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Danny Kirwan, the guitarist of the rock band Fleetwood Mac, lived in Denmark Hill SE5. Jazz composer and pianist, Stan Tracey, was born here. Comedian Jenny Eclair lived in the area for a while. Lord Nicholas Windsor was born in Denmark Hill SE5 at the King’s College Hospital.
Inventor Henry Bessemer who is known for developing a revolutionary steel making technique lived in Denmark Hill SE5. The trial version for another one of his inventions, the anti-seasickness steamship cabin, was built in the garden of his Denmark Hill house.
Denmark Hill is a road and borough in Camberwell in Southwark’s London district. It was believed that Denmark Hill was named after Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne, who hunted in the region.
The Fox Under the Hill was a building mentioned on an 18th century map. Nowadays, there’s a pub named Fox on the Hill that’s said to be the same building. Ruskin Park and Weston Education Centre are two of the most famous sites in Denmark Hill.