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Lambeth Roadworks This Week: Stockwell Road and Brixton Hill
Stockwell Road has temporary lights at Rumsey Road from 26 to 31 October, and Brixton Hill a one-night contraflow on 1 November. Every Lambeth job, from TfL.
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Lambeth
Myatt's Fields By-Election: Labour Holds Seat by 211 Votes
Molly Hartill of Labour and Co-operative won the Myatt's Fields by-election with 1,026 votes, 211 ahead of the Green candidate. Full result and what changes.
Christmas
Santa's grotto near Clapham 2026: BAC from 4 Dec, £15
Battersea Arts Centre's grotto runs 4 to 24 December at £15 a child. Brixton Windmill's is 6 December at £5.50, booked online from 16 November.
Brixton
Brixton Tesco Site: Up to 210 Homes in Lambeth's New Plan
The Tesco on Acre Lane could become 180 to 210 homes over a new store. Lambeth adopts the plan on 14 October, with sites in Streatham and West Norwood too.
Christmas
Clapham Christmas Markets 2026: Southbank, Brixton, Old Town
Southbank Centre's Winter Market runs 2 November to 3 January, stalls 11am to 10pm and bars to 11pm. Clapham's own is one evening on The Polygon.
Brixton
Black History Month Brixton 2026: Free Market 10-11 Oct
The Black Culture Market is free at Lambeth Town Hall on 10 and 11 October. Plus a £20 archives talk, two tours from Windrush Square and Southbank dates.
Lambeth
Myatt's Fields By-Election Result: Labour Hold by 211
Molly Hartill (Labour and Co-operative) won Myatt's Fields on 8 October with 1,026 votes to the Green candidate's 815. Votes and the May result.
Herne Hill
Clapham fireworks 2026: Herne Hill Velodrome sold out
Herne Hill Velodrome's 31 October fireworks are sold out, waiting list only. Battersea Park is 7 and 8 Nov from £10.60; Dulwich 7 Nov; Lambeth has none.
Clapham
Clapham Christmas lights 2026: Junction 27 Nov, Old Town TBC
Clapham Junction switches on at 5pm on Friday 27 November on Northcote Road. The Old Town date is not out yet; the last Friday of November is likely.
Lambeth
Lambeth Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 Nov, six ceremonies
Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Lambeth held six ceremonies last year, from Kennington Park at 10.45am to Windrush Square at 2pm. Times due in October.
Lambeth
Clapham panto 2026: none in Lambeth, Wimbledon from 5 Dec
Lambeth has no pantomime this Christmas. Peter Pan runs at New Wimbledon Theatre from 5 December and Cinderella at Fairfield Halls from 11 December.
Brixton
Kevin Campbell Mural at Morleys Brixton Starts This Week
Painting of the Kevin Campbell mural at Morleys begins the week of 24 August. It goes on the same Brixton store that already carries the David Bowie mural.
Brixton
Lambeth Heritage Festival 2026 (ended): 80+ September events
The September programme is out: over 80 walks, talks and tours, most of them free. The Local History Fair is at Brixton library on 5 September.
Brixton
International House Brixton: £13k raised for legal challenge
A CrowdJustice appeal to fund a judicial review of the 288-home Brixton scheme stood at £12,989 of £25,000 with four days left. The council's register still shows no decision notice.