Clapham Local Information
Practical local information for Clapham: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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Lambeth Roadworks This Week: Brixton Hill and Northern Line
Brixton Hill keeps junction signals to 12 November with two overnight closures, and the Northern line shuts south of Euston on 14 and 15 November.
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Streatham
Streatham Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Streatham
Streatham roadworks: A23 Brixton Hill (from 15 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Brixton
Brixton Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Brixton
Brixton roadworks: A23 Brixton Hill (from 15 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Lambeth
Lambeth Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Lambeth
Lambeth roadworks: Whitgift Street (now, until 24 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Brixton
Brixton Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Brixton weather today: heavy drizzle, 10°C by day and 6°C overnight, with a 96% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph.
Lambeth
Lambeth Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Lambeth weather today: heavy drizzle, 10°C by day and 6°C overnight, with a 96% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph.
Streatham
Streatham Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Streatham weather today: light rain, 10°C by day and 6°C overnight, with a 97% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Waterloo
Waterloo Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Waterloo weather today: drizzle, 9°C by day and 4°C overnight, with a 98% chance of rain and winds up to 8 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Local Info
Clapham Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today
Cheapest petrol in Clapham today: unleaded from 136.8p and diesel from 142.8p a litre, across 50 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from the...
Weather
Clapham Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Clapham weather today: heavy drizzle, 10°C by day and 6°C overnight, with a 96% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph.
Bins
Clapham Bin Collection Days: Only Fridays Move at Christmas
Lambeth's 2026/27 calendar moves Friday rounds to Saturdays at Christmas and nothing else, not even on bank holidays. Rubbish is fortnightly, garden waste £99.
Parking
Parking in Clapham: Permits £136 to £683, Diesel Adds £275
Lambeth prices resident permits on emissions, from £135.96 to £682.63, then adds £275 for diesel and £125 for a second permit. Clapham has no council car park.
Council Tax
Clapham Council Tax Bands: £1,027 Gap Across the SW4 Line
The full A to H table for 2026/27. Band D is £2,047.11 in Lambeth and £1,020.35 in Wandsworth, and SW4 postcodes fall on both sides of the boundary.
Local Info
Clapham house prices: £600,000 median, area by area
The middle SW4 sale was £600,000 and the average Lambeth flat £447,226. Medians for Clapham, Brixton, Streatham and Herne Hill from 3,093 Land Registry sales.
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Clapham tube times: Oxford Circus 16 min, Bank 17, £3.60
Clapham Common to Bank is 17 minutes and £3.60 at peak. Journey times, zones and 2026 fares from every station in Lambeth, plus what the annual Travelcard costs.
Lambeth
Lambeth planning: 662 homes built against a 1,335 target
Lambeth built 662 homes against a target of 1,335 and has 4.21 years of housing land, so the presumption applies. The new Local Plan, and what is approved in Brixton.
Schools
Lambeth School Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term Is Not One Week
Lambeth's October half term is 26 to 30 October, but Harris Academy Clapham and Streatham & Clapham High take two weeks, from 19 October. All the dates.
Travel
Clapham Christmas Trains 2026: Waterloo Stays Open 27 Dec
No SWR trains on 25 or 26 December; last Waterloo train about 10pm on Christmas Eve. Unlike last year, Waterloo to Clapham Junction stays open from 27 December.
Half Term
Clapham October Half Term 2026: 26 to 30 Oct, What's On
Lambeth's half term is 26 to 30 October 2026. Free library craft sessions every day, IWM's Big Story Festival on 25 and 26 October, and fireworks on the 31st.