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Memorial to war hero ‘Tiny Ted’

Posted on September 25, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
First world war hero Edward ‘Tiny Ted’ Foster has been commemorated with a permanent memorial in the a small French town he helped liberate.
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Get help to quit this Stoptober

Posted on September 25, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
Sign up to the 28-day Stoptober challenge and give up tobacco for good.
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Powerleague pitches come to Nine Elms

Posted on September 25, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
Sports fans in Nine Elms can now play on one on London’s most innovative football pitches, which opened this weekend at New Covent Garden market.
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Work Match hits landmark of getting 1,000 people into work

Posted on September 24, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
Work Match, the service set up five years ago to help get local people into employment while also supporting local businesses, is celebrating finding its 1000th person a job.
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Putney school chosen to launch global education scheme

Posted on September 21, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
A Putney school that has been connecting its pupils with children from a refugee camp in Jordan was chosen to launch a pioneering new programme by the UK Government and the British Council.
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Thanks for recycling properly

Posted on September 21, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
Next week is Recycle Week, and the vast majority of Wandsworth residents who recycle properly are being thanked for their efforts.
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Learn something new this autumn

Posted on September 21, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
The Wandsworth Lifelong Learning Service has announced a range of courses this autumn for adults to learn new skills, including opportunities to learn with your family.
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Saluting Tooting this weekend

Posted on September 21, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
The fifth annual Tootopia food, drink and culture festival starts today (Friday 21), including tomorrow’s popular BATCA fun day tomorrow.
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Colourful design wins Thessaly Road railway bridge competition

Posted on September 20, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
Visual artist Yinka Ilori has been named as the winner of a competition to revitalise the Thessaly Road Railway Bridge in SW8.
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Affordable housing boost as Nine Elms rental homes given green light

Posted on September 20, 2018 by www.wandsworth.gov.uk Latest News
Wandsworth Council’s planning committee has voted to give the go-ahead to the construction of 894 new housing units for rent, including affordable homes, on the former Royal Mail Group site in Nine Elms.
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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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