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Battersea

Riverside mansion blocks, a 200-acre park and a power station reborn as a neighbourhood, with Clapham Junction’s trains and the Northern line close by. Get to know the streets that give Battersea its character.

Battersea Power Station beside the Thames
Battersea Power Station · Nick Fewings / Unsplash

Short-let homes in this area

Morden Road, South Wimbledon
Morden Road
South Wimbledon
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5 bedrooms
3 bathrooms
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Sulgrave Road, Hammersmith
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Sulgrave Road
Brook Green, Hammersmith
10 guests
5 bedrooms
4 bathrooms
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Dawes Road, Fulham
Short let
Dawes Road
Fulham
8 guests
4 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
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Dawes Road apartment, Fulham
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Dawes Road
Fulham
4 guests
1 bedrooms
1 bathrooms
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Tintern Street apartment, Clapham
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Tintern Street
Clapham
4 guests
2 bedrooms
1 bathrooms
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Novello Street townhouse, Parsons Green, Fulham
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Novello Street
Parsons Green, Fulham
10 guests
5 bedrooms
3 bathrooms
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Novello Street townhouse, Parsons Green, Fulham
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Novello Street
Parsons Green, Fulham
10 guests
5 bedrooms
4 bathrooms
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Open-plan kitchen and dining room with garden doors at Gayville Road, Battersea
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Gayville Road
Battersea
4 guests
2 bedrooms
1 bathrooms
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Tregunter Road, Chelsea
Short let
Tregunter Road
Chelsea
6 guests
3 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
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Novello Street townhouse, Parsons Green, Fulham
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Novello Street
Parsons Green, Fulham
6 guests
3 bedrooms
3 bathrooms
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Living in Battersea

Riverside mansion blocks, a 200-acre park and a power station reborn as a neighbourhood, with Clapham Junction’s trains and the Northern line close by. Get to know the streets that give Battersea its character.

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Find a home in
Battersea
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Battersea Power Station beside the Thames
Battersea Power Station · Nick Fewings / Unsplash

At a glance

A sense of the neighbourhood

Typical sale price

£460k – £940k
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Middle 50% of 733 sales · median £680,000 · HM Land Registry, Aug 2025 – Aug 2026

Monthly rent

£2,200 – £3,150 pcm
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Two-bed, middle 50% of recorded SW11 rents · ONS, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
Underground

Journey time

Battersea Power Station · Northern line
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Source: TfL · plus Overground and rail at Clapham Junction · checked 24 October 2026

Setting

Battersea Park and the river
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Source: Wandsworth Council · checked 24 October 2026

Postal area

SW11
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Source: Royal Mail postcode areas · Wandsworth

Connections

Northern line, Overground & rail
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Via Battersea Power Station, Clapham Junction, Battersea Park and Queenstown Road stations · TfL, checked 24 October 2026

Quick answer

What is living in
Battersea
like?

Battersea runs along the south bank of the Thames between Chelsea Bridge and Wandsworth, with Battersea Park at its heart. The mansion blocks of Prince of Wales Drive face the park, while Battersea Power Station has become a riverside neighbourhood of apartments, shops and restaurants with its own Northern line station. To the south, Lavender Hill and St John’s Hill lead to Clapham Junction, one of Britain’s busiest railway stations, past streets of Victorian terraces. The feel changes from one pocket to the next, so walk the streets around each home at different times of day.

Why people love
Battersea

A park, a river and a power station.

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The Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park
Peace Pagoda, Battersea Park · Dorin Seremet / Unsplash
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Battersea Park on the doorstep

Some 200 acres of lakes, gardens and sports grounds by the river, with the Peace Pagoda, a children’s zoo and a boating lake.

A power station reborn

Battersea Power Station reopened in 2022 with shops, restaurants and homes inside the restored Grade II* listed building, and its own Northern line station.

Mansion blocks and Victorian streets

Red-brick mansion flats line Prince of Wales Drive, while the Shaftesbury Estate and the roads off Lavender Hill are mostly Victorian terraces and cottages.

Landmarks & what it’s famous for

A neighbourhood shaped by the river, the park and an icon of industry

Three places to orient yourself, from the power station on the river to the bridge to Chelsea and the old village church.

