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Brixton Pound



Yup, this caught me by surprise too. This is not a joke; Brixton has actually launched its own currency, the Brixton Pound. For those who don’t know where Brixton is, it’s an area of South London, well known for things like the Brixton Academy, Electric Avenue and a number of various other things, which are mainly negative so I won’t get in to it.

The Brixton pound has been created to promote local people to spend their money on local goods. It’s only accepted in Brixton and the idea has been taken from 3 other town in the UK.


In order to get these new Brixton pounds, you would have to go to an exchange point and then spend them in Brixton and the idea is that they will hopefully stay in circulation locally. Personally I don’t see why I’d go out my way to change my normal pounds to Brixton pounds, when I can just use my normal pounds. The only reason I’d go for these Brixton pounds would be for novelty. Staff working for the shops accepting the Brixton Pound can also choose to get paid with Brixton Pounds. The notes can be changed but to Pound Stirling simply by returning them to the exchange points.

The same idea has been used in Lewes West Sussex, maybe I could use the Lewes Pounds to go buy a car from Renault Lewes dealership Tates.


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