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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
- A bold new look for Khan’s Indian restaurant
- Several new cycle sheds on the streets & estates around Lavender Hill
- Donna Margherita: Is this goodbye?
- The new rooftop floor is appearing Clapham Junction’s landmark Arding & Hobbs building
- Fabrics Galore, celebrating 30 years of saving good people from bad fabrics…
- Reopened: Maiella Worth Cafe
- Back to the future with a new front entrance for the Clapham Grand
- Carpetman, the new occupier of Mr Liu’s old takeaway
- The lost community & uncertain future of Culvert Road
- Revealed: The first two new businesses replacing Debenhams in Clapham Junction
- The 1998 Motorcycle Murders on Lavender Hill
- An unusual new house for the Shaftesbury Estate
- New cafe: Maiella Worth, 789 Wandsworth Road
- A new ‘tiny house’ house for Marney Road?
- A cluster of new office developments is coming soon to Queenstown Road
- In Pictures: Ashley Crescent at dusk
- Farewell to The Corner Stone bookshop on Lavender Hill
- Has anyone forgotten a boat on Queenstown Road?
- In pictures: Lavender Hill’s fading mural still has plenty of charm
- Lavender Hill’s mystery weathervane
- A chance Google Street View encounter in Clapham
- Brace yourselves for a flood of lamp post advertising banners
- The complex past & intriguing future of the Boots site on Falcon Lane
- Work begins on the controversial block of flats on Parma Crescent
- A new start for the old Royal British Legion on Lavender Hill
- In pictures: Lavender Hill Fish & Chips is opening a sister business next door
- No Boring Beer is now open on Lavender Hill
- Works update: Arding & Hobbs at Clapham Junction
- Exhibition and play on John Archer, the first Black Mayor in London – this Friday at Battersea Arts Centre
- A new tower on Battersea Park Road – with 213 flats!
- Changes at the Holy Trinity Church on the Common
- Lavender Hill retail roundup – September 2021
- A new start for this rather sad cluster of empty buildings on Wandsworth Road?
- Legal challenge to Lambeth on their approach to Clapham Common
- The Gideon Road Estate, off Lavender Hill, is getting several new buildings
- Broadband chaos in Battersea! But it’s likely to be worth it in the end.
- A new interesting beer shop & bar on the way for Lavender Hill
- The Lavender Hill / Latchmere Road junction is being rebuilt
- How have Lavender Hill’s restaurants done during the pandemic?
- The long-lost Cedars pub: finally restored, but not as a pub
- A new type of extension on the Shaftesbury estate
- In pictures: The new Pear Tree Cafe on Clapham Common
- Compulsory water meters are coming to Clapham Common Northside
- Part of the Queenstown Road cycle route’s set for an upgrade – but the worst bit may not see much change.
- The long-planned second entrance to Queenstown Road station may still be on track
- Lavender Hill’s back in business
- An update on the interesting Wixs Lane development
- Wasabi is opening a new branch in Clapham Junction
- Another twist in the development project at Parma Crescent
- Megan’s innovative new outdoor restaurant on the Common opens this Friday
- At last, the lights on Clapham Common are being repaired properly
- Vaacinations at Battersea Arts Centre
- Feeling brave? The toilets in the woods on Clapham Common are up for rent, to entrepreneurs with ideas.
- Megan’s has big plans for the Clapham Common skate park cafe
- The Milkman still delivers to Lavender Hill
- Lavender Hill retail roundup – February 2021
- A surprising planning decision on Taybridge Road
- Work starting to improve the Lavender Hill / Queenstown Road junction
- A big upgrade for Clapham Common’s basketball court
- John Archer, Battersea’s groundbreaking mayor, may be honoured with a statue on Lavender Hill
- A neon nod to Lavender Hill’s history, hidden away among Battersea’s new flats
- Walks aren’t just for the countryside! We review two recent walking guides in Battersea.
