Thursday, 15 April, 2021

Explore Brixton

It’s all about Brixton – the people, the places, the history. Find out more about your local area.

BRIXTON CALLING

Brixton Calling: Mary Seacole, determination and compassion

Brixton Calling: Music – Brixton’s record shop with soul

Brixton Calling: Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes

Brixton Calling: Remembered – after 100 years

Brixton Calling: Alan Wilmott – soldier, singer and star

BRIXTON PEOPLE

Brixton People

Contributions wanted to document legacy of 1981 Uprising

woman clenched fist salute

Film & TV

Brixton activist features in Black Power movement documentary

portrait of woman

Charity & volunteering

‘We have to support each other. Equality isn’t here yet!’

portrait of man in front of flag

Brixton People

Black history Brixton style

LOCAL HISTORY

Photo of Havelock Ellis

Local history

Havelock Ellis a Brixton pioneer

Brixton People

Electric Brixton needs YOU!

Local history

Brixton street renamed Van Gogh Walk

police in Brixton 1981

Local history

Then, suddenly, the balance of power shifted as petrol bombs began...

rioters overturn police van

Music

Sounds of the Brixton Uprising

blue plaque

Music

Immortalised in Brixton: the place where Black music became the norm

Electric Avenue around 1910, long before the market stalls moved in.

Townscape Heritage Initiative – Shopping over the decades

Photograph of the room believed to be where Vincent van Gogh stayed prior to the renovation. © Finbarr Falon, 2015.

Van Gogh’s time in Brixton – Townscape Heritage Initiative

Image of Railton Road street sign

Forgotten Black Bookshops of Brixton – Townscape Heritage Initiative

This shows the grand – but not very big – entrance between the cinema and the library and the size of the building behind the library reaching to Rushcroft Road

Townscape Heritage Initiative – Entertainment in Brixton

woman in Brixton

Lambeth Heritage Festival 2020

Black Cultural Archives, Windrush Square, Brixton, London, UK

A brief background to Brixton’s buildings – Townscape Heritage Initiative