Clapham Road, SW9

Clapham Road was originally an ancient Roman military road called Stane Street.

On 22 July 2005, Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian electrician living in London, was shot dead by plainclothes police officers at Stockwell station. This incident came a day after the failed 21 July 2005 London bombings occurred on Tube trains and a bus in London; however, it later emerged that it was a case of mistaken identity on the part of the police and that Menezes had nothing to do with the attacks.

In the immediate aftermath of the shooting a small shrine to Jean Charles de Menezes was created by mourners outside the station, this has since evolved into a permanent memorial mosaic.

It became known as the Merton Road as it led though Clapham, Balham and Tooting to Merton. In Georgian times City merchants began to build grand houses alongside Clapham Road and coach houses were built for their horses.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Stockwell Stockwell is a district situated a couple of miles south-east of Charing Cross.

Stockwell

Stockwell station (1930) Clapham Road in 1930, showing Stockwell station. Binfield Road runs off to the right.

Stockwell station (1930)

NEARBY STREETS

Acland House, SW9 Acland House is a block on Stockwell Gardens (Stockwell)

Acland House, SW9

Albert Square, SW8 Albert Square, a beautiful garden square, was developed on former market garden land and was completed in 1851. (South Lambeth)

Albert Square, SW8

Allen Edwards Drive, SW8 Allen Edwards Drive is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Allen Edwards Drive, SW8

Allen Edwards Road, SW8 The former Devonshire Road was renamed Allen Edwards Road in 1937 (South Lambeth)

Allen Edwards Road, SW8

Alphabet Mews, SW9 Alphabet Mews runs off the southern end of Hackford Road, beside the Type Museum (Oval)

Alphabet Mews, SW9

Aytoun Place, SW9 Aytoun Place is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Stockwell)

Aytoun Place, SW9

Bakery Close, SW9 Bakery Close is a cul-de-sac west of Liberty Street (Oval)

Bakery Close, SW9

Bancroft Court, SW8 Bancroft Court is a block on Lansdowne Green (South Lambeth)

Bancroft Court, SW8

Binfield Road, SW4 Binfield Road leads west from the junction at Stockwell station (Stockwell)

Binfield Road, SW4

Birrell House, SW9 Birrell House is a block on Stockwell Road (Stockwell)

Birrell House, SW9

Bromfelde Walk, SW4 Bromfelde Walk is a road in the SW4 postcode area (Stockwell)

Bromfelde Walk, SW4

Burnley Road, SW9 Burnley Road is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Stockwell)

Burnley Road, SW9

Caldwell Street, SW9 Caldwell Street was originally called Holland Street (Oval)

Caldwell Street, SW9

Causton House, SW9 Causton House is a block on Printers Road (Oval)

Causton House, SW9

Clapham Road, SW8 Clapham Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)

Clapham Road, SW8

Clapham Road, SW9 Clapham Road was originally an ancient Roman military road called Stane Street. (Stockwell)

Clapham Road, SW9

Clarence Walk, SW4 Clarence Walk is a road in the SW4 postcode area (Stockwell)

Clarence Walk, SW4

Clark’s Row, SW9 Clark’s Row was lost to post-war demolitions (Brixton)

Clark’s Row, SW9

Cornwallis Court, SW8 Cornwallis Court is a block on Allen Edwards Drive (South Lambeth)

Cornwallis Court, SW8

Cranworth Gardens, SW9 Cranworth Gardens was built during the period 1899 to 1902 (Oval)

Cranworth Gardens, SW9

Crossford Street, SW9 Crossford Street is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Stockwell)

Crossford Street, SW9

Darsley Drive, SW8 Darsley Drive is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Darsley Drive, SW8

Dovert Court, SW8 Dovert Court can be found on Lansdowne Way (Stockwell)

Dovert Court, SW8

Dovet Court, SW8 Dovet Court is a building on Hampson Way (South Lambeth)

Dovet Court, SW8

Durand Gardens, SW9 Durand Gardens is a street of terraces, semi-detached and detached houses (Oval)

Durand Gardens, SW9

Eastcote Street, SW9 Eastcote Street is a location in London (Stockwell)

Eastcote Street, SW9

Equiano House, SW9 Equiano House is sited on Lett Road (Oval)

Equiano House, SW9

Fergusson Mews, Fergusson Mews lies within the postcode (Stockwell)

Fergusson Mews,

Fitzgerald House, SW9 Residential block (Brixton)

Fitzgerald House, SW9

Gaskell Street, SW4 Gaskell Street is a road in the SW4 postcode area (Stockwell)

Gaskell Street, SW4

Grant House, SW9 Grant House is a block on Liberty Street (Oval)

Grant House, SW9

Groveway, SW9 Groveway is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Oval)

