6055
www.brixtoncycles.co.uk,
Workers Co-operative opened in 1983
Moved from Coldharbour Lane in 2001
Racing & Mountain bikes. Workshop.
Bookshop
Book Mongers
439 Coldharbour Lane
020 7738 4225
Established in 1993
Second-hand books
Open Mon - Sar
Index Bookcentre
16 Electric Avenue
020 8690 3590
www.indexbooks.co.uk
Socialist bookskop
Publishes books on political History
Open *
Builders
Crowndale Builders, 53a Upper Tulse Hill, (020) 8244 7464
Buses
2 West Norwood - Brixton - Vauxhall - Victoria - Marble Arch - Baker Street
3 Crystal Palace - Lambeth Bridge - Westminster - Piccadilly Circus - Oxford Circus
35 Clapham Junction - Clapham Common - Brixton - London Bridge - Liverpool St
37 Putney - Wandsworth - Clapham - Brixton - East Dulwich - Peckham
59 Streatham Hill - Brixton - Waterloo - Holborn Station - Euston
109 Croydon - Streatham - Brixton
118 Morden - Mitcham - Streatham - Brixton
133 Brixton - Kennington - London Bridge - Liverpool Street
159 Streatham - Brixton - Westminster Bridge - Piccadilly Circus - Oxford Circus
196 Norwood - Herne Hill - Brixton
250 Croydon - Thornton Heath - Streatham - Brixton
322 Crystal Palace - Norwood - Herne Hill - Brixton - Stockwell - Vauhall - Elephant
333 Tooting - Streatham - Brixton - Kennington - Elephant
345 Peckham - Brixton - Stockwell - Clapham - Battersea - South Kensington
355 Mitcham - Tooting - Balham - Clapham - Brixton
432 Anerley - Crystal Palace - West Norwood - Tulse Hill - Brixton
P4 Brixton - Dulwich Village - Brockley - Lewisham
P5 Elephant - Walworth - Myatts Fields - Brixton - Clapham North
www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl
Cabs
Flying Cars, Aytoun Road, (020) 7737 6333
Cafe
Alison Price Cafe
1-3 Brixton Road
020 7785 7272
www.alisonprice.co.uk
Cafe run by local catering company
Open Mon - Fri (7.30am-5.30pm)
Hot & cold food. Serves excellent Union Coffee.
Brockwell Park Cafe. Brockwell Park
Italian run cafe. Outside seating.
Brixton Lounge. 56-58 Atlantic Road, 020 7733 5229
Open 7 days a week.
Brunos, 424 Coldharbour Lane
Vegetarian cafe.
Cookies, 30 Water Lane. 020 7642 0380
Open 7 days a week.
Franco Manca. 4 Market Row, 020 7738 3021
Perhaps the best Pizzas in London? Closed in evening.
Negril, 122 Brixton Hill, 020 8674 8798
Caribbean cafe doing English breakfasts.
Phoenix Cafe, 441 Coldharbour Lane, 020 7733 4430
Traditional English Cafe.
Tomlins, * Acre Lane
Was Cafe Goya. Brunches until 5pm. Open 7 days a week.
Vera Cruz, 2 Arlington Parade, 020 7733 4810
Off Brixton Hill. Portuguese Restaurant/cafe.
Church
Brixton Hill Methodist Church, Elm Grove, (020) 8674 4306
Brixton Rosary RC Church, 6 Knowle Close, (020) 7274 2367
Brixton Unitarian Christian Church, Effra Road, (020) 7737 7576
Cinema
Ritzy Cinema
Brixton Oval
020 7737 2121
www.picturehouses.co.uk
Five screen cinema with cafe.
Mainstream f& some Art films
Owned by City Screen since 2003.
