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Brixton Market
Street stalls Mon-Sat 8am-6pm, Wed closes 3pm; Arcades Mon 8am-6pm, Tues-Sun 8am-11.30pm (shops shut earlier, check individual
café and restaurant times); farmers' market Sun 10am-2pm •
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Brixton
The commercial lifeblood of Brixton pulses most strongly through
Brixton Market
,
whose stalls spread out through the warren of streets and covered arcades east of
Brixton Road.
Electric Avenue
- made famous by Eddy Grant's 1983 hit single - runs
behind the tube station, and is so-called as it was one of the first London shopping
streets to be lit by electricity in the 1880s. A network of interwar arcades, known as
Market Row
, runs parallel with the avenue, with another set called
Brixton Village
(originally the Granville Arcade), on the other side of Atlantic Road with its main
entrance past the bridge on Coldharbour Lane. These covered streets still harbour a
vibrant mixture of well-established stalls selling Caribbean fruit and veg, bold African
fabrics, religious artefacts, pigs' trotters, Latino street food and much more besides. But
the market is also peppered with a dozen or more trendy new cafés, serving everything
from gluten-free cakes and freshly baked bread to Thai and Mexican food, all following
in the wake of the famous
Franco Manca
(see p.385) in Market Row. On the north side
of the railway tracks, the market continues along Brixton Station Road, with stalls
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Island
Gardens
South
Bermondsey
Burgess
Park
Cutty
Sark
Maze Hill
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Deptford
GREENWICH
Greenwich
New
Cross
Royal
Observatory
DEPTFORD
New
Cross
Gate
South
London
Gallery
Queens Road
(Peckham)
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Greenwich
Park
PECKHAM
Deptford
Bridge
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NEW CROSS
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Peckham
Rye
Black Heath
St John's
Elverson Road
Nunhead
Blackheath
Lewisham
NUNHEAD
Brockley
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Dulwich
LEWISHAM
Hilly Fields
Park
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Peckham Rye
Park
Ladywell
EAST
DULWICH
Crofton
Park
Hither
Green
HITHER GREEN
Honor Oak
Park
PUBS & BARS
Bread & Roses
Crown & Greyhound
Effra
Hare & Billet
Kaff Bar
Trinity Arms
CLUBS
The Lambeth
Bussey Building
Plan B
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Dulwich
Park
Catford Bridge
GAY VENUES
Area
BarCode Vauxhall
Bridge
The Eagle
Fire
The Hoist
Kazbar
Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Two Brewers
Union
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Catford
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MUSIC VENUES
Academy Brixton
Amersham Arms
Jamm
New Cross Inn
Windmill
Horniman
Museum
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DULWICH
FOREST HILL
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ACCOMMODATION
The Lilac Door
Forest
Hill
CAFÉS
Elephant
Franco Manca
Kao Sarn
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Sydenham
Hill Wood
SHOP
Brixton Market
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