Clapham East is an inner‑London ward in the London Borough of Lambeth, just south‑west of central London. It sits close to Clapham Common and the busy shopping and transport spine around Clapham High Street, so you get a mix of leafy open space, Victorian and Edwardian terraces and the more urban streets that link into neighbouring boroughs.
The ward is socially and economically mixed, home to long‑standing families, council estates and younger professionals drawn by good Northern line and Overground connections. There’s a lively local scene of independent cafés, pubs and small shops alongside ongoing regeneration pressures and rising property values, and its history of 19th‑century development sits alongside 20th‑century social housing and contemporary community initiatives.
Postcode districts covering Clapham East
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Islington 5.9 miles9.5 km
- City of Westminster 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Bexley 11.9 miles19.1 km
- Sutton 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Crawley 24 miles38.7 km
- Croydon 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Slough 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Harrow 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Watford 18 miles29 km
- Woking 22.1 miles35.6 km
- Harlow 23.5 miles37.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Clapham Town Ward 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Brixton Acre Lane Ward 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Clapham Common & Abbeville Ward 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Lambeth Built-up area 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Stockwell West & Larkhall Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Stockwell East Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Brixton North Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Clapham Park Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Brixton Rush Common Ward 1 mile1.5 km
- Brixton Windrush Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Shaftesbury & Queenstown Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Nine Elms Ward 1.3 miles2 km
Example postcodes in Clapham East
SW4 7NL, SW4 7LG, SW4 7SH, SW9 9LH, SW4 7JW, SW4 7EZ, SW9 9LU, SW9 9EN, SW9 9LA … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 8.6 miles13.8 km
- London Heathrow Airport 14 miles22.5 km
- Clapham High Street Railway Station 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Wandsworth Road Railway Station 0.6 miles1 km
- Waterloo Bus Depot 2.9 miles4.7 km
Hotels near Clapham East Ad
- Hotel 41 5 2.5 miles4 km
- The Connaught, Maybourne Hotel Collection 5 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Haymarket Hotel 5 3.1 miles5 km
- The Dorchester 5 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Egerton House 5 2.8 miles4.5 km
- The Lanesborough, Oetker Collection 5 2.9 miles4.6 km
- The Peninsula London 5 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Park Hyatt London River Thames 5 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Henrys Townhouse Marylebone 5 3.8 miles6.2 km
- The Resident Victoria 4 2.5 miles4.1 km
Schools in Clapham East
- South Bank Colleges Further education
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Ritzy Theatre 0.7 miles1.2 km
- The Oval Stadium 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Brit Oval Stadium 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Tate Britain Museum 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Apollo Victoria Theatre Theatre 2.3 miles3.7 km
- West Norwood Library Centre Library 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Victoria Palace Theatre Theatre 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Imperial War Museum Museum 2.5 miles4 km
- The Other Palace Theatre 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Westminster Hall Historic site 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Churchill War Rooms Museum 2.7 miles4.3 km
- London Dungeon Museum 2.8 miles4.5 km