Holmewood Gardens, Brixton - photos, history, chat

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Another wee photo feature

In photos: Holmewood Gardens – a triangular Brixton park dating back to the Victorian era

Holmewood Gardens is a small triangular park off Brixton Hill dating back to the 1890s, when it originally formed a communal garden at the centre of a private development of Victorian houses.

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Plus some history

Brixton History – a hundred years of Holmewood Road, Brixton, SW2

Here’s a little slice of Brixton history, comparing an Edwardian postcard view of Holmewood Road, SW2, taken from the junction with Brixton Hill, with how it looks over a hundred years later…

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Used to live in Holmewood gardens.
I believe at least one other Urb used to live there as well .
It's a lovely place. The loveliness being enhanced by the traffic calming / shared space measures that were put in just after the turn of the century