- Should the speed limit on Lavender Hill stay at 20 or be increased? Have your say…
- Go karts, climbing ropes, bowling, minigolf… a look at the big plans for the ex-Debenhams in Wandsworth
- The Christmas Forest is back on Lavender Hill… and are expecting record sales this year
- New pub for Clapham Junction: The London and South Western
- The final result of the long-running plans for a block of flats on Parma Crescent
- Could this garage become Lavender Hill’s smallest house?
- The Queens Arms in Battersea is back! A rare reopening of a long-closed neighbourhood pub.
- Good news on Asda’s scandalous planning application…
- Cycle lanes, 20mph, school streets, bollards and planters… what’s going on with Lavender Hill’s traffic?
- Two ‘architectural’ new houses are being built on Wix’s Lane
- The Battersea Studios office complex may be growing again
- Baguette Deli: A new French cafe on Lavender Hill
- Stormont Road: Car crashes in to the DayLewis pharmacy…
- Controversial plans to remove and pave over *all* the plants and greenery around Asda at Clapham Junction
- A new cycle lane – and less car parking – on Lavender Hill
- Lavender Hill’s Pizza Express is reopening
- In pictures: A charming Book Swap on Shirley Grove, Battersea
- Revealed: The future of Arding & Hobbs (Debenhams)
Category Archives: Environment
Compulsory water meters are coming to Clapham Common Northside
You may have noticed a lot of Thames Water vans around in the last few weeks, and people in Thames Water uniforms taking lots of photos of tiny drain covers in the pavement, as well as painting them white. As … Continue reading
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Megan’s innovative new outdoor restaurant on the Common opens this Friday
We’ve taken a quick look behind the scenes. Small-but-growing local business Megan’s took a new lease on the long-closed and dilapidated Recovery Cafe next to the skate park & basketball courts, and for the last month they have since been … Continue reading
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At last, the lights on Clapham Common are being repaired properly
Good news on Clapham Common: the street lights running from the Bandstand to the abandoned toilets by the South Circular road are finally having a major overhaul. This particular row of a dozen or so lights has been very problematic … Continue reading
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Feeling brave? The toilets in the woods on Clapham Common are up for rent, to entrepreneurs with ideas.
They’ve been boarded up for as long as most of us can remember. At one stage someone stole part of the roof. The whole building leans just slightly. And they narrowly escaped complete demolition over a decade ago. But somehow, … Continue reading
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Megan’s has big plans for the Clapham Common skate park cafe
A few weeks ago we reported that the gradually-deteriorating former Recovery Kitchen next door to the basketball courts had gone under offer for around £25,000 a year. And now we know that it’s being taken over by local restaurateur Megan’s, who already … Continue reading
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A surprising planning decision on Taybridge Road
Wandsworth have just made an interesting planning decision – which is maybe the sign of a new approach to urban trees and greenery in Wandsworth. It’s on a site that a couple of years ago was very controversially converted from … Continue reading
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A big upgrade for Clapham Common’s basketball court
Things are looking up for Clapham Common’s basketball court. As part of a project to support grass roots basketball in the UK, it’s set to be turned in to a proper spectator arena with new rows of tiered spectator seating … Continue reading
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A neon nod to Lavender Hill’s history, hidden away among Battersea’s new flats
Taking the bus along Queenstown Road on a rainy winter evening, if you cast your eye down one of the obscure side streets full of bins & delivery lorries you might just spot a huge sprig of Lavender glowing in … Continue reading
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Walks aren’t just for the countryside! We review two recent walking guides in Battersea.
One of the simple pleasures that’s still open to most of us – including in the lighter stages of lockdown – is outdoor exercise. And what better way to do this than to explore the area we live in in … Continue reading
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Good news on Asda’s scandalous planning application…
A few weeks ago we reported on proposals by Asda to remove all the trees and plants around their Clapham Junction store, and pave over the green areas with tarmac and a glued gravel finish, seemingly to cut maintenance costs. … Continue reading
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