Vauxhall

Also known as Vauxhall, England, Vauxhall, London

Vauxhall ( , ) is an area of South London, within the London Borough of Lambeth. Named after a medieval manor called Fox Hall, it became well known for the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Vauxhall
UK place.static_image_name: Vauxhall - Nine Elms - Battersea - Pimlico at night.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: River Thames looking upstream from Vauxhall Bridge showing (left) St George Wharf Tower and (centre) Battersea Power Station, and the shorelines, left to right, of Vauxhall, Nine Elms, Battersea and Pimlico
UK place.map_type: Greater London
UK place.population: 14,262
UK place.population_ref: (Princes ward, 2011)
UK place.os_grid_reference: TQ305785
UK place.charingX_distance_mi: 1.59
UK place.charingX_direction: NNE
UK place.london_borough: Lambeth
UK place.region: London
UK place.country: England
UK place.post_town: LONDON
UK place.postcode_area: SW
UK place.postcode_district: SW8
UK place.dial_code: 020
UK place.constituency_westminster: Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

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Politics
History
Toponymy
In the Russian language
Early history
Development
Demography
Economy
Nightlife
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Transport
Vauxhall Cross
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Community facilities
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Vauxhall ( , ) is an area of South London, within the London Borough of Lambeth. Named after a medieval manor called Fox Hall, it became well known for the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.

From the Victorian period until the mid-20th century, Vauxhall was a mixed industrial and residential area, of predominantly manual workers' homes – many demolished and replaced by Lambeth Council with social housing after the Second World War – and business premises, including large railway, gas, and water works. These industries contrasted with the mostly residential neighbouring districts of Kennington and Pimlico. As in neighbouring Battersea and Nine Elms, riverside redevelopment has converted most former industrial sites into residential properties and new office space.

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