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2 unusual facts about Elephant and Castle


Given to the Wild

They also worked on large parts of the record with producer Jag Jago at their rehearsal space in London's Elephant and Castle district before decamping to Suffolk to finish the record at Decoy Studios with Cenzo Townshend and Sean Julliard.

Havelock-Allan baronets

Havelock-Allan has been married twice, firstly to Lucy Clare née Mitchell-Innes in 1976 (divorced 1984) and currently lives with his second wife, Alison née Foster (married 1986) in Elephant and Castle, London.


Driscoll House

The building is on the south side of New Kent Road, between the Bricklayers' Arms flyover and Elephant and Castle station, and is a well-detailed example of the pre-World War I institutional Baroque style.

Welcome to the Punch

Some of the interior and exterior scenes were filmed at London College of Communication in Elephant and Castle in August 2011.


see also

Blackboard Jungle

When shown at a South London Cinema in Elephant and Castle in 1956 the teenage Teddy Boy audience began to riot, tearing up seats and dancing in the aisles.

The Coronet

In 1966, with the onset of twinning, the Elephant and Castle Cinema was acquired by ABC Cinemas and split into a complex of three cinemas and also a luxury lounge was introduced.