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Route
Elephant & Castle - Shirley
The A215 starts from the southern of the two roundabouts at the Elephant & Castle junction and passes immediately under the Blackfriars to Denmark Hill/West Croydon Railway, which we parallel until Tulse Hill. We pass the former Labour Party Headquarters in Walworth Road and the new Burgess Park (named after a local councillor). We arrive at Camberwell Green, a former traffic island/one way system but the eastern side has now been blocked off. We meet the A202 at the traffic lights and go straight on and climb up Denmark Hill, going straight on at the traffic lights with Coldharbour Lane (A2217). From here the boundary between the LBs of Lambeth and Southwark follows our route until the junction with the A2199. Next we pass the Maudsley and Kings College Hospitals on our left and right respectively.
We pass over the railway near Denmark Hill station. At these lights the A2216 bears off to the left. You may notice quite a few Salvation Army personnel as the William Booth Memorial College is just off to the left in Champion Park. On our right is Ruskin Park and we're at the top of Denmark Hill and we start to drop down Herne Hill. At the traffic lights in Herne Hill we briefly multiplex with the A2214, turn right to pass under the railways at Herne Hill station and left with Brockwell Park on our right. The A2199 bears off to our left for Crystal Palace and we travel on to the Junction with the South Circular (A205) and the A204 Tulse Hill from Brixton. There is a gyratory here and we go straight on and under the railway from Blackfriars for the last time.
We are now in West Norwood and the start of the one way system. Southbound traffic takes Norwood High Street under the railway by West Norwood station and turns left and then right. Northbound traffic just carries straight on down Knights Hill over the railway. We carry on up Knights Hill and cross the A214 and leave the LB of Lambeth and cross over into the LB Croydon and Beulah Hill. We pass the A212 staggered junction and the ITV Mast at Beulah Heights and descend South Norwood Hill into South Norwood and the junction with the A213. Apparently South Norwood has the busiest police station in the Metropolitan Police area. It is also the home of Crystal Palace FC. After passing through the traffic lights we pass under the London Bridge to Croydon Railway. This bridge has suffered from bridge bashing in the past and we take Portland Road. We follow through a few bends to a traffic light junction at St. Luke's Church. Straight on becomes the B243 so turn left into Spring Lane and cross Croydon Tramlink at the rural sounding Woodside. Then it’s a right turn for a brief multiplex with the A222 and then left for the home straight along Shirley Road where the A215 finishes at a roundabout with the A232.
The A215 ends at the primary route A232 in Shirley
Original Author(s): Charles Amis
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