WHY I LIVE IN VAUXHALL: AUTHOR ELIZABETH DAY ON HOW SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH LIVING SOUTH OF THE RIVER

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Journalist and author Elizabeth Day on what made her a convert to life south of the river and why her booming area is somewhere to love

PRUDENCE IVEY, EDITOR, HOMES & PROPERTY @PRUDENCEIVEY19 MARCH 2024

I’ve lived all over London, but in the aftermath of my first marriage breaking down I lived in Kentish Town and adored it. 

I told myself I was never going to leave. 

Then I met Justin, my now husband, who has to live south of the river. I was reticent to go but he suspected I might like Vauxhall and he was right, I love it.

Late Summer Sunday 25th September 3-5pm

Bonnington Square Garden Association are delighted to welcome back Junction Jazz for an afternoon of entertainment and ice cream. Sponsored by Oddono’s Gelati
Donations invited.

Huge thanks to Junction Jazz & Oddono’s and all who come to support

Please note that social distancing was observed – even if it might not look like from some of the shots.

Bonnington Square, Vauxhall, SW8 1TQ.

The Square boasts 2 wonderful community gardens and the unique Italo Deli where refreshments can be obtained during the performance.

We are delighted to be supporting the Community Garden project.

In Lewes, Sussex, and Green Farm Kent, small groups will take a magical walk under the night sky, after a fireside supper & storytelling, guided into the nightingales’ habitat by wilderness experts, where world-renowned musicians will collaborate live with the birds; dates & artists

Audiences further afield will also able to share this experience, as SWN: LIVE  comes to venues across the UK, including The Southbank Centre, hosted by Sam Lee & featuring special guests Kadialy Kouyate & Donal Kearney. Birdsong will be transmitted live into venues from the woods, whilst Sam & special guest artists collaborate live on stage, providing an increasingly rare opportunity to hear the birds song. (Supported by Arts Council England)

Join 6 walks to help you discover Secret Lambeth. We will be running guided walks based around the routes in our new booklet. If you would like join us then please register your interest by emailing us at walking@lambeth.gov.uk Mutiny, Executions and Hollywood walk starts at Kennington Park, formerly Kennington Common. This was once the starting point of many march and site of key meeting in 1848 of Chartists (the working-class electoral reform movement).

Source: Secret Lambeth Walks | Lambeth Council

We just signed the petition “Let the community decide Vauxhall’s future” and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.

This campaign means a lot to me and the more support we can get behind it, the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition here:

http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/let-the-community-decide-vauxhall-s-future

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TO: BORIS JOHNSON, MAYOR OF LONDON We ask the Mayor of London to instruct Transport for London to give Londoners a fair say in the future of Vauxhall by modelling and consulting on the community-led Our Vauxhall plan to make Vauxhall greener, safer and less polluted. Why is this important? Transport for London (TfL), with Lambeth Council, has a plan to make the Vauxhall one-way gyratory into a two-way system. This will replace the well-used, safe and much-loved Vauxhall bus station with dispersed, unprot

Source: Let the community decide Vauxhall’s future | Campaigns by You

1. The right turn from Wandsworth Road into ‘Bridgefoot’/start of Kennington Lane/under the railway will NO LONGER be possible. This means that to go from S Lambeth Road you will have to go along the new 2 way S Lambeth Road, turn R into Kennington Lane then do that huge loop up Durham St, Harleyford Rd, then L into S Lambeth Road and L into Vauxhall Grove as at present. This will take longer than the current loop around the one-way system. IF (a big if) they would permit a R turn into Vauxhall Grove from the new 2 way S Lambeth Road (and there is no reason for this to become a rat-run) the problem would be solved. This is what I will propose as an alternative.
2. The only way to drop off elderly or disabled people at the station will be if you are coming from from the West along S Lambeth Rd. For anyone coming from Albert Embankment or Harleyford/Kennington Lane this would be impossible.

The planners at the meeting agreed with me on both these points and made a note of them but unless sufficient people make a noise they might for convenience just forget about these issues.

You can respond to TfL’s consultation on the redevelopment of the bus station and roads around it here (the consultation is set to end 17 January) https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roads/vauxhall-cross