Brixton Hill

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Brixton Hill is the name given to a 1km section of road between Brixton and Streatham Hill in south London, England. It slopes downhill towards London.

Brixton Hill is on the same hill as Trinity Church, Trinity Rise. Brixton Hill and Streatham Hill form part of the traditional main London to Brighton road (A23). The road follows the line of the Roman Road, Stane Street, leading south from the capital Londinium to Chichester.

Streatham Hill is inclined the other way and links Brixton Hill with the High Road at Streatham which it becomes by Streatham Hill railway station. It is named after a hill that it is on. The hill has its top to the east of the road.

[edit] History

Prior to the late 19th century, the road was known as Brixton (or Bristow) Causeway On the eastern side of the road, a series of tree lined open spaces and front gardens are part of Rush Common — an area of common land supposedly subject to protection under an Act of Parliament of 1811, but which has seen some incursions.

The name Brixton Hill has subsequently been given to the residential areas on both sided of the road, and since 2002, it has also been the name of an electoral ward of the London Borough of Lambeth.

Brixton Hill was once served by a regular tram service. It remains one of the busiest corridors for bus transport in Greater London.