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Lavender Hill for Me is a community website working to support Lavender Hill, a neighbourhood in Battersea, London and a home to about 250 shops, restaurants and small businesses. We take an active interest in developments that could improve Lavender Hill for residents, traders and visitors.
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Recent Posts
- Clapham Junction’s Rough Sleepers Hub opens for business
- Thames Water’s leaky Lavender Hill water main: Will the shambles ever end?
- In pictures: Falcon Road bridge’s transformation
- In pictures: Himalayan Salt, a smart new Indian restaurant, opens on Lavender Hill
- A fall from grace: Is there a future for Clapham’s little-known Georgian orangery?
- In pictures: The Shelf, a new approach to retail, opens on Lavender Hill
- Lavender Hill Police Station is closing – what does it mean for local policing?
- In pictures: Work starts on improving Falcon Road’s horrible bridge
- In pictures: Lavender Hill’s brand new pottery studio
- Queenstown Road’s most special tree gains protected status
- In pictures: An upgrade is on the way for the southern half of Queenstown Road
- In pictures: Arding & Hobbs is ready for another century
- Cult pizza place Yard Sale is coming to Lavender Hill
- New pub alert: The Queens Arms is open
- Special report: Is there a way forward for Lambeth’s troubled Westbury Estate redevelopment?
- The Kitchen Shoppe returns – in much the same form – as Clapham Discount Store
- An unusual house is up for auction, at a bargain-basement price, on Broughton Street
- In pictures: A new start for a cluster of buildings on Wandsworth Road, that were once some of Clapham’s busiest bars.
- Queenstown Road Station’s second entrance is finally happening
- With Corecore and Common Pizza now open, and two branches of Rudy’s on the way, things are looking good for local pizza
- Six unusual new houses are coming to a secret passageway near Battersea Arts Centre
- After losing its license in murderous circumstances, Dirty Blonde on Wandsworth Road looks for a fresh start
- New opening: CoreCore Pizzeria on Queenstown Road
- Is one of Queenstown Road’s longest-abandoned shops coming back to life?
- New pub alert: Bohem Brewery is coming to Battersea
- In pictures: Building work underway at the Holy Trinity on Clapham Common
- Two new five-storey buildings coming to Tyneham Close
- Are Battersea Power Station’s historic cranes being quietly scrapped?
- A cluster of changes for some of Lavender Hill’s traders
- Change ahead for Clapham Junction’s Party Superstore?
- In pictures: Building work completes on Clapham Common’s new cafe
- A small but clever development at the old Firezza takeaway on Lavender Hill
- Lane Eight Coffee opens on Lavender Hill
- A house with more history than most: Double blue plaque unveiling on Lavender Sweep this Saturday
- A spruce-up for one of Battersea’s scruffiest buildings
- Special report: A spike in crime? What’s going on & what can we do about it?
- A happy ending for Clapham Common Northside’s oldest house?
- In pictures: Harley’s Food Hall brings a smarter grocers to Lavender Hill
- The Greatest Attraction in London: Battersea’s fleeting & forgotten People’s Palace
- Saved: Clapham Common’s crumbling & unstable toilet building finds a new lease of life
- Fat Phill’s burgers are coming to Clapham Junction
- Meet Marsha de Cordova, Labour candidate for Battersea
- Meet Georgina Burford-Connole, Rejoin EU party candidate for Battersea
- What does the future hold for Battersea’s industrial spaces?
- Meet Francis Chubb, Liberal Democrats candidate for Battersea
- Meet Dan Smith, Workers Party of Britain candidate for Battersea
- We’ve interviewed Battersea’s candidates for the July election – and found a few surprises…
- Meet Tom Pridham, Conservative candidate for Battersea
- Meet Barry Edwards, the Reform UK candidate for Battersea
- Meet Joe Taylor, the Green Party candidate for Battersea
- Like a cat: Clapham Common’s most historic house escapes demolition yet again!
- Plans are in for five new flats on Gideon Road, behind The Crown on Lavender Hill
- As Lavender Hill’s colony of Lime bikes grows, and with scooters set to join the party too: can Wandsworth bring order to the chaos?
- In pictures: Clapham Junction’s impressive new Italian deli and cafe, Prezzemolo & Vitale
- Food waste recycling is coming to Lavender Hill – what happens to the food collected, and what is the environmental impact?
- It’s back: a new public consultation is underway on the Clapham Junction rough sleeper hub
- Lavender Hill retail roundup – March 2024
- Taybridge Road’s long-abandoned corner shop may finally see a new use
- A rather unique historic house on Clapham Common is for sale (and maybe demolition)
- Is the proposed rough sleeper hub on the back burner?
