Some shots of the area. You're in a village...

There's a wide range of pubs, clubs, place for live music. Google maps at the bottom of the page.

Entertainment: There is a significant clubbing and live music scene.Large venues include the Carling Brixton Academy (changed from Brixton Academy in 2004), The Fridge and Mass. A range of smaller venues such as The Prince Albert, The Prince / DexClub, the Windmill, The Dogstar, Jamm, The Telegraph, Plan B, the 414, the Effra Tavern, and the Grosvenor are a major part of London's live music scene, drawing performers with international reputations. Brixton is also home to a 1970s purpose built skatepark, named Stockwell Skatepark.

Brixton market: The heart of Brixton is the Market, open every day selling produce from all over the world. The market sells a range of Afro-Caribbean products as well as reflecting the many other communities in the local area with Indian and Vietnamese supermarkets and South American butchers amongst the shops and stalls.

Brixton stores: Brixton was once the shopping capital of south London with three large department stores and some of the earliest branches of what are now Britain's major national retailers. Brixton however, does have the department store morleys, which has been a big success and has generated a lot of publicity for the glamorous side of brixton. Morleys has attracted shoppers from all over london, especially women.

Some explaination about the map & some nice places in Brixton.

Transport and locale:

Nearest places:

• Camberwell
• Tooting
• Clapham
• Streatham
• Brixton
• Battersea
• Wandsworth
• Norbury
• Herne Hill
• Nearest tube stations
• Brixton tube station
• Stockwell tube station

Nearest railway stations: trains operate from Brixton railway station between London Victoria and Kent.

Brixton tube station is the southern terminus of the Victoria line of the London Underground, which has trains operating to Central London.

Roads Brixton sits on several main roads. The A23 London to Brighton road runs North-South through the area. There is also the A203 which links to Vauxhall Bridge along with the A204 and A2217. Brixton was due to be a major interchange of the South Cross Route, part of the London Ringways plan, which was cancelled in the 1970s.

Buses Brixton is a main meeting point for many London buses routes: 2, 3, 35, 37, 45, 59, 109, 118, 133, 159, 196, 250, 322, 333, 345, 355, 432, P4 and P5.

Trams Transport for London has proposed building the Cross River Tram from Camden Town to Brixton via central London.