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My best find thanks to Time Out London was Bonnington Cafe 11 Vauxhall Grove, www.bonningtoncafe.co.uk, not far from the Kia Oval cricket ground, which puts it off the path. But I did have a sit-down lunch of vegetarian squash/chickpea curry … Continue reading →

Residents have launched their own crime-fighting night patrols after a string of violent muggings and a carjacking in their south London neighbourhood.Up to a dozen neighbours in Bonnington Square, Vauxhall, have patrolled the area with lanterns and created a telephone … Continue reading →

In 2004 Bramley’s Housing Co-Op threw a party to celebrate 20 years of life in the redeveloped Frestonia. Many of the original citizens, and their now grown-up children and grandchildren still live there today, or like me, returned to visit. … Continue reading →

BIKE theft hot spot figures show more than two a day are being stolen from some neighbourhoods. The figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act this month, showed the number stolen by postcode since 2008. The SE1 postcode, an … Continue reading →

    Last week, as happens quite a lot on the Bike blog, we lamented a problem and wondered about a solution. In a slightly unexpected move, someone then emailed me one. My post about the best ways of ensuring … Continue reading →

    Bike Boxes have been introduced by Lambeth council in order to quell fears about bike theft and storage concerns.The units will allow residents who have limited space indoors to store their bikes safely without fear of them being … Continue reading →

    The first squatters came to Bonnington Square in the early 1980s. At the time, it was owned by the Inner London Education Authority, and had been condemned. As the original tenants moved out, the council gutted the houses, … Continue reading →