Acacia Avenue
Acacia Avenue is a cliché in British culture.[1] It is a placeholder name for an unexceptional middle-class suburban street.[1] It is named for Acacia, a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs indigenous to Australia and New Guinea but grown ornamentally in the UK.[2]
There are at least sixty Acacia Avenues in the United Kingdom,[1] nine of them within Greater London.[3]
In Canada, the residence of the Leader of the Official Opposition, Stornoway, is located on Acacia Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario.
Gallery
Examples of real-life Acacia Avenues:
-
Acacia Avenue, Newport
-
Acacia Avenue, Brent
-
Acacia Avenue, Wembley
-
Acacia Avenue, Wraysbury
-
Acacia Avenue, Hove
-
Acacia Avenue, Hillingdon
-
Acacia Avenue, Hengoed
-
Acacia Avenue, Sunderland
-
Acacia Avenue, Undy
-
Acacia Avenue, Port Talbot
In media
- 29 Acacia Avenue is a play by Denis and Mabel Constanduros.
- English heavy metal band Iron Maiden's song "22 Acacia Avenue" is about a fictional brothel in an innocuous London house.
- Comic character Bananaman lives at 29 Acacia Road.
- In "Her Majesty's Secret Service, after James Bond proposes to Tracy, (James): "Mr. and Mrs. James Bond." (Tracy): "of Acacia Avenue, Turnbridge Wells".
References
- ^ a b c "The street whwere you live". BBC News. 21 July 2006. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "Acacia dealbata". BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ Master Atlas of Greater London
External links
- "Lives of Acacia Avenue revealed" - BBC News
- "Acacia Avenue - where they never grumble" - The Guardian