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)
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)