Clapham Junction (area)

	The Falcon, Clapham Junction
	Clapham Junction Location within Greater London
London borough	Wandsworth;
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SW11
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Battersea and Clapham;
London Assembly	Merton and Wandsworth;
	List of places UK England London 51°27′49.61″N 0°10′4.12″W / 51.4637806°N 0.1678111°W

Clapham Junction is a district in the London Borough of Wandsworth, in south-west London, England; it is an urban locality around Clapham Junction railway station. Despite its name, it is not located in Clapham, but forms the commercial centre of Battersea.^[1] It was named Clapham Junction to stress its proximity to nearby Clapham Common.

v t e London Borough of Wandsworth
Districts	Balham Battersea Clapham Earlsfield Furzedown Nine Elms Putney Putney Heath Putney Vale Roehampton Southfields Streatham Park Summerstown Tooting (including Tooting Graveney and Upper Tooting) Wandsworth West Hill
Attractions	Battersea Arts Centre Battersea Power Station Bridge Lane Theatre Chrysalis Theatre De Morgan Centre Grace Theatre New Covent Garden Market New Wandsworth Museum Pump House Gallery Theatre503 Theatre of the Dispossessed
Bridges and tunnels	Albert Bridge Battersea Bridge Battersea Railway Bridge Chelsea Bridge Fulham Railway Bridge Grosvenor Bridge Putney Bridge Wandsworth Bridge
Parks and open spaces	Battersea Park Clapham Common King George's Park Tooting Bec Common Wandsworth Common Wandsworth Park Wimbledon Park York Gardens
Constituencies	Battersea Putney Tooting
Tube and rail stations	Balham Battersea Park Battersea Power Station Clapham Junction Clapham South Earlsfield East Putney Nine Elms Putney Queenstown Road (Battersea) Southfields Tooting (in LB of Merton) Tooting Bec Tooting Broadway Wandsworth Common Wandsworth Town
Other topics	Council Listed buildings Grade I and II* Grade II People Public art Schools
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Transport

The Falcon, Clapham Junction
Clapham Junction Location within Greater London
London borough	Wandsworth
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SW11
Dialling code	020

Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London

UK Parliament	Battersea and Clapham
London Assembly	Merton and Wandsworth
List of places UK England London 51°27′49.61″N 0°10′4.12″W / 51.4637806°N 0.1678111°W / 51.4637806; -0.1678111