Coldharbour Lane to Loughborough Junction
A walk down Coldharbour Lane, 15th March 2007. Photos © urban75 editor
Dating back to medieval times, Coldharbour Lane runs from central Brixton into Camberwell (which would explain why some old maps call it Camberwell Lane!)
![East Brixton station building from Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, Lambeth, London, March 2007](../../railway/images/east-brixton9.jpg) The remains of East Brixton railway station from Coldharbour Lane.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-29.jpg) A pair of brightly painted houses near the junction with Barrington Road.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-30.jpg) The huge tenement block running along the north side of Coldharbour Lane towards the junction with Shakespeare Road.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-51.jpg) Close up detail.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-31.jpg) Old shops converted into housing.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-32.jpg) Coldharbour Lane joinery.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-33.jpg) The former Green Man pub's conversion into 'Luxury 1 & 2 bedroom flats' is nearly complete. It's unlikely whether the pub will ever return.
See: Green Man feature
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-34.jpg) Entrance to Green Man pub.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-35.jpg) Across the road you can see the old Warrior (The Junction) pub which has also been converted into luxury flats.
See: History of Loughborough Junction
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-36.jpg) Side of the pub showing gated entrances.
![Loughborough House, Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-52.jpg) Loughborough House, an interesting looking house that looks like its best days are long behind it.
![Celestial Church of Christ, 204a Coldharbour Lane, Loughborough House, Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-53.jpg) The understated entrance to the Celestial Church of Christ, 204a Coldharbour Lane.
![The Crown, Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](../history/images/the-queen-10.jpg) Long closed pub on Coldharbour Lane by Loughborough Junction, The Crown.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-37.jpg) The wedge-like end of the block at Belinda Road.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-38.jpg) The glamourous sounding 'Millennium Exclusive' hair salon and Control Tower Caribbean takeaway can be seen in this view near Loughborough Junction..
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-39.jpg) This house on Coldharbour Lane has an unusual split doorway.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-40.jpg) The house in the middle has been derelict/squatted for at least a decade.
![Photos of Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Lambeth London, March 2007](images/brixton-mar07-50.jpg) Posters in the attic windows.
More about Coldharbour Lane:
Coldharbour Lane/Gresham Road history
Coldharbour Lane and Denmark Hill junction
Coldharbour Lane/Moorlands Estate
Coldharbour Lane/Shakespeare Rd
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