A hill in South London near Clapham Junction. South London is the southern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes "Clapham Junction" redirects here For other uses see Clapham Junction (disambiguation Clapham Junction Railway station is The Street name Lavender Hill is a continuation of St John's Hill and forms the section of the A3036 as it rises eastwards out of the Falconbrook valley at Clapham Junction, and retains that name for approximately 1. The A3036 is an A road in London, England. It starts at the southern tip of the County Hall roundabout where the A302 Westminster The Falconbrook is is a Subterranean river that flows under Balham and Battersea where it enters the River Thames. 5km to the corner of Queenstown Road in Battersea, beyond which it is called Wandsworth Road towards Vauxhall. Battersea is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is an inner-city district located 2 Vauxhall is an inner city area of South London in the London Borough of Lambeth.
The geographical feature is named Lavender Hill due to the commercial cultivation of Lavender there in the pre-industrial era. Several other smaller streets including Lavender Gardens and Lavender Sweep (rumoured to be the former home of Sarah Ferguson, duchess of York) also bear the reference and can be seen on 18th Century maps as being largely farmland. Sarah Duchess of York ( Née Sarah Margaret Ferguson, born 15 October 1959 is the daughter of Major Ronald Ferguson by his wife Susan daughter of Fitzherbert
Lavender Hill in Fiction
It is known in popular culture thanks to the Ealing comedy The Lavender Hill Mob. For the film see Ealing Comedy (film. For the film comedies see Ealing Comedies. The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 Comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T It is also featured with a chapter of its own in the historical novel London by Edward Rutherfurd, with descriptions of it in the 18th century from the pre-industrial era. Edward Rutherfurd (born 1948 in Salisbury, England) is primarily known as a writer of epic Historical novels His debut novel Sarum set the
Contemporary Lavender Hill
Lavender Hill is now principally a shopping street along much of its length, starting from the landmark Arding and Hobbs building (now part of Debenhams), a number of specialist food and music outlets, a large supermarket, a bewildering number (c15) of Estate Agents and a larger concentration of restaurants and bars along the flatter section atop the hill, where Lavender Hill Police station and the Battersea Arts Centre are to be found. Debenhams plc ( is a British -based retailer operating under a Department Store format in the UK and franchise stores in other countries The Battersea Arts Centre (often abbreviated to "BAC") is a Performance space near Clapham Junction in Battersea, in the London
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