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Wandsworth
District of London, England

Wandsworth

Wandsworth is a district of South London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth 4.2 miles (6.8 km) southwest of Charing Cross.

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The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.

Get in

Getting to Wandsworth

In the west of the borough, the Edgware Road—Wimbledon branch of the District line ( DIS ) serves: East Putney (Zones 2 & 3) Southfields (Zone 3) In the east of the borough, the main Northern line ( NOR ) serves: Clapham Common (Zone 2) Clapham South (Zone 2) Balham (Zone 3) Tooting Bec (Zone 3) Tooting Broadway (Zone 3) In the northeastern neighbourhood of Battersea, a short new branch of the Northern line opened…

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    Clapham Junction

    A major station on south London routes and a huge number of services pass through there and various destinations in suburban South London and the South and Southwest of England.

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    Tooting

    Tooting Thameslink goes to Holborn Viaduct and Wimbledon, and directly to Luton Airport.

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    Putney

    Trains leave London Waterloo for Putney every 10 minutes and the journey takes around 20 minutes.

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    Bus

    Also connects Putney with the Oxford Street area (Warren Street, Goodge Street, Tottenham Court), West End (Piccadilly Circus) and Buckingham Palace area (Green Park).

See

Worth seeing

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    Wandsworth Park

    This 19-acre riverside park was opened by London County Council in 1903 on land which used to be allotments.

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    Battersea Park
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    Battersea 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.

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    Clapham Common

    This large open space in densely built Wandsworth has been a source of comfort to Londoners for time immemorial.

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    London 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.

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    St Mary's Church

    Battersea Church Rd, Battersea, office@stmarysbattersea.org.uk.

Do

Things to do

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    Clapham Picturehouse

    76 Venn St, SW4 0AT (tube: Clapham Common NOR ),.

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    Putney Arts Theatre

    Comes recommended for anyone interested in anything to do with theatre.

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    Tooting Bec Common

    A real gem, with tennis courts, football fields and plenty of open space.

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    Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club

    Imperial Fields, Bishopsford Rd, Mitcham, SM4 6BF (tube: Morden NOR, buses 280, 118, 201, Mitcham tram stop),.

Eat

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.

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    Chanteroy Delicatessen

    233a Wimbledon Park Rd, SW18 5RJ (Tube: Southfields),.

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    No 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.

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    Dosa 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),.

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    Lahore Karahi

    1 Tooting High Street, SW17 0SN (tube: Tooting Broadway), lahorekarahi@hotmail.co.uk.

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    Lahore Spices Tooting

    111-113 Upper Tooting Rd, SW17 7TJ, lstooting@hotmail.com.

How locals move

Getting around Wandsworth the local way

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  • Get inSouthern from the South East including Gatwick Airport (), Bognor Regis, Epsom and Portsmouth with ferries from and ().
  • Get inAlso from Harwich (via A120, ferries from Hook of Holland, Netherlands).
  • Get inFastest route from Fishguard (ferries from Rosslare, Ireland).
  • Get aroundBy boat: Both commuter ferries run by TfL and pleasure cruises ply along the River Thames.
  • Get aroundOyster is also not accepted on long-distance coaches, tour buses, or charter buses.
  • Get aroundThe London cable car (branded for sponsorship reasons as IFS Cloud Cable Car; formerly Emirates Air Line) is a cable car that runs across the River Thames in east London giving panoramic views of the surrounding area and beyond.

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