Clapham

Worth seeing in and around Clapham

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Westminster Cathedral

   The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, informally known as Westminster Cathedral, is the largest Catholic church in England and Wales. It is dedicated to the Blood of Jesus Christ and is the seat of the Archbishop of Westminster.

   4 km · Catholic cathedral in London, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Tate Britain

   Tate Britain, known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art and from 1932 to 2000 as the Tate Gallery, is an art museum on Millbank in the City of Westminster in London, England. It is part of the Tate network of galleries in England, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.

   3.6 km · art museum on Millbank, Westminster, London, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   The Oval

   The Oval, for sponsorship reasons named the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845.

   3.2 km · cricket ground in Kennington, South London · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Vauxhall Bridge

   Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a southeast–northwest direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Pimlico on the north bank.

   3.2 km · arch bridge in central London · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Battersea Power Station

   Battersea Power Station is a preserved coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames in Nine Elms, Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company to the design of Leonard Pearce, Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers.

   2.4 km · decommissioned coal-fired power station in London, now in use as a premium shopping centre · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Saatchi Gallery

   The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the Damien Hirst-led Young British Artists, followed by shows purely of painting, led to Saatchi Gallery becoming a recognised authority in contemporary art globally.

   3.6 km · physical and online contemporary art gallery in Chelsea, London · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Chelsea Physic Garden

   The Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries' Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines. This four-acre physic garden, the term here referring to the science of healing, is among the oldest botanical gardens in Britain, after the University of Oxford Botanic Garden.

   3.2 km · botanical garden in London · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Royal Court Theatre

   The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, London, England, opened in 1870; the current building was completed in 1888. The capacity of the theatre has varied between 728 seats and today's 380 seats.

   3.8 km · theatre on Sloane Square, Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Battersea Park

   Battersea Park is a 200-acre green space at Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth in London. It is situated on the south bank of the River Thames opposite Chelsea and was opened in 1858.

   2.5 km · park in the Borough of Wandsworth, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Wandsworth Bridge

    Wandsworth Bridge crosses the River Thames in west London. It carries the A217 road between the area of Battersea, near Wandsworth Town Station, in the London Borough of Wandsworth on the south of the river, and the areas of Sands End and Parsons Green, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, on the north side.

    3.4 km · bridge in London, England · Wikipedia

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Where to eat

New Inn Hotel is the main eating place, so it gets busy and may sell out. Old Sawmill Cafe is at the top of Riverside at the start of the cave trail, open daily 9:30AM-4PM.

From Wikivoyage: Clapham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Clapham

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 22 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 35 km · London Luton (LTN), 49 km

Stations

London Victoria station, 3.9 km · Clapham Junction railway station, 2.2 km · Sloane Square tube station, 3.8 km · Kennington tube station, 4 km · Brixton tube station, 1.8 km

• Luton, Luton → Clapham

  32 km · quickest by road, 53 min · £3–4
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• London, Essex → Clapham

  77 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £9–12
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Clapham

  102 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £11–15
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