Sport on Clapham Common: what to book and what is free
Pitches, tennis courts and cricket nets are booked and paid for. The skate park and outdoor gym are the open-access options.
The best Sunday roasts in Clapham
Aged Hereford beef in the Old Town, a roast on the Common with a Bloody Mary first, a bring-your-own-bottle roast club on the Pavement and the roast potatoes Abbeville Road argues about.
Northcote Road: a food guide
Half a mile of SW11 between the Junction and Wandsworth Common: a roast with double-egg Yorkshires at the top, self-pour wine, south Indian at No 39 and an Italian that has been here for thirty years.
Date night in Clapham
Dinner by the patio doors on Abbeville Road, Italian on Clapham Manor Street, wine in a former public loo and an old fashioned on the south side of the Common. How to plan a Clapham date that goes well.
Pub gardens in Clapham
The big garden on the Common, a tree-shaded yard with its own bar by Clapham North, a patio in the Old Town and a fairy-lit roof on the Pavement. Where to drink outside in Clapham, and how to get a table.
The best cocktail bars in Clapham
An old fashioned menu among whisky barrels, a bar disguised as a flat, a new rooftop on the High Street and two-for-one on Venn Street. Where Clapham drinks cocktails, and when the deals run.
The Common
Events, the bandstand, markets and runs on 220 acres of Clapham’s back garden.
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Things to do with kids in Clapham
Two playgrounds, a paddling pool and 85 hectares of grass, plus a cinema, a library and a theatre for rainy days. A family day out in Clapham, planned.
Running on Clapham Common
A flat loop of roughly five kilometres, a Saturday parkrun on two laps, a running track and free club sessions most nights of the week. How to run Clapham Common, alone or with company.
Dog-friendly Clapham: pubs, cafes and the Common
Where to walk the dog and where to take them after: the Common, a pub that does dog-friendly rooms, and the Old Town terraces that put the water bowls out.
Live music and comedy in Clapham
A trade union pub with a stage, a vinyl bar with a band most nights, a Victorian music hall and free stand-up on a Wednesday. Where to hear and laugh in Clapham.
Clapham nightlife: the High Street and the Junction after dark
Drag cabaret every night, a disco with a famous queue, a rooftop that runs to 3.30am and the Grand by the Junction. Clapham after dark, with closing times.
Three postcodes, one neighbourhood
SW4 · SW11 · SW12Where we’d go
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The Windmill
Clapham Common · SW4
Venn Street Market
Venn Street · SW4
The Clapham Grand
The Junction · SW11
Brickwood Coffee & Bread
Clapham Common · SW4
Omnibus Theatre
Clapham Common · SW4
Battersea Arts Centre
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Northcote Road shopping: the market, the cheese and the antiques
A street market that comes alive at the weekend, one of London's best cheesemongers and an antiques market at the far end. How to shop Northcote Road properly.
Moving to Clapham: SW4, SW11 or SW12?
Two boroughs, three postcodes, six stations and one very big Common. What each corner of Clapham is like to live in, and how to choose between them.
Independent shops in Clapham: books, butchers, cheese and more
A bookshop and a butcher on the Pavement, a second butcher on Abbeville Road and a cheesemonger on Northcote Road. Clapham's independents, street by street.
Clapham Old Town history: the Clapham Sect, Holy Trinity and the clock tower
Puritan commuters, Pepys's last home, the church where the Clapham Sect fought the slave trade and a clock tower given in 1906. The Old Town in four stops.
Clapham Junction: the station, its history and the streets around it
Around 2,000 trains a day, 17 platforms and a name borrowed from the neighbours. The story of Clapham Junction, and the best of SW11 on its doorstep.
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