Serviced Apartments Elephant and Castle

Where to Stay in Elephant and Castle 

The best places to stay include Tower Bridge Road, New Kent Road, Old Kent Road, Newington Causeway, London Road, St George’s Road and Walworth Road among others. People often stay in nearby Vauxhall, Bermondsey, Southwark and Camberwell. 

Facts About Elephant and Castle

The River Neckinger directly flows eastwards through this area and goes to the St Saviour’s Dock which is its entry point into the River Thames. The area has undergone sizable remodeling from the 1960s and the demolition of the Heygate Estate took place in the 2000s. Here are more facts worth perusing: 

• The demolition of The Coronet and shopping centre has already commenced here.
• Major buildings and institutions include Skipton House, London South Bank University, Ministry of Sound nightclub, London College of Communication which has the Stanley Kubrick Archive, Imperial War Museum, Siobhan Davies Studio and the Metropolitan Tabernacle. 
• The name derives from the name of a coaching inn/pub at this crossroad with the earliest surviving historical record appearing on 21st March, 1765, in the Court Leet Book of the Manor of Woolworth, about a meeting at Elephant and Castle, Newington. 
• The site was previously occupied by a cutler and blacksmith and the Worshipful Company of Cutlers had a crest with an elephant and a castle (indicating a howdah) and this was used to link the usage of elephant ivory in handles as well. 
• The inn has gone through extensive rebuilding over the years. It is today the Elephant & Castle pub. 

Weather in Elephant and Castle

Summers are cloudy and short. Winters are cold and long. The best time to visit Elephant and Castle is between late June and early September.