Bohem Brewery’s third London venue transforms the long-empty Queen’s Arms into a Czech beer specialist pub. Opening within weeks at 139 St Philip Street with authentic Bohemian lagers, traditional pouring…
Continue Reading »Lost for over a decade, Battersea’s last remaining industrial heritage cranes are languishing in pieces at an abandoned landfill site rather than being restored as promised. Despite being protected as…
Continue Reading »Wandsworth Council’s innovative development will add 14 new flats to the existing estate near Lavender Hill, while also upgrading communal gardens and addressing longstanding issues. The project, part of the…
Continue Reading »With soaring cost of renting a premises in Clapham Junction, we look at at a bundle of changes affecting traders – including several of the most long-established local businesses. Kitchen…
Continue Reading »Clapham Common’s new café marks a significant transformation of a derelict public toilet building, which had long been a neglected eyesore. Following extensive renovations, the site now offers a vibrant…
Continue Reading »It’s been quite the journey for 64 Clapham Common Northside, one of the oldest houses still standing, that seems to go back to some point in the 1780s, when it…
Continue Reading »Lavender Hill has a smart and unusual new supermarket. Back in April we reported that the large premises at 207-217 Lavender Hill (next to the junction with Latchmere Road &…
Continue Reading »The very last ’empty shop’ in Clapham Junction following the Covid pandemic is coming back in to use. Moss Bros used to have a store next to the way in to…
Continue Reading »Planning permission to knock down a rather unique historic house on Clapham Common and redevelop with a taller ‘pastiche’ replacement has been refused by the Council. A few months ago…
Continue Reading »Marsha de Cordova is the Labour Party candidate in the Battersea constituency for the UK Parliamentary election on Thursday 4 July 2024. To provide more information about the main candidates,…
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