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Electric Avenue
In or near City of Westminster.
Electric Avenue is a place of interest in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Brixton · 0.1 km
Getting there & planning your visit
Electric Avenue is located in Lambeth, London, with the nearest railway station being Brixton, just 0.1 km away. The postcode for Electric Avenue is SW9 8JX. Entry details and accessibility information are not provided.
About
Electric Avenue is a place of interest in the United Kingdom. Opening hours: Mo-Tu 10:00-16:00;We 10:00-14:00;Th-Sa 10:00-16:00. Coordinates: 51.4624°, -0.1141°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Electric Avenue is a street in Brixton, London, built in 1888. It was the first market street to be lit by electric lights. Today, Electric Avenue has national retail chains (Boots, Greggs, and Iceland), as well as various local food and housewares retailers. It also hosts a part of Brixton Market, which specialises in selling African, Caribbean, South American, and South Asian products. It is located just around the corner from Brixton Underground station (1972). The street originally had cast iron Victorian canopies over the pavement, which were damaged in World War II and removed in the 1980s.
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Background
History
The road is referenced in Eddy Grant's 1983 single "Electric Avenue", which reached No. 2 on both the UK and US singles charts. The song itself was inspired by the 1981 Brixton riot. A market trader became suspicious and moved the device to a less crowded area of Electric Avenue, where 39 people were injured in its explosion. In 2016, Eddy Grant was invited to switch on a new illuminated street sign installed as part of a £1 million refurbishment. Afterwards, Grant was given one of the previous signs as a keepsake.
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- Coordinates
- 51.4624, -0.1141
- District
- Lambeth
- Parish
- Lambeth, unparished area
- Postcode
- SW9 8JX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dulwich and West Norwood
- Nearest railway station
- Brixton — 0.1 km
- Opening
- Mo-Tu 10:00-16:00;We 10:00-14:00;Th-Sa 10:00-16:00
Sources
- osm: w155062256 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Electric Avenue, Brixton (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Electric Avenue, Brixton, early 20th Century.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Electric Avenue?
- Electric Avenue is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SW9 8JX), in the parish of Lambeth, unparished area.
- What is Electric Avenue?
- Electric Avenue is a place of interest in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Electric Avenue?
- The nearest railway station is Brixton, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode SW9 8JX.
- How do I get to Electric Avenue?
- The nearest railway station is Brixton, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SW9 8JX.