Bedser Close, SE11

Bedser Close is named for Alec Bedser, widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century, by association with the nearby Oval Cricket Ground.

Oval station mural
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Archbishop Tenison’s School Archbishop Tenison’s School moved to The Oval in 1928

Archbishop Tenison’s School

Beaufoy Vinegar Works The Beaufoy Vinegar Works stood at the top of Old South Lambeth Road.

Beaufoy Vinegar Works

Chartist meeting, Kennington Common (1848) On 10 April 1848, William Kilburn took daguerrotypes of the Great Chartist Meeting on Kennington Common – taken from the top of The Horns tavern were the first ever photos of a crowd scene.

Chartist meeting, Kennington Common (1848)

City Racing City Racing was an artist-run space in Kennington, South London which was active between 1988 and 1998.

City Racing

Eaves Housing for Women Eaves Housing for Women (Eaves) was a charitable company based in London.

Eaves Housing for Women

Kennington Tollgate The Kennington toll gate stood at the intersection of Kennington Park and Camberwell New Road/Brixton Road.

Kennington Tollgate

Ovalhouse Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, is an Off-West End theatre.

Ovalhouse

St Mark’s Church St Mark’s Church is an Anglican church in Kennington.

St Mark’s Church

Street cricket (1953) Street cricket has been played across London since the rules of the game were formulated.

Street cricket (1953)

The Oval The Oval is an international cricket ground in Kennington.

The Oval

Vauxhall Gardens Vauxhall Gardens was a pleasure garden, one of the leading venues for public entertainment from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century.

Vauxhall Gardens

Vauxhall Station (early 1900s) Vauxhall at the turn of the twentieth century.

Vauxhall Station (early 1900s)

NEARBY STREETS

Abel House, SE11 Abel House is a block on Bowling Green Street (Oval)

Abel House, SE11

Albert Embankment, SE11 Albert Embankment was built in the late 1860s over former marshlands (Vauxhall)

Albert Embankment, SE11

Alverstone House, SE11 Alverstone House is a block on Magee Street (Oval)

Alverstone House, SE11

Anchor House, SW8 Anchor House is a block on Bridgefoot (Vauxhall)

Anchor House, SW8

Anderson Mews, SW9 Anderson Mews is a location in London (Oval)

Anderson Mews, SW9

Aquarius House, SW8 Aquarius House is a block on Wandsworth Road (Vauxhall)

Aquarius House, SW8

Ashmole Place, SW8 Ashmole Place is a street of the Oval area of Kennington (Oval)

Ashmole Place, SW8

Ashmole Street, SW8 Ashmole Street was named after Elias Ashmole, a noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here (Oval)

Ashmole Street, SW8

Auckland Street, SE11 Auckland Street is a continuation of Glyn Street (Vauxhall)

Auckland Street, SE11

Aulton Place, SE11 This is a street in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Aulton Place, SE11

Aveline Street, SE11 Aveline Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Aveline Street, SE11

Averline House, SE11 Averline House is a building on Aveline Street (Kennington)

Averline House, SE11

Bannerman House, SW8 Bannerman House is a block on Ebbisham Drive (Vauxhall)

Bannerman House, SW8

Beaufoy House, SW8 Beaufoy House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens (Oval)

Beaufoy House, SW8

Bedser Close, SE11 Bedser Close is named for Alec Bedser, widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century, by association with the nearby Oval Cricket Ground (Oval)

Bedser Close, SE11

Belgrave House, SW9 Belgrave House is located on Clapham Road (Oval)

Belgrave House, SW9

Bishop Brown Memorial Building, SE11 Bishop Brown Memorial Building is sited on Harleyford Road (Vauxhall)

Bishop Brown Memorial Building, SE11

Blades House, SE11 Blades House is a block on Harleyford Street (Oval)

Blades House, SE11

Blandford House, SW8 Blandford House is a block on Fentiman Road (Oval)

Blandford House, SW8

Blythe House, SE11 Blythe House is located on Kennington Park Road (Oval)

Blythe House, SE11

Bondway, SW8 Bondway is named after the late 18th century developers of the street, John and Sarah Bond (Vauxhall)

Bondway, SW8

Bonnington Square, SW8 Bonnington Square was built in the 1870s to house railway workers (Vauxhall)

Bonnington Square, SW8

Bowden Street, SE11 Bowden Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Bowden Street, SE11

Bowling Green Street, SE11 Bowling Green Street formerly covered the grounds of a a bowling green leased to the owners of the nearby Horns Tavern (Oval)