Groveway, SW9

Guildford Road, SW8 Guildford Road - the location of St Barnabas Church - was on the map from the 1860s onwards (South Lambeth)

Guildford Road, SW8

Hackford Road, SW9 Hackford Road is the former home of Vincent van Gogh (Oval)

Hackford Road, SW9

Hackford Walk, SW9 Hackford Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Oval)

Hackford Walk, SW9

Hampson Way, SW9 Hampson Way runs parallel with Clapham Road (Oval)

Hampson Way, SW9

Hartington Court, SW8 Hartington Court is a block on Lansdowne Way (South Lambeth)

Hartington Court, SW8

Hayward Court, SW9 Hayward Court is a block on Paradise Road (Stockwell)

Hayward Court, SW9

Heather Court, SW4 Heather Court can be found on Binfield Road (Stockwell)

Heather Court, SW4

Heyward Court, SW4 A street within the postcode (Stockwell)

Heyward Court, SW4

Hillyard Street, SW9 Anne Hillyard was the widow of a clergyman who helped fund Stockwell Orphanage in 1867 (Oval)

Hillyard Street, SW9

Ingleborough Street, SW9 Ingleborough Street largely became part of Slade Gardens in 1962, although it still exists as a road (Brixton)

Ingleborough Street, SW9

Irving Grove, SW9 Irving Grove is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Stockwell)

Irving Grove, SW9

Isabel Street, SW9 Isabel Street was renamed to Van Gogh Walk in 2013 (Oval)

Isabel Street, SW9

Jeffrey’s Road, SW4 Jeffrey’s Road is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Stockwell)

Jeffrey’s Road, SW4

Jeffreys Walk, SW4 Jeffreys Walk is a location in London (Stockwell)

Jeffreys Walk, SW4

Johnston Close, SW9 Johnston Close runs off the southern end of Hackford Road (Oval)

Johnston Close, SW9

Lansdowne Gardens, SW8 Lansdowne Gardens features Lansdowne Circus at its centre (South Lambeth)

Lansdowne Gardens, SW8

Lansdowne Green, SW8 Lansdowne Green is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Lansdowne Green, SW8

Lansdowne Way, SW4 Lansdowne Way - once called Landsdowne Road - crosses South Lambeth Road and runs west to Wandsworth Road (Stockwell)

Lansdowne Way, SW4

Larkhall Lane, SW4 Larkhall Lane is an older road in the western part of Stockwell (Stockwell)

Larkhall Lane, SW4

Lett Road, SW9 Lett Road runs from Liberty Street to Clapham Road (Oval)

Lett Road, SW9

Liberty Street, SW9 Liberty Street runs south from Caldwell Street to Durand Gardens. (Oval)

Liberty Street, SW9

Lingham Street, SW9 Lingham Street is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Stockwell)

Lingham Street, SW9

Lorn Road, SW9 Lorn Road is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Brixton)

Lorn Road, SW9

Marina Place, SW8 Marina Place was a new name for Victoria Place after 1937 (Stockwell)

Marina Place, SW8

Mccall Close, SW4 Mccall Close is one of the streets of London in the SW4 postal area (Stockwell)

Mccall Close, SW4

Morat Street, SW9 Morat Street runs north to south between Liberty Street to the west and Hackford Road. (Oval)

Morat Street, SW9

Mursell Road, SW8 Portland Place South was renamed as Mursell Road in 1939 (South Lambeth)

Mursell Road, SW8

Paradise Road, SW4 This is an article about Paradise Road, SW4 (Stockwell)

Paradise Road, SW4

Park Heights, SW9 Park Heights is a block on Robsart Street (Brixton)

Park Heights, SW9

Parkington House, SW9 Parkington House is a building on Clapham Road (Stockwell)

Parkington House, SW9

Portland Grove, SW8 This is a street in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Portland Grove, SW8

Portland Place North, SW8 Portland Place North eventually morphed into Portland Grove - subject to much post-Second World War development (South Lambeth)

Portland Place North, SW8

Printers Road, SW9 Printers Road marks the former use of the road before its construction - a print works (Oval)

Printers Road, SW9

Priory Grove, SW8 Priory Grove is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Stockwell)

Priory Grove, SW8

Priory Mews, SW8 Priory Mews is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Stockwell)

Priory Mews, SW8

Richardson Court, SW4 Richardson Court is a block on Studley Road (Stockwell)

Richardson Court, SW4

Robsart Street, SW9 Robsart Street is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Brixton)

Robsart Street, SW9

Rundell Tower, SW8 Rundell Tower is a block on Hampson Way (South Lambeth)

Rundell Tower, SW8

Saddlers Way, SW8 Saddlers Way is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Saddlers Way, SW8

