Exploring Elephant & Castle - Grit, Gloss & Gentrification

From underworld gangs to underground babies, film sets to fightbacks — we’ll walk the line between grit and gloss in Elephant & Castle, past Pullens Buildings, old workhouses, market memories and council estates to explore this area of South London that’s currently ‘in Boom’. Timestamps 00:10 Elephant & Castle Tube Station 03:05 Michael Faraday Memorial 04:20 St Mary’s Churchyard 04:56 Hayles Buildings 05:41 Forty Elephants Gang 07:24 Come On Eileen Filming Location 08:35 The Osborne Water Tower 09:10 Cinema Museum (former Lambeth Workhouse) 10:00 Renfrew Road 10:46 The Pullens Buildings 12:30 Manor Baths (and Boxing Ring) 13:19 Blue Plaque - Charlie Chaplin 14:05 East Street Market 15:47 Blue Plaque - Charles Babbage 16:23 Blue Plaque - Michael Faraday 16:33 The Walworth Clinic 17:08 Heygate Estate 17:49 Elephant Park 19:46 Rockingham Estate 20:39 Bazalgette’s Stink Pipe