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'Coldharbour Lane' is a road in South London that leads south-westwards from Camberwell to Brixton. In total the road is over 1 mile long with a mixture of residential, business and retail buildings - the stretch of Coldharbour Lane near Brixton Market contains shops, bars and restaurants. The junction of Coldharbour Lane and Denmark Hill in Camberwell SE5 marks part of the boundary between Lambeth and Southwark boroughs. The other end of Coldharbour Lane meets Acre Lane in central Brixton to form the 'A2217'.
Loughborough Junction railway station marks the approximate centre point of Coldharbour Lane and the change in postcode from SE5 to SW9.

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History

Pubs and bars

Trivia

References

History

Coldharbour Lane was formerly known as 'Camberwell Lane'.
Former British Prime Minister John Major lived in a flat in Coldharbour Lane when a child in the mid 1950s^[1].
In 1981 the Brixton riots occurred in roads near Coldharbour Lane and some windows were broken on the street itself.^[2]. With the support of community leaders and shop owners, there are plans to set up a mini-police station on Coldharbour Lane in the former premises of a drug dealer. ^[3]

Pubs and bars

There are several pubs and bars on Coldharbour Lane.
The Prince Albert^[4] has occasional live music and quiz nights ^[5]; the Sun and Doves, which first opened in the 18th century and was rebuilt in the twentieth century, displays art by local artists and is involved with the Camberwell Arts Festival ^[6] when it hosts fashion shows, performance art, poetry and live music events; the Prince of Wales ^[7] has been on the same site since 1800 ^[8]; the Dogstar, ^[9] is a "three-floor DJ bar"^[10].
Other pubs and bars on the road are The Green Man^[11], The Angel^[12], Living^[13], and Club 414^[14].

Trivia

With a nod to the The Rolling Stones, Brixton-based band Alabama 3 named their debut album ''Exile on Coldharbour Lane'' after the road.

References

1. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538196/bio
2. http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/riot.html
3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/britain/article/0,,1468736,00.html
4. http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub1571.html
5. http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/clubs_bars/venue-2312.php
6. http://www.camberwellarts.org.uk/
7. http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/34/345/Prince_of_Wales/Brixton
8. http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/prince.html
9. http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/31/317/Dogstar/Brixton
10. http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub3152.html
11. http://www.mybrixton.com/brixton/bars&Music-review-the_green_man.htm
12. http://www.mybrixton.com/brixton/bars&Music-reviews-angel.htm
13. http://www.mybrixton.com/brixton/bars&Music-reviews-living.htm
14. http://www.mybrixton.com/brixton/bars&Music-reviews-club-414.htm