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Herne Hill / hɜːrn / is a district in south London, approximately four miles from Charing Cross and bordered by Brixton, Camberwell, Dulwich, and Tulse Hill. It sits to the north and east of Brockwell Park and straddles the boundary between the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
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Herne Hill is a district in south London, approximately four miles from Charing Cross and bordered by Brixton, Camberwell, Dulwich, and Tulse Hill. It sits to the north and east of Brockwell Park and straddles the boundary between the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
Herne Hill station and the first section to be completed, from Victoria to Herne Hill via Stewarts Lane and Brixton, opened on 25 August 1862. The station was designed by architect John Taylor and railway engineers Joseph Cubitt and J.T. Turner.
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For those who wish to know more, there is a very complete history of Herne Hill railway station on Wikipedia . In 1868 development of Railton, Poplar, Milkwood, Lowden and Heron Roads began. As a result the local population increased by some 3,000, with schools and churches following to meet their needs.
Medieval Herne Hill. Herne Hill was part of the ancient manor of Milkwell, a relatively small manor which lay partly in Lambeth and partly in Camberwell. Stuart Herne Hill. Alternatively Herne Hill may have been named after the Herne family, residents in the area from the 17th Century.
