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Nunhead
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Nunhead () is an inner-city suburb in the London Borough of Southwark, England, southeast of Charing Cross. It is the location of the Nunhead Cemetery. Nunhead has traditionally been a working-class area, but is undergoing gentrification. It is the location of several underground reservoirs, built by the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company.

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UK place.country
England
UK place.type
Suburb
UK place.region
London
UK place.official_name
Nunhead
UK place.london_borough
Southwark
UK place.post_town
LONDON
UK place.postcode_area
SE
UK place.postcode_district
SE15, SE4
UK place.dial_code
020
UK place.os_grid_reference
TQ355755
UK place.constituency_westminster
Peckham
UK place.static_image_name
Gibbon Road, Nunhead - geograph.org.uk - 4368535.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Gibbon Road and Nunhead station
UK place.population
13,620
UK place.population_ref
(2011 Census. Ward)
UK place.charingX_distance_mi
4
UK place.charingX_direction
NW

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Population
13620
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Staines StMary SSW.jpg
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Nunhead
OS grid reference
TQ355755
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10 sections
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  • Etymology
  • History
  • St Antholin's, Nunhead
  • Regeneration
  • Nearest places
  • Transport
  • Politics
  • Culture
  • Notable people
  • References

Nunhead () is an inner-city suburb in the London Borough of Southwark, England, southeast of Charing Cross. It is the location of the Nunhead Cemetery. Nunhead has traditionally been a working-class area, but is undergoing gentrification. It is the location of several underground reservoirs, built by the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company.

==Etymology== thumb|left|The Old Nuns Head, Public House

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