Brockley Guide
Abbey Wood
Anerley & Penge
Beckenham
Bermondsey
Bexley
Blackheath
Borough
Brockley
Bromley
Camberwell
Catford
Charlton
Crystal Palace
Deptford
Dulwich Village
East Dulwich
Elephant and Castle
Eltham
Forest Hill
Greenwich
Herne Hill
Kennington
Lee
Lewisham
New Cross
Old Kent Road
Peckham
Rotherhithe
Southbank
Sydenham
Walworth
West Norwood
Woolwich
Brockley is bordered by Forest Hill, New Cross, Lewisham and Ladywell. Much of Brockley is built on or near green and hilly spaces. It was developed in the early to late Victorian age.
Avon Road
Architecture and history:
Renamed in 1937 previously Carlton Road.
Breakspears Road
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Named c. 1881.
Chalsey Road
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Named in 1894.
Cranfield Road
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Originally named Upper Way in 1877. Name changed to Cranfield Road in 1921.
Crescent Road
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Originally named Crescent Way in 1880, became Crescent Road in 1921.
Darling Road
Architecture and history:
Named in 1938 previously Albert Road.
Drake Road
Architecture and history:
Named Drake Road in 1938 after Drake family, local landowners. Previously Carlton Road.
Glensdale Road
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Named in 1878.
Harefield Road
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Named in 1850.
Hilly Fields Crescent
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Named in 1894. Road overlooks Hilly Fields open space.
Manor Avenue
Architecture and history:
Named in 1938. Site of Cafter Manor farm until mid C19.
Montague Avenue
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Named in 1894.
Tressillian Crescent
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Previously Crescent Road. Named in 1868 after Cornish place name.
Tressillian Road
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Built c. 1860. Named in c.1894 after Cornish place
name.
Tyrwhitt Road
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Built c. 1869. Named in 1894 after name assumed by Thomas Drake landowner in 1766. Road runs uphill to Hilly Fields.
Wickham Road
Architecture and history:
Large Victorian houses. Built in 1862. Named in 1876.
Balham
Barnes
Battersea
Brixton
Clapham
Merton
Mortlake
Putney
Rayners Park
Richmond
Streatham
Tooting
Vauxhall
Wandsworth
Wimbledon