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Sport on Clapham Common: what to book and what is free
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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.

Running on Clapham Common
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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.

Clapham Common: a guide
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Clapham Common: a guide

About 220 acres between the Old Town and Clapham South: London's largest bandstand, three ponds and a paddling pool, the church of the Clapham Sect and a pub that dates from 1665. What's where on the Common, and how to spend a day there.

Clapham Common bandstand
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Clapham Common bandstand

London's largest bandstand has stood in the middle of the Common since 1890. Its tangled history, its restoration, and the free Sunday concerts that volunteers keep going every summer.

Brickwood Coffee & Bread on Clapham Common South Side
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Brickwood Coffee & Bread on Clapham Common South Side

Aussie-style brunch opposite Clapham Common station: banana bread, smashed avocado, no bookings, and the Common across the road for after.

Blue plaques in Clapham: the ones worth finding on North Side
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Blue plaques in Clapham: the ones worth finding on North Side

Most of Clapham's best blue plaques sit along Clapham Common North Side, so one flat walk takes in a writer, a composer, an architect and the abolitionists.

The Windmill on Clapham Common South Side: what to order and when to go
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The Windmill on Clapham Common South Side: what to order and when to go

A Young's pub and hotel on Clapham Common South Side with a 1665 past, a Sunday roast and a garden, five minutes from the tube.

Clapham’s oldest houses, street by street
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Clapham’s oldest houses, street by street

For Georgian houses head to Clapham Common North Side; for Victorian terraces try the Cedars and Abbeville Road. All of it is viewable from the pavement.

Clapham Common toilets, water and bins for a long day out
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Clapham Common toilets, water and bins for a long day out

The toilet block by the tennis courts on the West Side, the fountains, the bins and the rules, sorted before you spread the blanket.

Holy Trinity Clapham: when to go and what to see
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Holy Trinity Clapham: when to go and what to see

A Grade II* listed church on Clapham Common North Side, tied to Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect. Here is when to go and where to get coffee after.

The Clapham Society: talks, walks and how to join
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The Clapham Society: talks, walks and how to join

A volunteer charity since 1963: planning watchdog, green plaque maker, and host of free talks at the Omnibus on Clapham Common North Side.

Trees and wildlife on Clapham Common: ponds, old trees and bats
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Trees and wildlife on Clapham Common: ponds, old trees and bats

Mature avenues, three old gravel-pit ponds and a long bird list: where to look for nature on Clapham Common, SW4.

Clapham Common: how to do it well, from the bandstand to the Pavement
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Clapham Common: how to do it well, from the bandstand to the Pavement

Free, always open and bigger than most people walk: how to spend a good day on Clapham Common, and where to head afterwards.

Playing tennis on Clapham Common: courts, booking and coaching
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Playing tennis on Clapham Common: courts, booking and coaching

Eight public courts, five floodlit, £12.50 an hour and booked online a week ahead: how to get a game on the Common.

The three ponds on Clapham Common, and which is which
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The three ponds on Clapham Common, and which is which

Eagle Pond is the small one for fishing and reeds, Mount Pond is the angler's favourite, and Long Pond is for model yachts.