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15-395: The Weston Education Centre is located at 10 Cutcombe Rd, Brixton, Denmark Hill , South London . It is a purpose built teaching centre with lecture theatres, classrooms, meeting space, and a library. The library holds approximately 15000 books and other materials. Over 500 print journals are subscribed to, with a further 7000 electronic titles available via the internet. The library has

30-400: A similar monumental impressiveness to Gilbert Scott's other south London buildings, Battersea Power Station and Bankside Power Station (now housing Tate Modern ), although its simplicity is partly the result of repeated budget cuts during its construction: much more detail, including carved Gothic stonework surrounding the windows, was originally planned. Shepherd's Bush F.C. played in

45-412: A special focus on the field of medicine, with materials on such topics as gastroenterology , liver disease , diabetes , obstetrics , gynaecology , paediatrics , the history of medicine , palliative care , public health , health care policy , and medical audit utilized by researchers and instructors at King's College London GKT School of Medical Education , King's College Hospital NHS Trust and

60-498: Is dated "Denmark Hill, 10th May, 1862". The Institute of Psychiatry is based behind the Maudsley Hospital, a school of King's College London (University of London) . The college also has a hall of residence immediately east at Champion Hill. The Salvation Army's William Booth Memorial Training College on Champion Park which was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott was completed in 1932; it towers over south London. It has

75-457: Is said to have acquired its name from Queen Anne 's husband, Prince George of Denmark , who hunted there. High Street, Camberwell was renamed Denmark Hill as part of metropolitan street renaming. In John Cary 's map of 1786 the area is shown as Dulwich Hill . The only building apparent is the "Fox under the Hill". The present "Fox on the Hill" pub is a hundred yards or so further up (south), on

90-456: Is served by many Transport for London bus services connecting it with areas including Central London , Croydon , Norwood , Dulwich , Peckham and Penge . Ruskin Park is a public park at the centre of the long curved slope and half of crest summit area which is Denmark Hill. It was opened on 2 February 1907 with 24 acres (9.7 ha) and in 1910 a further 12 acres (4.9 ha) were added on

105-557: Is the home ground of Dulwich Hamlet . Dulwich Hamlet began playing at the ground in 1912. 'The Hill' was formerly one of the largest amateur grounds in England, with attendances often reaching 20,000 and beyond. Currently, it holds the record for the highest attendance at a league match outside of the English Football League at 16,254 for a 1931 Isthmian League match between Dulwich Hamlet and Nunhead . The ground

120-867: The South London & Maudsley NHS Trust . The centre is ten minutes walk from Denmark Hill railway station . Denmark Hill Denmark Hill is an area and road in Camberwell , in the London Borough of Southwark , London, England. It is a sub-section of the western flank of the Norwood Ridge , centred on the long, curved Ruskin Park slope of the ridge. The road is part of the A215 which north of its main foot, Camberwell Green , becomes Camberwell Road and south of Red Post Hill becomes named Herne Hill , another district. The area and road

135-431: The 1980s. The new stadium was opened in 1992. The ground was also used by Corinthian-Casuals from 1963 until 1968, Fisher Athletic from 2004 until they folded in 2009, and then by the new Fisher club between their formation in 2009 and 2016 when they moved to their own ground on Salter Road. It was listed by Southwark London Borough Council as an asset of community value in 2013. The club's record attendance at

150-455: The area as Old St Stephen's F.C. Its postcode is SE5. North-east and south-easterly slopes of the same eminence are named Grove Hill and Dog Kennel Hill, on top of which the summit is shared with Champion Hill , the only division being proximity to the respective two affluent streets which intersect on Camberwell descent. From Camberwell Green northwards the land is much lower and very gently sloped as in northern Brixton at its other foot, in

165-456: The new ground of 3,336 was set at an FA Cup First Round game against Carlisle United on 8 November 2019. In March 2018 Dulwich were forced to leave the ground by Meadow Residential, a property development company. They returned to the ground in December after groundsharing at Imperial Fields for several months. The stadium has the covered Tommy Jover main stand along the north side of

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180-488: The site of former St Matthew's Vicarage adjacent to a triangle of land rumoured to be a " plague pit " or burial ground. The name of the area was changed in honour of the husband of Queen Anne , Prince George of Denmark . The area is home of the Maudsley Hospital and King's College Hospital , and also of Ruskin Park , named after John Ruskin , who once lived nearby. The preface to his work Unto This Last

195-604: The south side of the park. It is named after John Ruskin (1819–1900), who lived near the park. The source of the Earl's Sluice river, now underground, is in the park. The Weston Education Centre , with its medical library, is in Denmark Hill. Among those who were born or lived in Denmark Hill are: Champion Hill Champion Hill is a football stadium in East Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark . It

210-708: The west. There are good views across central London from vantage points (e.g. top-storey windows). On a clear day some viewers can read the time on the Big Ben clockface. Denmark Hill has a major transport interchange served by London Overground , Southeastern and Thameslink rail services and London Buses . Denmark Hill railway station is served by Southeastern services to London Victoria via Bexleyheath and Dartford via Bexleyheath. London Overground also provides services to Highbury & Islington and Clapham Junction . Thameslink operate services to London Blackfriars and Sevenoaks and Orpington . Denmark Hill

225-466: Was also used for football at the 1948 Summer Olympics , staging a game between Mexico and South Korea. When Dulwich Hamlet suffered financial problems, much of the land they owned was sold for development of a Sainsbury's supermarket. As a result, a new stadium was built on the site of the old Champion Hill stadium, and the Sainsbury's supermarket was built on what had been the training pitch before

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