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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: Transport
The Lavender Hill / Latchmere Road junction is being rebuilt
It’s been planned for some time, but works are now underway on rebuilding the Lavender Hill / Queenstown Road / Elspeth Road junction. It follows an investigation by the Coroner, John Caller, in to the tragic death in 2016 of … Continue reading
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Part of the Queenstown Road cycle route’s set for an upgrade – but the worst bit may not see much change.
Plans are being developed to improve the cycle lane along the northern end of Queenstown Road. As the last chance for cycle commuters from much of south west London to safely cross the river before the nightmare of Vauxhall gyratory, … Continue reading
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The long-planned second entrance to Queenstown Road station may still be on track
It’s been a while, but there’s finally a little bit of progress on the planned new entrance to Queenstown Road station. The Battersea Exchange development that’s funding it is complete, but in February last year we noted that things had … Continue reading
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The Milkman still delivers to Lavender Hill
It’s a long-lost sound many of us remember from our childhood – but it’s not gone away. If you’re awake in the early hours in Lavender Hill, you may hear the familiar sound of an electric milk float, and the … Continue reading
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Work starting to improve the Lavender Hill / Queenstown Road junction
Back in January we reported that following 17 accidents at the junction in three years (cars crashing into nine cycles, five pedestrians and two motorbikes), Lambeth are planning to make some design changes to make it safer. Work is now … Continue reading
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Should the speed limit on Lavender Hill stay at 20 or be increased? Have your say…
Back in 2017, the speed limit on most of Wandsworth’s roads was cut to 20mph. Driving much faster than that on narrow side streets full of parked cars, small children and cats wasn’t very safe in any case – which … Continue reading
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Cycle lanes, 20mph, school streets, bollards and planters… what’s going on with Lavender Hill’s traffic?
It’s been a dramatic year in traffic terms! After a deathly calm early on in the lockdown, there’s no doubt that the traffic on Lavender Hill and some of the residential streets has been pretty busy! We’ve also seen a … Continue reading
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A new cycle lane – and less car parking – on Lavender Hill
The Coronavirus is changing travel habits – with a steep drop in bus & train use, and a similarly steep increase in journeys by cycle or in cars. And our roads are being adapted to this. Lavender Hill has always … Continue reading
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Coming soon, to a lamp post near you: Electric car chargers
Something unusual’s happening to all the lamp posts on Clapham Common Northside. You may have seen it yourself – what usually happens is a gentleman in hi-viz digs holes about two feet deep, throws in a big copper grid, wires … Continue reading
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Bus stops are being extended, to cope with the Coronavirus
This is Forthbridge Road bus stop, on Clapham Common Northside. It’s one of the first to be extended, to provide more waiting space – and to allow safe use of the pavement at the same time as the bus stop. … Continue reading
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