Sidney Road, SW9 Sidney Road is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Stockwell)

Sidney Road, SW9

Singer Mews, SW9 Singer Mews is a location in London (Stockwell)

Singer Mews, SW9

Somerville Close, SW9 Somerville Close is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Brixton)

Somerville Close, SW9

Southey Road, SW9 Southey Road runs between Brixton Road and Hackford Road (Oval)

Southey Road, SW9

St Martin’s Road, SW9 St Martin’s Road is situated at the end of Burnley Road (Stockwell)

St Martin’s Road, SW9

St Michael’s Road, SW9 St Michaels Road is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Stockwell)

St Michael’s Road, SW9

St. Michael’s Road, SW9 St. Michael’s Road is a location in London (Stockwell)

St. Michael’s Road, SW9

Stockwell Gardens, SW9 Stockwell Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Stockwell)

Stockwell Gardens, SW9

Stockwell Lane, SW9 Stockwell Lane is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Stockwell)

Stockwell Lane, SW9

Stockwell Park Crescent, SW9 The area of Stockwell Park Crescent was acquired for development in 1806, but the majority of the construction occurred after 1838. (Brixton)

Stockwell Park Crescent, SW9

Stockwell Park Road, SW9 Stockwell Park Road is a mid nineteenth century development (Stockwell)

Stockwell Park Road, SW9

Stockwell Terrace, SW9 The row of eight three-storey mid-nineteenth-century terraced houses of Stockwell Terrace are Grade II listed (Stockwell)

Stockwell Terrace, SW9

Studley Road, SW4 Studley Road is one of the streets of London in the SW4 postal area (Stockwell)

Studley Road, SW4

Surridge Court, SW4 Surridge Court is located on Paradise Road (Stockwell)

Surridge Court, SW4

TDA House, SW9 TDA House is a block on Clapham Road (Stockwell)

TDA House, SW9

Teversham Lane, SW8 Teversham Lane is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Teversham Lane, SW8

The Studios, SW8 The Studios is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Stockwell)

The Studios, SW8

Union Court, SW4 Union Court is a road in the SW4 postcode area (Stockwell)

Union Court, SW4

Van Gogh Walk, SW9 Van Gogh Walk commemorates the artist who lived nearby during 1873 (Oval)

Van Gogh Walk, SW9

Viceroy Road, SW8 Viceroy Road is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Viceroy Road, SW8

Zachary House, SW9 Zachary House is a block on Lett Road (Oval)

Zachary House, SW9

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Nine Elms station opened during 2021 on the new Battersea extension of the Northern Line Credit: Transport for London TUM image id: 1488201136 Licence:	Brixton station Credit: IG/andresbalcazar TUM image id: 1653835542 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Zebra taxi TUM image id: 1557317410 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Brixton Road before WWI Credit: Lambeth Archives TUM image id: 1516734883 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Caldwell Street (then Holland Street) in 1920 Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1516657388 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Fentiman Road, SW8 (2017) The road is named after local mid-19th century Vauxhall developer John Fentiman. TUM image id: 1544889021 Licence:	Hackford Road in a Van Gogh style Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1559057488 Licence:	Most of the left side of Hartington Road depicted here - the area between Hartington Road and Wandsworth Road - was demolished in 1950s slum clearance. TUM image id: 1503224152 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A view from the lounge of 20a Manor House Road, Stockwell. Credit: Ted Hayward TUM image id: 1627921579 Licence:	Tradescant’s Ark The Musaeum Tradescantianum was the first museum open to the public to be established in England. Located in South Lambeth, it comprised a collection of curiosities assembled by John Tradescant the elder and his son in a building called The Ark, and a botanical collection in the grounds of the building. Turret House, the family home, was demolished in 1881. The house stood on the site of the present Tradescant Road and Walberswick Street, off South Lambeth Road. TUM image id: 1704974715 Licence:
Victoria Mansions with tram, South Lambeth Road on the corner of Old South Lambeth Road Paul O’Grady lived here when Lily Savage was a feature of both the Vauxhall Tavern and Vauxhall’s Elephant and Castle pub. Albert and Atholl Mansions on the left were demolished around 1975 to make way for the Mawbey Estate TUM image id: 1704976189 Licence:	Over 197 festivals take place in London every year including the largest free festival - the Mayor’s Thames Festival - and Europe’s biggest street festival, the Notting Hill Carnival which attracts near one million people Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1630946766 Licence:	Hemans Street circa 1935 showing Portland Cottages on the right. TUM image id: 1575397043 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Unknown artist’s rendering of Clapham North. Credit: Unknown artist TUM image id: 1683206164 Licence:	Beaufoy Vinegar Works TUM image id: 1704805753 Licence: CC BY 2.0