Borough Road

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Coordinates: 51°29′57″N 0°06′04″W / 51.49906°N 0.10118°W / 51.49906; -0.10118
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For the closed railway station, see Borough Road railway station.

Borough Road, looking from St George's Circus towards Borough

Borough Road is in Southwark, London SE1. It runs east–west between St George's Circus and Borough High Street.

History and location

The route was created as part of the planning and road improvements associated with the completion of

Borough Road Station
.

Main entrance to London South Bank University at 103 Borough Road.

The campus of London South Bank University lies to the south between St George's Circus and the junction with Southwark Bridge Road. The main entrance lies on Borough Road and is also LSBU's main address. The building where this entrance is located is known as the Borough Road Building, at 103 Borough Road.

The London School of Musical Theatre is based at 83 Borough Road.[1] The Borough Road Gallery, featuring paintings by David Bomberg and the Borough Group, opened in 2012 in the main Borough Road Building of London South Bank University.[2][3][4]

Other adjoining roads include Blackfriars Road, London Road and Newington Causeway.

Position: grid reference TQ319795

History of education on Borough Road

Joseph Lancaster, who founded a universal free school on Borough Road in 1798.

Borough Road has been a site of educational activity for over two centuries. Joseph Lancaster's School was established by the

monitorial system, that became known as a British School
.

An associated teacher training institute, Borough Road College, was established soon afterwards in 1804, also in Borough Road.

Brunel University
from 1995 to 2006.

Borough Polytechnic Institute in 1892, soon after Borough Road College had moved.[7] The associated National School of Bakery was founded two years later in 1894 and is now the oldest bakery school in the world. The Institute expanded and became the Polytechnic of the South Bank (1970), South Bank Polytechnic (1987), attaining university status as South Bank University in 1992, before adopting its current name in 2003. A bust of Joseph Lancaster, given by the Victorian philanthropist John Passmore Edwards
, remains at the university.

More recently, the London School of Musical Theatre was founded by Glenn Lee.

Churches

The Ship public house on Borough Road at the junction with Borough High Street.

The following were listed as being on Borough Road in the

Dickens's Dictionary of London
(1888 edition):

  • Baptist
    Church (1674)
  • Congregational
    Church (1866)

References

  1. ^ London School of Music Theatre, UK.
  2. ^ "A David Bomberg Legacy – The Sarah Rose Collection at London South Bank University, Borough Road". UK: BBC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  3. ^ "About". Borough Road Gallery. UK: London South Bank University. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  4. ^ "London Borough Gallery". London SE1. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  5. British & Foreign School Society
    , UK.
  6. Brunel University
    , UK.
  7. ^ Borough Polytecnic, AIM25, UK.

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