Angell Town

Angell Town is an area in Brixton, in the London Borough of Lambeth, south London. The area is dominated by the Angell Town Estate, a housing estate known for its poverty, deprivation and gang subculture.[1][2]

Angell Town Estate
General information
LocationAngell Town, Lambeth, London
Coordinates51.4695°N 0.1099°W / 51.4695; -0.1099
Construction
AuthorityLondon Borough of Lambeth
Other information
Famous
residents		Dora Boatemah

The Angell Town Estate was originally built in the 1970s as a set of blocks linked by a deck-access system.[3] Following the efforts of local resident and community leader Dora Boatemah, the estate was extensively redeveloped in the early 2000s in an attempt to remove the architectural problems that had exacerbated the estate's social problems.[4][5]

The neighborhood, which predates the estate, was named after John Angell, and first developed in the mid 19th century.[6][7] The local parish is St John, Angell Town, Brixton, in the Diocese of Southwark, and the local church is St John the Evangelist Church, Angell Town, originally constructed in 1852–3.[8] The area has a small park, Angell Town Park, at the centre of the estate. The local school is St John's Angell Town Church of England Primary School.

Nearby railway stations are Brixton railway station and Loughborough Junction railway station. Max Roach Park lies to the south, and Myatt's Fields Park to the north-east.

References
  1. "Investigation into life on Brixton's notorious Angell Town estate". Evening Standard. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "A day with undercover police fighting to rid the Angell Town estate of knives". Evening Standard. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. McGuirk, Justin; McGuirk, Justin (2003-01-24). "Brixton Belle". Building. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. Fraser, Ross (2001-02-06). "Obituary: Dora Boatemah". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. "What went wrong in Angell Town?". Evening Standard. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. "Angell Town". Hidden London. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. "Angell Ward, Lambeth, 1918". www.ideal-homes.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  8. "Angell Town: St John the Evangelist - The Diocese of Southwark". southwark.anglican.org. Retrieved 2020-10-03.

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