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Praise for service that helps keep people independent

Posted on March 7, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
The KITE service, which helps people live independently in their own homes, has been given a ‘good’ rating by independent health and social care regulators.
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Start your quitting journey on No Smoking Day

Posted on March 7, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
March 14 is No Smoking Day, and smokers are urged to use the free help available to quit for good.
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Nearly 600 new trees now planted across the ‘Brighter Borough’

Posted on March 7, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
Every district in Wandsworth has seen new street trees planted this winter as part of a council initiative to plant more than 1,100 new trees across the borough.
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Local people take part and take pride in keeping Wandsworth clean

Posted on March 7, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
This week, as part of the work Wandsworth Council are doing in partnership with environmental charity Hubbub, around 70 local businesses in Tooting took part in a community clean-up day.
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Residents in Southfields ward can have their say on local services

Posted on March 5, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
Residents living in the Southfields area will be able to raise issues of local concern with senior councillors and town hall officials at a special drop-in feedback session tomorrow evening (Tuesday).
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People reminded there’s no fee for staging a royal wedding street party

Posted on March 5, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
Residents are being reminded that the council has waived all it fees and charges for anyone organising a street party to celebrate the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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Council’s gritting teams have been working flat out tackling the ‘Beast from the East’

Posted on March 2, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
The council’s gritting teams have been working around the clock 24/7 this week to ensure the borough stays on the move.
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Fumes from Tooting shisha bar poisoned upstairs neighbours

Posted on March 2, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
A recently opened shisha bar in Tooting has been closed after council enforcement officers discovered that two families living in flats above it were being poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes.
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Councillors give green light to £3m electric vehicle boost

Posted on March 2, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
Senior councillors in Wandsworth have formally approved a series of proposals to boost electric vehicle ownership in the Brighter Borough.
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Advice for EU nationals on their post-Brexit status

Posted on March 2, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
More than 26,000 Wandsworth residents are EU nationals, and so far hundreds of them have sought face-to-face, telephone and online help from a specialist advice service commissioned from Citizens Advice Wandsworth by the council.
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Maltese Connection

Clapham Junction is a prehistoric site on Malta near the Dingli Cliffs. It is a complex network of tracks gouged in the rock. Its age and purpose are still a mystery of Maltese history. Beside the megalithic temples it is the most mysterious artefact on Malta. It is reported that the name "Clapham Junction" was given by an Englishman, who later reported that it reminded him of the great and busy railway station Clapham Junction in London.

Platform 1

The old platform 1 has now become platform ZERO. See our main article about Platform 1 at Clapham Junction

Wheelchair users are advised that they should allow an hour for transfer between platforms at Clapham Junction.

Gay Life on TV

Clapham Junction is a 2007 British television film, written by Kevin Elyot, about the experiences of gay men during 36 hours in the Clapham area of London and the consequences when their lives collide. It was broadcast on Channel 4 in July 2007. The drama was shown as part of a short season by Channel 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.
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