Clapham Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

• For the village in Bedfordshire, see Clapham, Bedfordshire.
• For the village in West Sussex, see Clapham, West Sussex.
• For the village in North Yorkshire, see Clapham, Yorkshire.

Clapham is a place in London, England in the London Borough of Lambeth.

Clapham dates back to Anglo-Saxon times; the name is said to derive from the Anglo-Saxon word for "Clappa's farm". For many years it was a tiny village surrounded by marshland but it was swallowed into Greater London in early Victorian times. Clapham was seen as an unremarkable suburb, often cited as representing the thoughts of the ordinary people: the so-called "man on the Clapham omnibus".

Today Clapham covers a largish area surrounding Clapham Common. The old town and high street to the east of the Common, is today a lively set of restaurants and shops. The other side of the Common, encompassing Battersea Rise, Northcote Road and the area known as "Between the Commons", is popular with young middle-class professional families: Northcote Road is not known as "Nappy Valley" for nothing. (Although this area is often referred to as Clapham, it is in SW11 area and is, in fact, in Battersea.)

The main railway station

• Clapham Junction (which is actually in Battersea)

is the largest junction on the UK network being the point where routes to the west and southwest of London converge. Other stations include:

• Clapham High Street railway station
• Queenstown Road railway station
• Wandsworth Road railway station

Nearest places:

• Battersea
• Brixton
• Stockwell
• Balham
• Vauxhall
• Wandsworth

There are several tube stations on the Northern Line in Clapham::

• Clapham Common tube station
• Clapham North tube station
• Clapham South tube station

See also: Clapham Sect

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