Bowling Green Street, SE11

Bridge House, SW8 Bridge House is a block on St Oswald’s Place (Vauxhall)

Bridge House, SW8

Bridgefoot, SW8 Bridgefoot is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Vauxhall)

Bridgefoot, SW8

Camberwell New Road, SE11 Camberwell New Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Oval)

Camberwell New Road, SE11

Church Crescent, SW8 In 1879, Church Crescent became Church Street (Oval)

Church Crescent, SW8

Clark’s Passage, SW8 Clark’s Place became Clark’s Passage in 1936 (Vauxhall)

Clark’s Passage, SW8

Claylands Place, SW8 Claylands Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)

Claylands Place, SW8

Claylands Road, SW8 Claylands Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)

Claylands Road, SW8

Clayton Street, SE11 Clayton Street was named for William Clayton (Oval)

Clayton Street, SE11

Cleaver Street, SE11 Cleaver Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Cleaver Street, SE11

Cottingham Road, SW8 Cottingham Road is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)

Cottingham Road, SW8

Courtenay Square, SE11 Courtenay Square is one of a number of local streets with houses built in a neo-Georgian style (Kennington)

Courtenay Square, SE11

Dexter House, SW8 Dexter House is a building on Glyn Street (Vauxhall)

Dexter House, SW8

Dolland House, SE11 Dolland House is a block on Newburn Street (Vauxhall)

Dolland House, SE11

Duffell House, SE11 Duffell House is a block on Brangton Road (Kennington)

Duffell House, SE11

Durham Street, SE11 Durham Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Durham Street, SE11

Ebbisham Drive, SW8 Ebbisham Drive is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Ebbisham Drive, SW8

Edinburgh House, SE11 Edinburgh House is located on Kennington Lane (Kennington)

Edinburgh House, SE11

Elias Place, SW8 Ashmole Street became Elias Place in 1961 (Oval)

Elias Place, SW8

Exchange Gardens, SW8 Exchange Gardens is the service road for the Keybridge blocks (South Lambeth)

Exchange Gardens, SW8

Farnham Royal, SE11 Farnham Royal is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Farnham Royal, SE11

Fentiman Road, SW8 Fentiman Road is named after local mid-19th century developer John Fentiman (Oval)

Fentiman Road, SW8

Fountain House, SW8 Fountain House is a block on St Oswald’s Place (Vauxhall)

Fountain House, SW8

Gateway House, SE11 Gateway House can be found on Milverton Street (Kennington)

Gateway House, SE11

Gilbert’s Buildings, SW8 Gilbert’s Buildings was a lost road of Lambeth, eventually buried under the railway arches leading north from Vauxhall (Vauxhall)

Gilbert’s Buildings, SW8

Glyn Street, SE11 Glyn Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Glyn Street, SE11

Goding Street, SE11 Goding Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Goding Street, SE11

Grover House, SE11 Grover House is located on Vauxhall Street (Vauxhall)

Grover House, SE11

Hanbury House, SW8 Hanbury House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens (Oval)

Hanbury House, SW8

Hanover Gardens, SE11 Hanover Gardens is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)

Hanover Gardens, SE11

Harleyford Court, SE11 Harleyford Court is a block on Bedser Close (Vauxhall)

Harleyford Court, SE11

Harleyford Road, SE11 Harleyford Road was named after local leaseholders the Claytons, whose country house was Harleyford Manor, Buckinghamshire (Vauxhall)

Harleyford Road, SE11

Harleyford Street, SE11 Harleyford Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Oval)

Harleyford Street, SE11

Heyford Avenue, SW8 Heyford Avenue is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Heyford Avenue, SW8

Heyforoad Avenue, SW8 Heyforoad Avenue is a location in London (South Lambeth)

Heyforoad Avenue, SW8

Hornby House, SE11 Hornby House is sited on Kennington Road (Oval)

Hornby House, SE11

Horton House, SW8 Horton House is a block on Meadow Road (Oval)

Horton House, SW8

Kennington Oval, SE11 Kennington Oval is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Oval)

Kennington Oval, SE11

Kennington Oval, SW8 Kennington Oval is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)

Kennington Oval, SW8

Key House, SE11 Key House can be found on Magee Street (Oval)

Key House, SE11

Kilner House, SE11 Kilner House is a block on Clayton Street (Oval)

Kilner House, SE11

Langley Lane, SW8 Langley Lane connects South Lambeth Road with Bonnington Square (Vauxhall)

Langley Lane, SW8

Laud Street, SE11 Laud Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Vauxhall)

Laud Street, SE11

Lawn Lane, SW8 Lawn Lane is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Lawn Lane, SW8

