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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
- 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.
- A difficult problem: Are traffic lights the answer for Culvert Road’s troublesome railway tunnel?
- In pictures: Partridges stationers & art suppliers closes after 60 years
Category Archives: Street by street
Queenstown Road’s most special tree gains protected status
Battersea has the UK’s only grapefruit tree growing in the street – and it’s just been recognised with protected tree status Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Local history, Street by street
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An unusual house is up for auction, at a bargain-basement price, on Broughton Street
A long-abandoned and unusual building in Battersea is up for auction – we take a look inside Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Planning, Street by street
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A house with more history than most: Double blue plaque unveiling on Lavender Sweep this Saturday
84 Lavender Sweep doesn’t exactly stand out from the crowd. A terrace like the others, just off Battersea Rise, the only thing that’s a little different at first glance is the rather elegant arched window above the inner front door, … Continue reading
Posted in Local history, Street by street
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The Greatest Attraction in London: Battersea’s fleeting & forgotten People’s Palace
The 1880s were quite a big moment for Battersea. The railway had arrived, bringing with them an explosion of development – with houses, streets, entire neighbourhoods being built. There was a lot of money around, and everything and anything seemed … Continue reading
Posted in Curiosities, Local history, Street by street
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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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A bold proposal… to abandon the promised landscaping in the Avery Walk housing development
We keep an eye on new planning applications in the Lavender Hill area – and from time to time we see one that we think has to be some kind of joke! This time it’s at Avery Walk, where an entirely … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Planning, Street by street
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A new block of flats is being planned next to the Co-op on Wandsworth Road
An plan is emerging to build a block of flats on an unusually awkward scrap of land on Wandsworth Road. It’s currently home to a garage, as well as an unofficial late night club, on St Rule Street next to … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Street by street, Wandsworth Road
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The Council is hosting a public meeting, following huge controversy on their ‘stealth’ plans for a new hostel
A few weeks ago we found out about some rather vague plans for a new hostel for rough sleepers opposite Battersea Arts centre, which we noticed on a chance dig deep in the Wandsworth planning database. These were a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Planning, Politics, Street by street
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A house on Garfield Road may be converted to a 14-person HMO
Plans have been submitted to convert 40 Garfield Road – a terrace house about half way along the street, just to the right of the white one pictured above – to an 8-bedroom, 14-person House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) spread … Continue reading
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