Love Clapham website is the local guide for residents and visitors of the Clapham area, London. This includes Clapham Common, Clapham North, Clapham South, Clapham Old Town, Clapham Junction and the surrounding areas of Battersea, Balham, Stockwell, Vauxhall and more.
Clapham High Street train station facing closure
While browsing our Twitter feed last night, Love Clapham’s heart sank when we spotted a message about the likely closure of Clapham High Street station. Fair enough it’s the one station in Clapham that virtually no one knows about, but it serves an incredibly useful purpose. Continue reading
More acts for SW4 festival on Clapham Common
Apparently Richie Hawtin is joining Dubfire, Steve Lawler and Layo & Bushwacka on one of the stages at the South West Four festival. Can’t say Love Clapham knows half of them but they’re probably GREAT. In fact, after a quick session on Spotify Love Clapham can confirm that they will almost certainly, perhaps even definitely, be excellent. At least we’ll recognise Sasha and Eric Prydz when the festival comes around in August… Keep a track of the full line-up on our SW4 page.
Clapham resident doesn’t have Swine Flu shocker
Love Clapham’s been watching the world go Swine Flu barmy over the last couple of days and even Clapham residents are in on it. The Wandsworth Guardian is telling everyone that a resident is being tested for Swine Flu even though “The patient hasn’t been to any of the infected areas.” We suspect there’s a hypercondriac in our midst. When did normal flu stop being good enough? Thankfully tests are likely to come back negative and we have enough drug stocks in case of an outbreak. Phew – thank goodness for that eh, Clapham.
Clapham Shopping Guide
There are various shops sprinkled all over Clapham, with five main shopping areas to be aware of (although some are so close to each other, they’re practically the same place). This page explains each shopping area in Clapham and what they contain. Continue reading
Stop Clapham’s junk mail flood
Love Clapham probably loves Clapham more than most, but there’s one thing about Clapham we hate: junk mail. The above picture shows one week’s worth of junk mail in Love Clapham HQ near Clapham North. There are 39 items of junk mail and this amount arrives every single week, that’s around 2,000 items every year that simply don’t get read because of the sheer volume. Continue reading
Clapper of the week
Spring is well and truly upon us and the joggers are out in force to make the most of Clapham Common in the sun. This lady shot past at the speed of light. Gotta love that row of trees.
Clapham organisations and clubs
There are lots of community groups in Clapham that do a great deal of work to help keep Clapham a nice place to live and to improve areas that need some tender loving care. These unsung heroes really make a difference to this town, so spend some time looking at what they do. Continue reading
| 1. | Le Petit Boulangerie, Abbeville Road | 1. | Lack of waffles on sale in cafes |
| 2. | Gastro, Venn Street | 2. | Too many Sainsbury's |
| 3. | Clapham's new Leisure Centre | 3. | Rainy weekends :o( |
| 4. | Venn Street Sat market | 4. | Rubbish shops on the High Street |
| 5. | Costa in Clapham Junction station | 5. |