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Battersea Power Station and its four chimneys
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Landmark & neighbourhood

Battersea Power Station

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s Grade II* listed power station, now home to shops, restaurants, offices and apartments, with a riverside park and a Northern line station.

The restored power station on the river, with shops, restaurants, homes and its own Northern line station.
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Albert Bridge over the Thames
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Victorian bridge

Albert Bridge

The 1873 bridge to Chelsea, lit at night by thousands of bulbs and known for its signs asking troops to break step.

The 1873 bridge linking Battersea with Chelsea, at the western corner of Battersea Park.
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St Mary’s Church, Battersea, beside the Thames
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Riverside church

St Mary’s Church

The Georgian church on the river by Battersea Square, where William Blake married in 1782. Check service times before visiting.

The Georgian riverside church by Battersea Square, in the old village of Battersea.
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Landmark

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Why people move here

Find the setting that feels like home.

For some, it is a morning run around Battersea Park. For others, it is a mansion flat on Prince of Wales Drive, or a family house a short walk from Clapham Junction.

A practical shortlist

Compare tenure, condition and outdoor space for each property. Then walk the route to the station, see the street at different times of day and check which schools and commons you will actually use.

Local context, not a market forecast

No demand, growth or investment claims are implied. Figures are dated snapshots from public data.

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Victorian terraced houses on a London residential street
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Neighbourhood pockets

Four ways to find your Battersea

Use these local descriptions as starting points, not fixed boundaries. Explore the streets and routes around each home.

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Primrose Mansions on Prince of Wales Drive
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Prince of Wales Drive

Along the south side of Battersea Park: late-Victorian and Edwardian red-brick mansion blocks, many with park views, and side streets of large flats.

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Battersea Power Station and surrounding apartments
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Battersea Power Station

Newer apartment buildings around the restored power station and Circus West Village, with shops, restaurants and the Northern line on site.

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Victorian cottages on the Shaftesbury Park Estate
Shaftesbury Park Estate · Stevekeiretsu / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
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Shaftesbury Estate

South of Lavender Hill, a conservation area of two-storey Victorian cottages built in the 1870s for working families, on quiet, tree-lined streets.

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Battersea Square
Battersea Square · Bill Boaden / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
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Old Battersea & the riverside

Around Battersea Square, Vicarage Crescent and the river: converted warehouses, riverside apartments and older houses near St Mary’s Church. Treat this as an editorial starting point, not an official boundary.

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Property market

Understanding
Battersea
’s sales market

Ranges come from completed sales recorded by HM Land Registry, matched to EPC floor areas where possible. Compare individual homes on their exact size, tenure, lease length, service charges and setting.

Battersea ranges from Victorian terraces and mansion blocks to riverside and power station apartments, so prices vary widely from street to street. To understand the local sales market, compare individual properties on their exact size, tenure, condition and street setting.

The right comparison matters.

Compare flats and houses on a like-for-like basis: size, tenure, condition and outdoor space all deserve attention. A broad SW11 average is not a valuation of a particular home.

Asking is not achieved

An asking price is the seller’s advertised figure. An achieved price is the completed sale amount. Asking £/sq ft and achieved £/sq ft must use clearly identified, comparable datasets and floor-area methods.

Prices across Wandsworth fell 5.3% in the year to August 2026: flats by 6.5% and terraced houses by 3.1% (UK House Price Index). For an individual home, compare it with recent sales of a similar size, type and street.

Flat · 1-bed | Under 500 sq ft | £300k – £460k | 51 Flat · 2-bed | 500–700 sq ft | £390k – £575k | 134 Flat · 2–3 bed | 700–950 sq ft | £455k – £795k | 153 Large flat / maisonette | 950+ sq ft | £755k – £1.35m | 85 House · 2–3 bed | Under 1,200 sq ft | £720k – £895k | 78 House · 3–4 bed | 1,200–1,700 sq ft | £1.15m – £1.43m | 52 House · 4–5 bed | 1,700–2,300 sq ft | £1.35m – £1.74m | 24 Large family house | 2,300+ sq ft | £2.25m – £2.68m | 6 Flats · price per sq ft | All sizes | £635 – £1,020 | 423 Houses · price per sq ft | All sizes | £790 – £1,005 | 160
Average achieved sale price
£460k – £940k
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Asking £/sq ft
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Achieved £/sq ft
Flats £635 – £1,020 · houses £790 – £1,005
Awaiting verified data
Sales trends / reporting period
Wandsworth −5.3% in the year to August 2026 (UK House Price Index)
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Source:
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data matched to EPC floor areas (583 of 733 sales) · UK House Price Index
pending confirmation
Dataset period:
15 Aug 2025 – 14 Aug 2026
pending verification
· Area boundary:
postcode sectors SW11 1, SW11 2, SW11 3, SW11 4, SW11 5 and SW11 8
to confirm
Last updated:
October 24, 2026
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· Sample size and methodology:
ranges show the middle 50% of sales; bedrooms are typical for the size, not recorded
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Rental market