- Lambeth’s Planning officers face the interesting question of whether Dirty Blonde is a bar or a club
- Social Affair, a new coffee shop & restaurant, has just opened on Lavender Hill
- A bold proposal… to abandon the promised landscaping in the Avery Walk housing development
- Mystery surrounds the future of the Lavender Hill Fitness First
- The latest on the planned rough sleepers’ hub opposite Battersea Arts Centre, following the Council’s public meeting
- A new block of flats is being planned next to the Co-op on Wandsworth Road
- The Council is hosting a public meeting, following huge controversy on their ‘stealth’ plans for a new hostel
- The first part of Clapham Junction’s redeveloped Arding & Hobbs opens for business
- pHresh Juice, a new juice & coffee bar on Lavender Hill
- Calling parents: Open mornings at the Belleville Wix Academy
- A sneak preview of the impressive new gym coming to Arding & Hobbs at Clapham Junction
- A new cafe, Pique, has opened on Lavender Hill
- Lavender Hill Retail Roundup – October 2023
- A house on Garfield Road may be converted to a 14-person HMO
- A new rough sleepers hostel opposite Battersea Arts Centre?
- A spruce-up for the Gideon Road Estate’s neglected garden area
- Some cleverly designed flats on Taybridge Road are in the running for the biggest prize in architecture
- Five fairly luxurious new Council flats are coming to the car park behind The Crown on Lavender Hill
- Clapham Common’s all-new free waterpark is open!
- Factory developers, social reformers, fearless pilots, celebrated artists, tenacious campaigners and ‘dangerous subversives’: the pioneering women of Battersea’s early days.
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Like a cat: Clapham Common’s most historic house escapes demolition yet again!
A few months ago we wrote about a rather unique house, hidden away between the big Victorian houses along the north side of Clapham Common. 64 Clapham Common Northside is much smaller and simpler building than its neighbours. It also … Continue reading
Posted in Clapham Common, Housing, Local history, Planning
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Plans are in for five new flats on Gideon Road, behind The Crown on Lavender Hill
Back in 2019, we reported on plans to build a bundle of new Council-owned housing and flats – mostly on bits of car parking in the Gideon Road Estate just north of Lavender hill. These were quite ambitious plans, and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Housing, Planning
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As Lavender Hill’s colony of Lime bikes grows, and with scooters set to join the party too: can Wandsworth bring order to the chaos?
Wandsworth has a complicated relationship with cycle hire schemes! Lots of residents don’t own cars, and we’re close to the centre of London – which means it’s a Borough where a lot of people cycle. Maybe because of this, the … Continue reading
Posted in Street by street, Transport
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In pictures: Clapham Junction’s impressive new Italian deli and cafe, Prezzemolo & Vitale
Prezzemolo & Vitale is the latest business to open in what used to be Debenhams’ beauty section at Clapham Junction – and brings a proper emporium of all things Italian – including a wide selection of cheese, meat and charcuterie, … Continue reading
Posted in Arding & Hobbs, Business, Food & drink, Retail
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Food waste recycling is coming to Lavender Hill – what happens to the food collected, and what is the environmental impact?
In the next few weeks, small brown bins will appear all over the Lavender Hill area. Everyone in Wandsworth borough who currently has a front-door rubbish collection will get one – so they can use the new weekly collections of … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Useful to know
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It’s back: a new public consultation is underway on the Clapham Junction rough sleeper hub
We’ve written a lot about the plans for a new hub for rough sleepers on Lavender Hill. Something which could actually be a decent idea, and which is an innovative way to tackle a difficult issue and help some of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Planning
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Lavender Hill retail roundup – March 2024
A few times a year we publish a review of who has opened up businesses on Lavender Hill. Back in October last year we reported quite a lot of change – but things have settled down now. Running from east … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Food & drink, Retail
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Taybridge Road’s long-abandoned corner shop may finally see a new use
For over a century, a newsagents’ and corner shop stood at the corner of the small square at the junction of Taybridge Road and Marmion Road. It was a rare surviving example of a corner shop that was hidden away … Continue reading
Posted in Clapham Common, Housing, Planning
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A rather unique historic house on Clapham Common is for sale (and maybe demolition)
Hidden away between the big Victorian houses along the north side of Clapham Common is something a bit different. 64 Clapham Common Northside is much smaller, much plainer. It’s tucked back between two large neighbours, to the extent you barely … Continue reading
Posted in Clapham Common, Curiosities, Housing, Local history, Planning
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Is the proposed rough sleeper hub on the back burner?
March update: We have now heard (from a very reliable source!) that we expect new information to be added to the planning application in the next week or so, and for it to then go to another 21-day public consultation, … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Planning, Politics
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