Lockwood House, SE11 Lockwood House is a building on Harleyford Street (Oval)

Lockwood House, SE11

Lohmann House, SE11 Lohmann House is a block on Bowling Green Street (Oval)

Lohmann House, SE11

Loughborough Street, SE11 Loughborough Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Loughborough Street, SE11

Magee Street, SE11 Magee Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Oval)

Magee Street, SE11

Meadow Road, SW8 Meadow Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)

Meadow Road, SW8

Melbury House, SW8 Melbury House is a block on Carroun Road (Oval)

Melbury House, SW8

Miles Street, SW8 Miles Street was developed from 1778 onwards by the Sarah and John Bond (Vauxhall)

Miles Street, SW8

Milverton Street, SE11 Milverton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Milverton Street, SE11

Montford Place, SE11 Montford Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Montford Place, SE11

Muscovy House, SE11 Muscovy House is sited on Auckland Street (Vauxhall)

Muscovy House, SE11

Offley Road, SW9 Offley Road curves from Prima Road to Brixton Road (Oval)

Offley Road, SW9

Oval Way, SE11 Oval Way is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Oval)

Oval Way, SE11

Park Place, SW8 Park Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Park Place, SW8

Parry Street, SW8 Parry Street was laid out by John and Sarah Bond (Vauxhall)

Parry Street, SW8

Pegasus Place, SE11 Pegasus Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Oval)

Pegasus Place, SE11

Prima Road, SW9 Prima Road runs from Clapham Road to Brixton Road and faces St Mark’s Church (Oval)

Prima Road, SW9

Rita Road, SW8 Rita Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)

Rita Road, SW8

Rothesay Court, SE11 Rothesay Court is a building on Harleyford Street (Oval)

Rothesay Court, SE11

Sherwin House, SE11 Sherwin House is a building on Clayton Street (Oval)

Sherwin House, SE11

Shrewsbury House, SW8 Shrewsbury House is sited on Kennington Oval (Oval)

Shrewsbury House, SW8

Silk Mews, SE11 Silk Mews is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Silk Mews, SE11

Simpson House, SE11 Residential block (Vauxhall)

Simpson House, SE11

South Lambeth Place, SW8 South Lambeth Place links South Lambeth Road to Bondway. (Vauxhall)

South Lambeth Place, SW8

St Oswalds Place, SE11 St Oswalds Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

St Oswalds Place, SE11

St. Oswalds Place, SE11 St. Oswalds Place is a location in London (Vauxhall)

St. Oswalds Place, SE11

Stanley Close, SW8 Stanley Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Vauxhall)

Stanley Close, SW8

Stannary Place, SE11 Stannary Place is a location in London

Stannary Place, SE11

Stoddart House, SE11 Stoddart House is a block on Kennington Oval (Oval)

Stoddart House, SE11

Studios, SE11 Studios is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Oval)

Studios, SE11

Trenchold Street, SW8 Trenchold Street is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Trenchold Street, SW8

Trigon Road, SW8 Trigon Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)

Trigon Road, SW8

Tyers Terrace, SE11 Tyers Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Tyers Terrace, SE11

Vat House, SW8 Vat House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens (Oval)

Vat House, SW8

Vauxhall Cross, SW8 Vauxhall Cross is now known as the site of the MI5 headquarters (Vauxhall)

Vauxhall Cross, SW8

Vauxhall Grove, SW8 Vauxhall Grove is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Vauxhall Grove, SW8

Vauxhall Street, SE11 Vauxhall Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Vauxhall Street, SE11

Vox Studios 1-45, SE11 Vox Studios 1-45 is a location in London (Vauxhall)

Vox Studios 1-45, SE11

Wareham House, SW8 Wareham House is a block on Carroun Road (Oval)

Wareham House, SW8

Waylett House, SE11 Waylett House is a block on Loughborough Street (Kennington)

Waylett House, SE11

West Bridge, SW8 West Bridge is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

West Bridge, SW8

Westminster Business Square, SE11 Westminster Business Square is a business centre (Vauxhall)

Westminster Business Square, SE11

Wheatsheaf Lane, SW8 Wheatsheaf Lane is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Wheatsheaf Lane, SW8

Windmill Row, SE11 Windmill Row is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Windmill Row, SE11

Wisden House, SW8 Wisden House is a large block on the Ashmole Estate (Oval)

Wisden House, SW8

Wynyard Terrace, SE11 Wynyard Terrace is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Wynyard Terrace, SE11

Wyvil Street, SW8 Wyvil Street is a former side turning north of Wyvil Road (South Lambeth)

Wyvil Street, SW8

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