Oval, London

Oval
Oval
Oval shown within Greater London
Population 15,106 (2011 Census.Ward)[1]
OS grid reference TQ305775
London borough
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district SW8/SW9
Postcode district SE11
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
EU Parliament London
UK Parliament
London Assembly

Oval is a district of south London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated 2.1 miles (3.38 km) to the south-east of Charing Cross. Oval straddles the border of south-west London and south-east London, and is where the postcode SE11 converges with the postcodes SW8 and SW9. Oval is best known for The Oval cricket ground, the home-ground of Surrey County Cricket Club.

Oval is within the borough constituency of Vauxhall. The Member of Parliament for the area is Kate Hoey of the Labour Party.

History

The area is known for its cricket ground and gasholders.

The land here was, from the seventeenth century, used for a market garden. The name "Oval" emerged from a street layout which was originated in 1790 but never completely built. The Montpelier Cricket Club leased ten acres of land from the Duchy of Cornwall in 1844, and Surrey County Cricket Club was formed soon thereafter at a meeting at the Horns Tavern (since demolished) on Kennington Park Road.

Demography

Oval ward is in the Vauxhall parliamentary constituency and is one of four wards in the borough's north Lambeth division. It includes part of Kennington and some of the River Thames. In 2001, the National Census recorded a population of 11,983 for Oval.

Lambeth council elections

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Oval 2018 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Claire Holland * 1,983 47.1 Decrease4.9
Labour Jack Hopkins * 1,836
Labour Phillip Normal 1,719
Liberal Democrat Kathryn Grant 1,236 30.0 Increase10.0
Liberal Democrat Stéphane Croce 1,210
Liberal Democrat Mike Hillier 1,076
Green Michael Keane 596 11.6 Increase1.0
Conservative Joshua Gething 461 11.3 Increase0.6
Green Cath Potter 458
Conservative Peter Goves 455
Conservative James Hallett 408
Green Pat Price-Tomes 311
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

At the Lambeth Council elections, 2010 residents of Oval ward elected two Labour Party Councillors and one Liberal Democrat Councillor.

In the 2014 Lambeth Council election residents returned three Labour Councillors, Cllr Jack Hopkins, Cllr Claire Holland and Cllr Jane Edbrooke.

Transport

The nearest tube stations are Oval, Stockwell, and Vauxhall station.

Nearest places

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lambeth Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2016.


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