A developer, May Developments (Brixton) Ltd, is proposing to redevelop the Canterbury Arms, on the corner of Pope’s Road and Canterbury Crescent, with a new nine storey residential and community use building. They are holding a public exhibition on their…
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We help shape the future of Brixton by working to understand our history and built environment.
To do this we hold regular meetings, lead heritage walks, and produce publications about our local area. Our members come from all walks of life and all parts of Brixton, helping to enrich our discussions and campaigns.
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OPEN GARDEN SQUARES 8/9 JUNE
The Brixton Society has a stall on Windrush Square as part of Open Garden Squares weekend. Come and see us from 10 – 5 Saturday and 11 to 5 Sunday. Guided walks around the Square at 1 and 3.30pm. Also…
read moreEagle Printing Works – missing date stone
Current planning applications for 304 Brixton Road have highlighted a major unauthorised change to the building within the last five years – despite it being in a conservation area. The picture on the right was taken in April 2008 and…
read moreCarlton Mansions – update 22/5/13
At Lambeth County Court this morning full hearings of the eviction cases against residents of the Carlton Mansions Housing Co-op were deferred until the second week of August to enable a further fire safety inspection to take place. Lambeth Council’s…
read moreCarlton Mansions
News that Carlton Mansions tenants are facing eviction at a court hearing on May 22nd 2013 is unwelcome and disturbingly follows an earlier trend. Carlton Mansions Housing Co-op dates back to the early 1980s when many compulsorily purchased properties remained…
read moreSupport Your Local Park
The London Parks and Green Spaces Network has asked us to publicise a campaign to urge Members of Parliament to support an inquiry into urban parks (which would include Windrush Square) in the light of the disproportionate cuts to their…
read moreGEORGE IV and TESCO
Tesco’s plans to turn the George IV pub on Brixton Hill into a “Tesco Express” suffered a setback at last evening’s Planning Application Committee (PAC) meeting held in Lambeth Town Hall. At issue were four applications to alter the front…
read moreThe Great Brixton Bake Off II – 27 April
Brixton Market traders are once again hosting a showcase of the best that local bakers have to offer. On Brixton Station Road from 10 to 5pm. Competition will have 6 categories and be judged by a panel of local business…
read more100 More Police for Lambeth
From May 2010 to December 2012 the number of police officers in Lambeth has fallen from 1,052 to 838: that is a reduction of over 20%. The Mayor of London is responsible for policing London. Whether some overall reduction in…
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Next Meeting
Our next committee meeting which is our AGM is at 7pm on Thursday 13 June 2013, in the Vida Walsh Centre.
All members are welcome to attend.
The Brixton Society is a constituted body of people from the local community. info@brixtonsociety.org.uk
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Octagon wedding suite bites the dust
Demolition of the former Lambeth registry office marriage suite at 361 Brixton Road has almost been completed. In the 1950s and 1960s the register office had been in the villa at 340 Brixton Road, but in the early 1980s Lambeth…
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