Borough Road is in Southwark,

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SE1. It runs east–west between St George's Circus and

Borough High Street Borough High Street is a road in Southwark, London, running south-west from London Bridge, forming part of the A3 route which runs from London to Portsmouth, on the south coast of England. Overview Borough High Street continues southwest ...

History and location

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

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in 1750, to provide access to Southwark from the north-west ' West End' without having to travel through the

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Southwark Bridge Road Southwark Bridge Road is a road in Southwark, London, England, between Newington Causeway near Elephant and Castle and Southwark Bridge across the River Thames, leading to the City of London, in a meandering route. The road was created by con ...

crosses Borough Road north-south about halfway along. The railway to Blackfriars station also passes overhead at the junction where there had been Borough Road Station. South Bank University buildings - geograph

South Bank University buildings - geograph

The campus of

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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. The Borough Road Gallery, featuring paintings by

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and the

Borough Group The Borough Group was a collective of mid-20th-century artists from the Borough area of Southwark, South London. The group was associated with David Bomberg, who was then teaching a number of the artists that formed the group at the Borough Poly ...

, opened in 2012 in the main Borough Road Building of London South Bank University. Other adjoining roads include Blackfriars Road, London Road and

Newington Causeway __NOTOC__ Newington Causeway is a road in Southwark, London, between the Elephant and Castle and Borough High Street. Elephant & Castle Underground station is at the southern end. It follows the route of the old Roman road Stane Street. In 19 ...

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History of education on Borough Road

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

Joseph Lancaster Joseph Lancaster (25 November 1778 – 23 October 1838) was an English Quaker and public education innovator. He developed, and propagated on the grounds both of economy and efficacy, a monitorial system of primary education. In the first de ...

, on this road in 1798. It was an early and innovative example of a universal free school, based on 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. In 1889, the college moved to Isleworth, west

. Much later, in 1975, Borough Road College merged with

Maria Grey Training College The listed building near Twickenham and Isleworth where the college was from 1946 Maria Grey Training College was a training college in London, England, for teachers from 1878 to 1976. When it opened, it was the first teacher training college fo ...

to form the

West London Institute of Higher Education The West London Institute of Higher Education (WLIHE), a two-campus academic establishment, was located in Isleworth and East Twickenham, West London, UK from 1976 until 1995 when it became Brunel University College. In 1997 it was fully integrat ...

. This then became the

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Campus of

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from 1995 to 2006.

was established on Borough Road as the Borough Polytechnic Institute in 1892, soon after Borough Road College had moved.Borough Polytecnic

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, UK. 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

, given by the Victorian philanthropist

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

Churches

The following were listed as being on Borough Road in the ''

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'' (1888 edition): *

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Church (1674) *

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Church (1866)

References

External links

London South Bank University campus map

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1898–99 and 2000 maps
from the

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