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 miles
- Islington 5.9 miles
- City of Westminster 3.7 miles
- Bexley 11.9 miles
- Sutton 7.6 miles
- Crawley 24 miles
- Croydon 7.4 miles
- Slough 20.7 miles
- Harrow 12.6 miles
- Watford 18 miles
- Woking 22.1 miles
- Harlow 23.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Clapham Town Ward 0.4 miles
- Brixton Acre Lane Ward 0.6 miles
- Clapham Common & Abbeville Ward 0.6 miles
- Lambeth Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Stockwell West & Larkhall Ward 0.8 miles
- Stockwell East Ward 0.9 miles
- Brixton North Ward 0.9 miles
- Clapham Park Ward 0.9 miles
- Brixton Rush Common Ward 1 mile
- Brixton Windrush Ward 1 mile
- Shaftesbury & Queenstown Ward 1 mile
- Nine Elms Ward 1.3 miles
Example postcodes in Clapham East
SW9 9LJ, SW4 7TX, SW4 7NJ, SW4 7TL, SW4 7ED, SW9 9LN, SW4 9QW, SW4 7AF, SW4 9RP … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 8.6 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 14 miles
- Clapham High Street Railway Station 0.2 miles
- Wandsworth Road Railway Station 0.6 miles
- Waterloo Bus Depot 2.9 miles
Hotels near Clapham East Ad
- The Resident Victoria 4 2.5 miles
- Staybridge Suites London-Vauxhall 4 2 miles
- Hotel Cafe Royal 5 3.3 miles
- The Stafford London 5 3 miles
- Page8, Page Hotel 4 3.2 miles
- Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites & Residences, London 5 2.5 miles
- The Ampersand Hotel 5 2.9 miles
- Conrad London St. James 5 2.5 miles
- 41 Hotel 5 2.5 miles
- The Resident Covent Garden 3.3 miles
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 miles
- The Oval Stadium 1.6 miles
- Brit Oval Stadium 1.6 miles
- Tate Britain Museum 1.9 miles
- Apollo Victoria Theatre Theatre 2.3 miles
- West Norwood Library Centre Library 2.4 miles
- Victoria Palace Theatre Theatre 2.4 miles
- Imperial War Museum Museum 2.5 miles
- The Other Palace Theatre 2.5 miles
- Westminster Hall Historic site 2.6 miles
- Churchill War Rooms Museum 2.7 miles
- London Dungeon Museum 2.8 miles