Elephant and Castle Facts for Kids

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Elephant & Castle
OS grid reference	TQ319789
London borough	Southwark
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SE1, SE11, SE17
Dialling code	020

Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London

EU Parliament	London
London Assembly	Lambeth and Southwark
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The Elephant and Castle is a major road intersection in inner south London, England, and is also used as a name for the surrounding district.

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The crest of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers.
The "elephant and castle" from the 14th-century choir stalls in Chester Cathedral
The Elephant and Castle Hotel as rebuilt in 1898
Street layout in 1888
The Elephant and Castle shopping centre, Hannibal House and The Coronet in September 2020
Demolition of the Heygate Estate, construction of Elephant Central, and the Artworks - May 2014
Elephant Park - former site of the Heygate Estate
Elephant & Castle National Rail station is approximately 100 metres from the nearby tube station. There is an out-of-station interchange between the two stations.
Cycleway 6 meets Cycle Superhighway 7 at Elephant & Castle. The route runs on traffic-free bike freeway to Farringdon, via the South Bank and City of London.
The Metropolitan Tabernacle
The Metropolitan Tabernacle and the London College of Communication
The Michael Faraday Memorial and Perronet House
Perronet House
Western half of Elephant Park
Elephant and Castle from Strata SE1
Skipton House, October 2019 (with the Bakerloo line Elephant & Castle tube station in front)
South London House
The Castle Leisure Centre
St Georges Circus
The old Master House at Lambeth Workhouse, now the Cinema Museum
Inner London Crown Court
Metro Central Heights
Strata SE1, Draper House, Highpoint and One The Elephant
Strata SE1 from Monument in 2014
One the Elephant and the Metropolitan Tabernacle
The Highpoint building
251 Southwark Bridge Road
The Elephant Central and Elephant Park developments
The new Crossway URC Church
Draper House, Strata SE1, and the core tower of One The Elephant viewed from Brook Drive - March 2014
Western entrance of the shopping centre
The shopping centre a few days after closure in September 2020
Site redevelopment in February 2022
Site redevelopment in May 2022, from the Walworth Road entrance

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