What's it like to live in Brixton / Brixton Borders

+1 for plan b.

-1 for plan b

It's over 21s :(

It looked awesome until I read that bit on their web site.

Other than that, Brixton is now where I'm going to focus my search.

Cheers all for comments :) Keep them coming if you have more...

Sorry but imo Plan B is one of the worst clubs in London

Shit sound
Shit people
Can't even fill it when they have some of the worlds best DJ's
No vibe/atmosphere

.......thank fuck it's closing!

i thought the twice i went it was alright. i was "refreshed" though. and the line ups always look good.
i'll get my coat.

If you want some more peace and quiet and can stand 10 minutes extra for public transport commute, then Streatham Common, being less trendy than Brixton, is pretty cheap by comparison and a lot "quieter". Nice parks, some decent pubs and Brixton or Balham are both only 10 minutes away if you want to go there. Night Buses go straight through as well so you have 24 hour transport. The downside is no tube.

if your doing the whole club thing id avoid the fridge down brixton as i saw the aftermath of quite a few "incidents" there when i went college

Not forgetting Curry Paradise on Brixton Hill. Best curry house in South London. FACT!

Get yerself to Tooting for your South London curry facts.

kastoori. tooting. best curry. ever.

The fridge lost its license about 4 months back. S'been bought by Goldfrate, so will be turned into something else (flats, shops etc.) before long.

Yeah too much coke dealing and the 5-0 moved in - last time I went there was when my mate was djing the chill out room. The main room was a happy hard house night which seems to be popular with some kind of south east asian gangsters. Cue lots of moody looking dudes spooning coke all over the place, lots of aggro and serious bitch fights in the girls toilets. Was a pretty weird night.

That and the management beating someone unconscious with metal bars outside the front door.

fuck me, that was messy the next day the blood ran out across the pavement

There's a video of it on the South London Press website somewhere. Grim. Can't say I've ever liked the place in the last decade, it was all crap Return to Samsara and that euro trance thing.

I'm off to listen to some George Formby.

Yeah, that shit was pretty fucked up... I'm glad it closed down, our street's been a bit quieter since... Just the Mass lot havin' crazy turf battles in our street now...

There's a video of it on the South London Press website somewhere. Grim.

Yeah, really grim... I hear there are plans to change what's going on at Mass too... Not sure what, but the C of E appear to still have some say in what happens/who operates the venue... Watch this space...

Aye, the 'elders' of the church weren't too happy with the promoters and the related drugs / violence and were desperate to get any promoter in who didn't deal with their perceived 'urban' music. Hence the random Polish Reggae nights and more of the metal / goth nights that have been on for a while. Shame as I like that space and had some good nights in there.

kastoori. tooting. best curry. ever.

Someone speaking sense on the curry front. This is a fact.

To bring up this thread again...

Any particular parts that are bad and should definitely be avoided?

I seem to be finding quite a few properties in this area, along Brixton Hill.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Blenheim+Gardens,+Lambeth,+London+SW2,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.074846,38.496094&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,51.453828,-0.121908&ll=51.454087,-0.115957&spn=0.012863,0.054245&z=15

As I said, I've only been Brixton tube to Brixton Cycles so don't know. I would just get the train and look but I'm trying to get rid of my overdraft first!

Cheers.

I think it is nice around there. We cycled through some roads between the Hill and Kings Avenue last week and places looked nice.

Anyway, another beautiful curry place: Hop & Spice in Balham.
http://www.hopandspice.com/home.html

Duke of Edinburgh, nicest pub in Brixton, IMO. Huge beer garden too, although you have to go through the pub to get to it so you'd have to ask nicely to get bikes through

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To bring up this thread again...

Any particular parts that are bad and should definitely be avoided?

I seem to be finding quite a few properties in this area, along Brixton Hill.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Blenheim+Gardens,+Lambeth,+London+SW2,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.074846,38.496094&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,51.453828,-0.121908&ll=51.454087,-0.115957&spn=0.012863,0.054245&z=15

As I said, I've only been Brixton tube to Brixton Cycles so don't know. I would just get the train and look but I'm trying to get rid of my overdraft first!

Cheers.

The exact bit you linked to is on the edge of a bit of an estate on Brixton Hill, so it might not be exactly what you want (look at the satellite view and see where it changes from old terrace to flat roof council block http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Blenheim+Gardens,+Lambeth,+London+SW2,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.074846,38.496094&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,51.453828,-0.121908&ll=51.454087,-0.115957&spn=0.012863,0.054245&z=15 )

The other side of Brixton Hill (around Beechdale and Endymion roads) is pretty nice and a few friends live there. There's a couple of okish places to eat and the Elm Park tavern is a fairly ok, slightly down at heel local pub. You'll probavly see some fairly cheap places on Josephine Avenue and I think that'd be ok, as long as you don't mind the fact that it's a bit of a red light district. I wouldn't live in a ground floow flat there though!

Live Jazz in the Effra on a thursday and sunday. Nice

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/13/1391/Effra_Hall_Tavern/Brixton

Bit of a random post there ^^ are you trying to reach your five?

Anyway, you can frequently find Teenslain there stalking Daisy Haggard and cracking out some smooth jazz licks. I don't like the effra's newish coat of crap paint.

Was in there on Tuesday night, great new band in there that seem to have the regular Tuesday slot... Best pub in London...