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Streatham
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Streatham ( ) is a district in south London in England that lies south of Charing Cross. It falls mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, with some parts extending westward into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Streatham
UK place.static_image_name
Streatham High Road, SW16 - geograph.org.uk - 285403.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Streatham High Road, looking north from the junction with Mitcham Lane
UK place.population
58,055
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.os_grid_reference
TQ305715
UK place.london_borough
Lambeth
UK place.london_borough1
Wandsworth
UK place.region
London
UK place.country
England
UK place.post_town
LONDON
UK place.postcode_area
SW
UK place.postcode_district
SW2, SW16
UK place.dial_code
020
UK place.constituency_westminster
Streatham and Croydon North

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Streatham Village and Streatham Wells
  • Streatham Park or Streatham Place
  • Park Hill
  • Urbanisation
  • Frederick Wheeler's Terraces
  • The inter-war period
  • Retail decline and recovery
  • Contemporary Streatham
  • Streatham Common
  • Administration
  • Demography
  • Education
  • Sport
  • Places of worship
  • Notable residents
  • Nearest places
  • Transport
  • Railway stations
  • Tube stations
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Streatham ( ) is a district in south London in England that lies south of Charing Cross. It falls mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, with some parts extending westward into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.

Streatham formed part of Surrey before becoming part of the County of London in 1889, and then of Greater London in 1965.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Streatham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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