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Clapham Common

A 220-acre south London common with a large Victorian bandstand, several ponds and wide open lawns, straddling the Lambeth and Wandsworth boroughs.

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Clapham Common, a 220-acre south London common
Photo: Doyle of London, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Did you know

Benjamin Franklin carried out oil-on-water experiments on the common in the 1770s. Its Grade II listed bandstand, the largest in London, dates from 1890, not the 1861 once believed.

Local tip

Open all year and free to enter. Clapham Common and Clapham South stations on the Northern line both serve the common, so the bandstand is an easy walk from either.

Finding it

Address
London SW4
Nearest station
Clapham South (Tube), 596 m away

Details change, so check with the place before you set off.

More places nearby

  • Brickwood Coffee & BreadCafe · 800 m awayAn Australian-inspired cafe directly opposite Clapham Common tube station serving in-house baked bread, pastries and a brunch menu.
  • Battersea Arts CentreCulture · 1.1 km awayA theatre and arts centre in the 1893 former Battersea Town Hall, where new work is tried out on audiences and most shows can be booked pay what you can.
  • Northcote Road MarketMarket · 1.1 km awayA Battersea street market on a busy shopping road, with groceries, charcuterie and artisan stalls, weekend street food such as pizza and porchetta, and an indoor antiques market alongside.
  • Brixton WindmillHidden gem · 1.8 km awayLondon's last working windmill, an 1816 Grade II* listed tower mill among terraced houses in Windmill Gardens, restored in 2011 and now milling flour by volunteers.

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