The route was created as part of the planning and road improvements associated with the completion of Westminster Bridge in 1750, to provide access to Southwark from the north-west 'West End' without having to travel through the City of London.
Position: grid reference TQ319795 Borough Road has been a site of educational activity for over two centuries.
A bust of Joseph Lancaster, given by the Victorian philanthropist John Passmore Edwards, remains at the university.
More recently, the London School of Musical Theatre was founded by Glenn Lee.
The following were listed as being on Borough Road in the Dickens's Dictionary of London (1888 edition):