Forster Road in London Borough of Lambeth

Forster Road in London Borough of Lambeth is a residential street. It runs in a northeast-southwest direction starting from Kingswood Road and crosses Tilson Gardens and ends at Atkins Road. Forster Road also exists in London Borough of Haringey and London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Road Type: residential street
Speed Limit: 20 mph
Route: northeast-southwest

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Arriva London Routemaster Buses Rm2217 (Cuv 217C), Rm6 (Vlt 6) & Rm5 (Vlt 5), Brixton Hill Tram Shed, Route 159, 9 December 2005 — Three of the Arriva London special purposes fleet's Routemaster buses (left to right), RM2217 (reg. CUV 217C), RM6 (reg. VLT 6) and RM5 (reg. VLT 5), parked up in the former tramshed on Brixton Hill (the A23) in south London. They have all just operated London Buses route 159 on the last day of non-heritage Routemaster operation in London. RM2217 was chosen to operate the official last Routemaster journey on the day, preceeded by two duplicates, operated by RM5 and RM6. This last service was a run from Marble Arch to Streatham Hill, Telford Avenue, a short working of route 159 terminating at the last stop before Arriva's main Brixton bus garage (code BN) on Streatham Hill (also on the A23, about a mile south of Brixton proper), rather than the usual terminus of Streatham Station (further south still). With RM5 and then RM6 leaving a few minutes ahead of it, RM2217 was due to leave at 12.10. With the trio having arrived at the terminus around 2pm, after initially parking up in the Brixton garage they were then moved to the tram shed here a short time later, to be posed together for some more media coverage and speeches. The shed normally acts as a satellite parking area for the main Brixton garage, and is located a short distance north from it up the A23 (Streatham Hill becomes Brixton Hill between the two). Opened in 1923 as Brixton Hill Depot, it still retains the tram lines in the floor, despite having been sold and used for non-bus purposes before being bought back for transport use, reopening in 2003. – Taken and uploaded to Wikipedia by Johnhyde22 Transferred to Commons by User:Ultra7, public domain – Wikimedia Commons

Bicycle parkings

New Park Road (4 spaces) – approx. 200 m.
Streatham Place (10 spaces) – approx. 200 m.
New Park Road (14 spaces) – approx. 200 m.

Mobile phone shops

Carphone Warehouse at Streatham Place 32 (SW2 4QY) – approx. 150 m.

Greengrocers

New Park Fruiterers at New Park Road 42 (SW2 4UN) – approx. 300 m.

Bus stops

Atkins Road / New Park Road – approx. 100 m.
Kings Avenue / Atkins Road – approx. 200 m.
Atkins Road – approx. 250 m.
Poynders Road / Kings Avenue – approx. 250 m.
Streatham Place – approx. 300 m.
Copthorne Avenue – approx. 300 m.

Fast food restaurants

Dani Fried Chicken (chicken) at New Park Road 54 (SW2 4UN) – approx. 300 m.

Cafés

Angela's Cafe (coffee shop) at New Park Road 28 (SW2 4UN). fryup=yes – approx. 350 m.

Convenience stores

Tesco Express (Tesco) at Streatham Place 30A (SW2 4QY) – approx. 150 m.
Neway Supermarket at New Park Road 33-35 (SW2 4DU) – approx. 300 m.
Airy Food & Wine at New Park Road 21 (SW2 4DU) – approx. 300 m.
New Mini Market at New Park Road 20 (SW2 4UN) – approx. 350 m.

Pubs

The Hand in Hand (Stonegate) at New Park Road 61 (SW2 4EN) – approx. 200 m.
The Sultan at New Park Road 37-39 (SW2 4DU) – approx. 300 m.

DIY stores

McKay's Hardware Store at New Park Road 17 (SW2 4DU) – approx. 300 m.

Taxi ranks

7000 Cars Mini Cab & Courier Service – approx. 350 m.

Apartment buildings nearby

Buildings nearby

Macarthur House

Tulse Hill Telephone Exchange

Community centres nearby

Clapham Park Cube

Knights Youth Centre

Doctor's practice nearby

Streatham Place Surgery

Parks nearby

Kirkstall Gardens

Terraced houses nearby

Clapham Park Mews