Deli
Rosie’s
14e Market Row
020 7733 0054
English cheeses
Organic bread
Olives
Fresh coffee & snacks
Estate Agent
Oliver Burn,
362 Clapham Road,
(020) 7622 1121,
www.oliverburn.com
Friendly independent agents
Sales & lettings in SW9 and environs
Branch in Herne Hill
Fishmongers
Dagons Ltd
16 Granville arcade
020 7274 3617
Established fish shop in covered market
Fresh and frozen fish
LS Mash & Sons
11 Atlantic Road
020 7274 6423
Family run business
Established in 1932
Popular fresh fish shop
Haddock Lemon Sole, Scallops, Skate etc
Leisure Centre
Brixton Recreation Centre
Brixton Oval,
020 7926 9780
020 7926 9779
Swimming pool.
Gym. Squash courts.
Open 7 days a week
Horizons Health & Fitness Club
Liberty Street
020 7091 1670
www.horizonsfitness.co.uk
Private members club
Swimming pool.
Jacuzzi. Sauna & Steam
Gym. Cafe
Library
Brixton Tate Library
Brixton Oval
020 7926 1056
Built in 1892
Open 7 days a week
Books, CDs & DVDs.
Reference library (Ist floor)
Live Music
Brixton Academy
211 Stockwell Road
020 7771 3000
www.brixton-academy.co.uk
Art Deco theatre built in 1929.
Still one of the best medium-sized UK venues.
Features top UK & US bands
Hootenanny
95 Effra Road
020 7237 7273
www.hootanannybrixton.co.uk
Opened in 2007 by John Davis.
Previously Hobgobline & George Canning.
Scottish Traditional music. Reggae.Salsa. Soul & Jazz
Windmill
22 Blenheim Gardens
www.windmillbrixton.co.uk
Indie bands
Beer garden
Off Brixton Hill
Local Council
Lambeth Council, Town Hall, Brixton Hill, (020) 7926 1000 www.lambeth.gov.uk,
Local Society
Brixton Society
www.brixtonsociety.org.uk
Amenities group covering SW2 & SW9
Oriental Market
Wing Tai
13 Electric Avenue
020 7738 5898
Chinese, Japanese, Thai & Vietnamese foodstuffs
Fresh fish, meats, vegetables, herbs & rice
More Info
Parks & Open Spaces
Brockwell Park
Brixton Water Lane
www.brockwellpark.com
Opened in 1891.
Set around the old Brockwell Hall (now a café)
Cricket,football & tennis plus a famous lido.
Also ponds and a walled flower garden.
Friends of Brockwell Park
Personal Trainer
Form & Function
M: 07734 050 005
Testimonial from Ian Edwards "In only six weeks, Jean-Claude has
helped me feel fitter, stronger and leaner - my three main objectives.
My recent medical showed just over a stone in weight loss, a 4%
decrease in body fat and improved spinal mobility.
www.formeandfunction.com/
Post office
Coldharbour Lane PO, Coldharbour Lane, (020) 7274 8443
Railway
Brixton Station (Southeastern), Brixton Station Road
www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/brx/details.html
Record Shops
Red Records, 500 Brixton Road, 020 7274 4476
Black music
Supertone Records. 110 Acre Lane, 020 7737 7761
Urban music
Restaurants
66 Atlantic
66 Atlantic Road
020 7326 4920
Established in 2004
Restaurant & bar
Open 7 days a week
The Gallery
256a Brixton Hill
020 8671 8311
Portuguese cuisine
Takeaway at front
Restaurant at back
New Fujiyama
7 Vining Street
020 7737 2369
www.newfujiyama.com
Japanese Noodle bar
Bento boxes, Sushi.
Vegetarian meals
Noodle House
426 Coldharbour Lane
020 7274 1482
Cheap Japanese Noodle Bar
Next to Prince Albert
Satay Bar
447-450 Coldharbour Lane
020 7326 5001
www.sataybar.co.uk
Restaurant/bar
East Asian cusine
Cocktails
Shopping centre/market
Indoor Market, Brixton Road
Solicitors
Wainwright & Cummins,
413a Brixton Road,
(020) 7737 9330
www.wainwrightcummins.co.uk
Conveyancing
Family law
Probate etc
Street market
Electric Avenue
Takeaways
Icihiban Sushi, 58 Atlantic Road, 020 7738 7006
Japanese cuisine.
Underground
Brixton (Jubilee Line)