Putney
Putney is a district in southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, five miles southwest of Charing Cross.
Putney is a district in southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, five miles southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Wandsworth Park
This 19-acre riverside park was opened by London County Council in 1903 on land which used to be allotments.
- 02Battersea Park
- 03Battersea Power Station
One of the great icons of the old smog-filled London of the mid-20th century and regarded as a fine example of industrial design of the Art Deco era.
- 04Clapham Common
This large open space in densely built Wandsworth has been a source of comfort to Londoners for time immemorial.
- 05London Wetland Centre
Queen Elizabeth’s Walk, Barnes (tube: Hammersmith CIR DIS H&C PIC, then bus 283; or bus 33 from Richmond), info.london@wwt.org.uk.
- 06St Mary's Church
Battersea Church Rd, Battersea, office@stmarysbattersea.org.uk.
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Things to do
- 01Clapham Picturehouse
76 Venn St, SW4 0AT (tube: Clapham Common NOR ),.
- 02Putney Arts Theatre
Comes recommended for anyone interested in anything to do with theatre.
- 03Tooting Bec Common
A real gem, with tennis courts, football fields and plenty of open space.
- 04Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club
Imperial Fields, Bishopsford Rd, Mitcham, SM4 6BF (tube: Morden NOR, buses 280, 118, 201, Mitcham tram stop),.
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Where to eat
There are two eating 'hubs' in the Wandsworth borough. St Johns Hill and Battersea Rise near Clapham Junction have an excellent range of restaurants, with new ones opening all the time - very popular with the young professionals who flock here after work. For the tourist looking to escape the overpriced horrors of central London this is a good, easy-to-reach option.
- 01Chanteroy Delicatessen
233a Wimbledon Park Rd, SW18 5RJ (Tube: Southfields),.
- 02No Cruel Burgers
Arch 65, Queens Circus, Queenstown Rd, SW8 4NE (1 minute walk from Battersea Bridge Station or Battersea Park), mobile), office@plantastickitchen.co.uk.
- 03Dosa n Chutney
68 Tooting High St, Tooting, SW17 0RN (near Tooting Broadway underground on Upper Tooting Rd and close to the border with Collier's Wood),.
- 04Lahore Karahi
1 Tooting High Street, SW17 0SN (tube: Tooting Broadway), lahorekarahi@hotmail.co.uk.
- 05Lahore Spices Tooting
111-113 Upper Tooting Rd, SW17 7TJ, lstooting@hotmail.com.
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Getting to Putney
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 17 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 35 km · London Luton (LTN), 47 km
- Luton, Luton → Putney49 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Putney8 km · quickest by road, 43 min · £1
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Putney162 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · £19–25
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Putney
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Putney. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMore entertainment than transport really, rickshaws run in Soho and the surrounding areas.
From Wikivoyage: London/Soho, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Putney
Putney is 8 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.