Local know how, Local tours
Love the area you live - we do.
The local Balham, Battersea and Clapham tours competition has now finished. We would like to congratulate Annabel Warfield, aged 5 from Wandsworth who has won a fully catered picnic for her and her friends on Wandsworth Common.
The tours were such a great success that they are still available to download from our site.
Whether you already live here or are planning to move within the area, our tours will allow you to discover points of interest, unusual facts and historical insights. It's the perfect way to get to know a place better and fall in love with it and its history.
Along the way, you can enjoy a free cup of tea and a sweet treat and collect your free frisbee from the local Marsh & Parsons office.
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Balham, known as the "gateway to the south" offers a variety of interesting history, and this tour will show you memorial artwork commemorating the deaths from Balham's World War II attack, as well as which well known block of flats was used by the foreign office during World War II. The hour long tour of Balham will take you to the historical Balham station, up Balham Hill and finishing on the southern side of Clapham Common.
On route, don't forget to pop into our Balham & Clapham South office to pick up your free frisbee, and visit our partner cafe, Bertie & Boo at 162 Balham High Road SW12 9BW for a complimentary cup of tea and a sweet treat.
This hour long tour of Clapham will allow you to discover more about the area's history, and show you some of the iconic sights - find out when the bandstand was erected, and see the remnants of the old Orangery, once part of Thornton House. The tour will take in Clapham Common, The Pavement and Clapham Old Town.
On route, don't forget to pop into our Clapham Old Town office to pick up your free frisbee, and visit our partner cafe, The Pavement Cafe & Bistro at 21 The Pavement, for a complimentary cup of tea and a sweet treat.
Battersea is home to many wonderful and intriguing sights, and is steeped in history. This hour long tour will explore the Northcote Road, where you will find out about one of London's lost rivers, and then to the old Arding & Hobbs department store, where you'll learn about a famous poet who fell asleep and got locked in for a weekend. You'll also find out interesting facts about Battersea Rise, Bolingbroke Grove and Wandsworth Common.
On route, don't forget to pop into our office on Northcote Road to pick up your free frisbee, and visit our partner cafe, Gail's at 64 Northcote Road, SW11 6QL for a complimentary cup of tea and a sweet treat.
