# Borough Road
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{{Short description|Street in the London Borough of Southwark}}
{{For|the closed railway station|Borough Road railway station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
thumb|Borough Road, looking from St George's Circus towards Borough
'''Borough Road''' is in [Southwark](/source/Southwark), [London](/source/London) [SE1](/source/SE_postcode_area). It runs east–west between [St George's Circus](/source/St_George's_Circus) and [Borough High Street](/source/Borough_High_Street).
== History and location ==
The route was created as part of the planning and road improvements associated with the completion of [Westminster Bridge](/source/Westminster_Bridge) in 1750, to provide access to Southwark from the north-west '[West End](/source/West_End_of_London)' without having to travel through the [City of London](/source/City_of_London). [Southwark Bridge Road](/source/Southwark_Bridge_Road) crosses Borough Road north-south about halfway along. The railway to [Blackfriars station](/source/Blackfriars_station) also passes overhead at the junction where there had been [Borough Road Station](/source/Borough_Road_Station).
[[File:South Bank University buildings - geograph.org.uk - 1750189.jpg|thumb|Main entrance to [London South Bank University](/source/London_South_Bank_University) at 103 Borough Road.]]
The campus of [London South Bank University](/source/London_South_Bank_University) lies to the south between St George's Circus and the junction with Southwark Bridge Road. The main entrance lies on Borough Road and is also LSBU's main address. The building where this entrance is located is known as the '''Borough Road Building''', at 103 Borough Road.
The [London School of Musical Theatre](/source/London_School_of_Musical_Theatre) is based at 83 Borough Road.[[http://www.lsmt.co.uk/ London School of Music Theatre], UK.] The [Borough Road Gallery](/source/Borough_Road_Gallery), featuring paintings by [David Bomberg](/source/David_Bomberg) and the [Borough Group](/source/Borough_Group), opened in 2012 in the main Borough Road Building of London South Bank University.[{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/galleries/locations/london-south-bank-university-borough-road-gallery-7227 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130708/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/galleries/locations/london-south-bank-university-borough-road-gallery-7227 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 | title=A David Bomberg Legacy – The Sarah Rose Collection at London South Bank University, Borough Road | publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC) | location=UK | accessdate=14 November 2013}}][{{cite web|url=http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/w2/boroughroadgallery/about/ | title=About |work=Borough Road Gallery | publisher=[London South Bank University](/source/London_South_Bank_University) | location=UK |accessdate=14 November 2013}}][{{cite web| url=https://www.london-se1.co.uk/places/borough-road-gallery | title=London Borough Gallery |work=London SE1 | accessdate=14 November 2014 }}]
Other adjoining roads include [Blackfriars Road](/source/Blackfriars_Road), [London Road](/source/London_Road%2C_Southwark) and [Newington Causeway](/source/Newington_Causeway).
'''Position:''' {{gbmapping|TQ319795}}
== History of education on Borough Road ==
[[File:Joseph Lancaster by John Hazlitt.jpg|thumb|upright|[Joseph Lancaster](/source/Joseph_Lancaster), who founded a universal free school on Borough Road in 1798.]]
Borough Road has been a site of educational activity for over two centuries. '''Joseph Lancaster's School''' was established by the [Quaker](/source/Quaker), [Joseph Lancaster](/source/Joseph_Lancaster), on this road in 1798.[[http://www.bfss.org.uk/past.html Joseph Lancaster's School] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050929002715/http://www.bfss.org.uk/past.html |date=29 September 2005 }},[http://www.bfss.org.uk/archive/archive4.html Borough Road College archive] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629062129/http://www.bfss.org.uk/archive/archive4.html |date=29 June 2006 }}, [British & Foreign School Society](/source/British_%26_Foreign_School_Society), UK.] It was an early and innovative example of a universal free school, based on the [monitorial system](/source/monitorial_system), that became known as a [British School](/source/British_and_Foreign_School_Society).
An associated teacher training institute, '''Borough Road College''', was established soon afterwards in 1804, also in Borough Road.[[http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/history/borough/ Borough Road College] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509114919/http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/history/borough/ |date=9 May 2006 }}, [Brunel University](/source/Brunel_University), UK.] In 1889, the college moved to [Isleworth](/source/Isleworth), west [London](/source/London). Much later, in 1975, Borough Road College merged with [Maria Grey Training College](/source/Maria_Grey_Training_College) to form the [West London Institute of Higher Education](/source/West_London_Institute_of_Higher_Education). This then became the [Osterley](/source/Osterley) Campus of [Brunel University](/source/Brunel_University) from 1995 to 2006.
[London South Bank University](/source/London_South_Bank_University) was established on Borough Road as the [Borough Polytechnic Institute](/source/Borough_Polytechnic_Institute) in 1892, soon after Borough Road College had moved.[[http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=6350&inst_id=46 Borough Polytecnic], [AIM25](/source/AIM25), UK.] The associated National School of Bakery was founded two years later in 1894 and is now the oldest bakery school in the world. The Institute expanded and became the Polytechnic of the South Bank (1970), South Bank Polytechnic (1987), attaining university status as South Bank University in 1992, before adopting its current name in 2003. A bust of [Joseph Lancaster](/source/Joseph_Lancaster), given by the Victorian philanthropist [John Passmore Edwards](/source/John_Passmore_Edwards), remains at the university.
More recently, the London School of Musical Theatre was founded by Glenn Lee.
== Churches ==
[[File:The Ship, Borough Road SE1 - geograph.org.uk - 1296324.jpg|thumb|upright|The Ship public house on Borough Road at the junction with [Borough High Street](/source/Borough_High_Street).]]
The following were listed as being on Borough Road in the ''[Dickens's Dictionary of London](/source/Dickens's_Dictionary_of_London)'' (1888 edition):
* [Baptist](/source/Baptist) Church (1674)
* [Congregational](/source/Congregational_church) Church (1866)
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/about/maps.shtml London South Bank University campus map]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051225213148/http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/bapt.html Victorian London Churches — Baptist Union] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20051216225605/http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/cong.html Congregational Churches], in ''[Dickens's Dictionary of London](/source/Dickens's_Dictionary_of_London)'', 1888 edition
* [http://booth.lse.ac.uk/cgi-bin/do.pl?sub=view_booth_and_barth&args=531900,179454,2,large,1 1898–99 and 2000 maps] from the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics)
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