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🌱 Urban park

Clapham Common

188 ha

Getting here

51.45846, -0.14935

Best for

5 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Cycling

Varies65%

Named cycling route nearby: Quietway 5

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

22

22 named nearby

Named route
🚴

Cycling

321

321 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

Wandle Trail · Walking0
Tooting Common parkrun · Walking0
Capital Ring (section 04) - alternative for dogs in Norwood Grove · Walking0
Capital Ring link to Balham station · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this urban park

Clapham Common is a urban park covering 188 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Autumn in the Park, Clapham Common

Autumn in the Park, Clapham Common

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

Café

Pear Tree Cafe · 47m

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Parking

1 nearby · 468m

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Playground

4 · 87m away

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Toilets

2 · 61m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km