Renting in
Battersea
, with a clearer picture

Compare the home, the tenancy and the full monthly cost. Ranges show the middle 50% of rents actually recorded by the ONS, not advertised asking rents.

Studio / monthly rent
£1,400 – £1,850 pcm
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One-bedroom home / monthly rent
£1,750 – £2,250 pcm
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Two-bedroom home / monthly rent
£2,200 – £3,150 pcm
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Three-bedroom home / monthly rent
£2,700 – £3,600 pcm
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Four+ bedroom home / monthly rent
£3,700 – £5,200 pcm
Room in a shared house / monthly rent
£675 – £950 pcm
Rental yield
c. 6–6.5% gross (indicative)
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Recorded rents (ONS)
studio 20 · 1-bed 390 · 2-bed 490 · 3-bed 200 · 4+ bed 90 · rooms 40
Availability & rental trends
Awaiting verified data
Source:
ONS private rental market statistics, postcode district SW11
pending confirmation
Dataset period:
Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
pending verification
· Area boundary:
SW11 district, which also covers SW11 6 and SW11 7
to confirm
Last updated:
October 24, 2026
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· Sample size and methodology:
ranges show the middle 50% of recorded rents; studio figure based on only 20 rents · room rents are Wandsworth-wide
pending

Choose for the life you’ll lead.

When renting in Battersea, think about whether you want to be near Clapham Junction and Lavender Hill or closer to the park and the river. The condition of the property, outdoor space and the practicality of the layout all matter.

Always review the full monthly costs, including any additional fees, and carefully examine the tenancy terms. If you are letting rooms, check licensing first: larger HMOs need a mandatory licence, and many councils license smaller ones too.

Yield is indicative: median recorded rent against the median achieved price for a similar-sized flat. It is not an achieved yield, and this guide is not investment advice.

Schools

Start your school research here

A starting shortlist, not a recommendation or an admissions guarantee. School details, phases and policies are subject to checking.

Chesterton Primary School

State / primary · Dagnall Street

Verify admission year and policy directly with the school and the local authority.

Catchment or distance does not guarantee a place.

Check current report

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools

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Thomas’s Battersea

Independent / co-educational prep · Battersea High Street

Verify admission year and policy directly with the school.

Catchment or distance does not guarantee a place.

Check current report

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools

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Harris Academy Battersea

State academy / secondary · Battersea Park Road

Verify admission year and policy directly with the school and the local authority.

Catchment or distance does not guarantee a place.

Check current report

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools

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Newton Prep

Independent / co-educational prep · Battersea Park Road

Verify admission year and policy directly with the school.

Catchment or distance does not guarantee a place.

Check current report

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools

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Always check the current admissions year, oversubscription criteria and application deadlines directly. Independent and state schools may use different inspection and admissions arrangements.

Transport & commuting

Several ways into the city

Plan the journey from the home, not just the station. Live times, service frequencies and routes must be checked with TfL and the relevant operator.

TfL

Clapham Junction

Overground, Southern and South Western Railway · St John’s Hill SW11. About 8 minutes to Victoria and 22 to Bank at 08:30 on a weekday.

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Battersea Power Station

Northern line, opened in 2021. About 16 minutes to Bank at 08:30 on a weekday. Often the closer option from the riverside.

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TfL

Battersea Park & Queenstown Road

Southern trains to Victoria from Battersea Park, and South Western Railway to Waterloo from Queenstown Road, both beside the park.

Journey time

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TfL

Buses

Use TfL planning for route options, stops and live information.

