Type Archive, London

#744 among attractions in London

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The Type Archive is a collection of artefacts representing the legacy of type founding in England, whose famous type foundries and composing systems supplied the world with type in over 300 languages. The Archive was founded in 1992 by Susan Shaw in Stockwell, South London. ()

Coordinates: 51°28'25"N, 0°6'56"W

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Lambeth (Vassall)London United Kingdom

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Type Archive – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Electric Brixton, The Oval, The Duke of Edinburgh, SIS Building.

0.9 miS
Dancing, Nightlife
Electric Brixton, London
24 min walk • The Fridge was a nightclub in the Brixton area of South London, England, founded, in 1981, by Andrew Czezowski and Susan Carrington, who had run the Roxy during punk music's heyday in 1977.
0.7 miN
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
The Oval, London
18 min walk • The Oval, known for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845. It was the first ground in England to host international Test cricket in September 1880.
0.7 miS
Nightlife
The Duke of Edinburgh, London
19 min walk • The Duke of Edinburgh is a Grade II listed public house at 204 Ferndale Road, Brixton, London, SW9 8AG. It was built in 1936–37 for Truman's Brewery, and designed by their in-house architect A. E. Sewell. It was Grade II listed in 2015 by Historic England.
0.9 miNW
Postmodern architecture
SIS Building, London
24 min walk • The SIS Building or MI6 Building at Vauxhall Cross houses the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the United Kingdom's foreign intelligence agency.
0.6 miS
Music and shows, Nightlife, Music venue
Brixton Academy, London
15 min walk • Brixton Academy is a mid-sized concert venue located in South London, in the district of Brixton. Opening in 1929 as a cinema, the venue was converted into a discotheque in 1972 then was reborn as a concert hall in 1983.
0.8 miS
Shopping, Department store
Morleys, London
20 min walk • Morleys Stores is a group of eight department stores in Greater London, a business-to-business furniture supply subsidiary called Morley's of Bicester Ltd and a department store & furniture centre called Camp Hopson of Newbury in Newbury, Berkshire.
0.5 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St John the Divine, London
13 min walk • St John the Divine, Kennington, is an Anglican church in London. The parish of Kennington is within the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. The church was designed by the architect George Edmund Street in the Decorated Gothic style, and was built between 1871 and 1874. Today it is a grade I listed building.
0.8 miS
City hall, Edwardian architecture, Neo-baroque architecture
Lambeth Town Hall, London
22 min walk • Lambeth Town Hall, also known as Brixton Town Hall, is a municipal building at the corner of Brixton Hill and Acre Lane, Brixton, London. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Lambeth London Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
0.9 miS
Square
Windrush Square, London
23 min walk • Windrush Square is an open public space in the centre of Brixton, South London, occupying an area in front of the Brixton Tate Library that was originally known as the Brixton Oval, and then Tate Gardens.
0.9 miW
Shopping, Market
New Covent Garden Market, London
23 min walk • New Covent Garden Market is the largest wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market in the United Kingdom. Located in Nine Elms, London, the market covers a site of 57 acres and is home to about 200 fruit, vegetable and flower companies.
0.7 miNW
Park
Vauxhall Park, London
18 min walk • Vauxhall Park is a Green Flag Award-winning municipal park in Vauxhall, South London, run by Lambeth Council. It occupies an 8.5-acre site, and was created at a cost of around £45,000, following a public campaign led by the suffragist Millicent Fawcett, the social reformer Octavia Hill and members of the Kyrle Society.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Type Archive?

Nearby attractions include New Cross Gate Cutting, London (13 min walk), St John the Divine, London (13 min walk), Stockwell Skatepark, London (13 min walk), Myatt's Fields Park, London (13 min walk).

How to get to Type Archive by public transport?

The nearest stations to Type Archive:

Metro

Stockwell • Lines: Northern, Victoria (9 min walk)
Oval • Lines: Northern (15 min walk)

Bus

Mostyn Road • Lines: P5 (10 min walk)
Burton Road • Lines: P5 (10 min walk)

Train

Brixton (19 min walk)
Loughborough Junction (20 min walk)

Ferry

St. George Wharf • Lines: Rb2 (26 min walk)