Northcote Road is a famous bustling shopping street in Battersea, south London, which stretches over half a mile. It is close to Clapham Junction station.
It is the epicentre of the so-called 'Nappy Valley', duly named because of the young, affluent and productive demographic and also because the road lies over a culverted river (the River Falcon) giving it a low-lying position between the two commons of Wandsworth and Clapham (rising to the west and east respectively).
Northcote Road has been the home to two consecutive 'South London Holiday's' on the neighboring Broomwood Road Estate which has featured many acts from the south of England including areas such as Hastings, Romford, Leytonstone with artists such as Todla T and the Two Bears
Famous quotes containing the words northcote and/or road:
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase “It is the busiest man who has time to spare.””
—C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993)
“A route differs from a road not only because it is solely intended for vehicles, but also because it is merely a line that connects one point with another. A route has no meaning in itself; its meaning derives entirely from the two points that it connects. A road is a tribute to space. Every stretch of road has meaning in itself and invites us to stop. A route is the triumphant devaluation of space, which thanks to it has been reduced to a mere obstacle to human movement and a waste of time.”
—Milan Kundera (b. 1929)