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TfL / local route guidance

Cycling

Use TfL planning for route options, conditions and a suitable route before travelling.

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TfL / local route guidance

Walking

Use TfL planning for route options, conditions and a suitable route before travelling.

Journey time

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Battersea Power Station
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Northern line · via Nine Elms

Rail & Overground connections

Clapham Junction · Battersea Park · Queenstown Road

Diagram shows connections only, not geographic position, stops or service frequency.

Source: TfL · tfl.gov.uk/tube/stop/940GZZBPSUST · reviewed 24 Oct 2026.

Eat, drink & shop

A few places to make your own

A pub by the park, a Vietnamese favourite and a wine bar at the power station: simple starting points for exploring local life in Battersea.

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The Prince Albert pub on Albert Bridge Road
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Pub / by the park

The Prince Albert

A Victorian pub at 85 Albert Bridge Road, opposite Battersea Park. Check opening times and events directly.

Eat, drink & shop
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A bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup
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Vietnamese / dinner

Mien Tay

Vietnamese cooking at 180 Lavender Hill. Check opening times directly before visiting.

Eat, drink & shop
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Vagabond wine bar at Battersea Power Station
Vagabond · Ewan-M / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
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Wine bar / shop

Vagabond

A wine bar and shop at Battersea Power Station, with wines to taste by the glass. Check opening times directly before visiting.

Eat, drink & shop
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Editorial shortlist, not a rating or review. Source: venue / centre websites and local editorial · details and last checked date awaiting verification.

Parks & outdoors

The outdoors becomes part of the everyday.

With Battersea Park on the river and Clapham and Wandsworth Commons to the south, open space is never far away.

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Fountains in Battersea Park
Fountains, Battersea Park · Paul Farmer / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
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Local green spaces

Battersea Park

Lakes, gardens, sports grounds, the Peace Pagoda and a children’s zoo beside the Thames. Check Wandsworth Council for events and closures.

Parks & outdoors
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Autumn trees in Battersea Park
Autumn in Battersea Park · Marathon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
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Local green spaces

Clapham & Wandsworth Commons

Clapham Common lies to the south-east and Wandsworth Common to the south-west, both within reach of Clapham Junction and Lavender Hill.

Parks & outdoors
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Source: Wandsworth and Lambeth Councils, checked 24 Oct 2026 · facility verification pending.

Properties in
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FAQs

Your
Battersea
questions, answered

A few useful starting points. Speak to our local team for advice on a specific home.

What is living in Battersea like?

Battersea runs along the river around Battersea Park, with mansion blocks on Prince of Wales Drive, new apartments at Battersea Power Station and Victorian streets towards Lavender Hill and Clapham Junction. Explore the exact street and everyday routes around each home.

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Which stations serve Battersea?

Battersea Power Station is on the Northern line. Clapham Junction has Overground, Southern and South Western Railway services, and Battersea Park and Queenstown Road stations sit beside the park. For accurate journey times, check the TfL website or a journey planner.

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What green spaces are nearby?

Battersea Park is on the river, and Clapham Common and Wandsworth Common are within reach to the south. We recommend checking access and opening times for each location.

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What should families check about schools?

Families should review the current admissions policy, year group availability and latest inspection reports for schools in the area. School places are not guaranteed by proximity alone, so confirm eligibility directly with the school or local authority.

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How should I compare local property prices?

Compare properties on a like-for-like basis, considering type, size, condition and tenure. Asking prices and achieved prices can vary, and we advise against relying on unverified figures. Our local team can provide a more accurate market view.

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Can South West Shared help me sell or let?

Yes. Speak with South West Shared about your property and plans, whether you are considering selling or letting in Battersea. The team can explain the next steps for a sales or lettings valuation.

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Nearby areas

Explore a little further

Different neighbourhoods, the same local team.

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Wisteria in bloom on a white stucco terrace

Chelsea

The King’s Road, garden squares and places beside the Thames.

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Georgian brick houses with a blossom tree in Clapham

Clapham

Clapham Common, a village-like Old Town and wide Victorian family streets on the Northern line.

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Trees and open grass on Wandsworth Common

Wandsworth

A riverside town with Old York Road, the Ram Quarter and the Victorian streets around Wandsworth Common.

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