Guidebook for London
Essentials
Tesco's across the road is a little bit cheaper if you want anything more than milk, bread, butter, pasta etc.
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Sainsbury's Local
1-3 Bryanston StTesco's across the road is a little bit cheaper if you want anything more than milk, bread, butter, pasta etc.
Cheapest place to shop for stuff within a 10 min walk
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TESCO Express
275-277 Battersea Park RdCheapest place to shop for stuff within a 10 min walk
Biggest store around, you can walk under the railway to get there. Only worth going to if you're staying 5+ days, or on your way back through Battersea Park
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Tesco Metro
224-226 Portobello RdBiggest store around, you can walk under the railway to get there. Only worth going to if you're staying 5+ days, or on your way back through Battersea Park
Food Scene
Run by a french sommelier and son of a Parisian michelin star chef. It is not cheap but it is so local and the food is SO good and original! Looking at £40pp for lunch and more in the evenings! Can book a table online.
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Gastronhome
59 Lavender HillRun by a french sommelier and son of a Parisian michelin star chef. It is not cheap but it is so local and the food is SO good and original! Looking at £40pp for lunch and more in the evenings! Can book a table online.
Wonderful people and decor, moderately priced menu (£10-£18), decent service. What you pay for is fresh ingredients with authentic flavour - far better than your standard meal at the pizza chains. The vesuvius pizza is a real winner for Calzone lovers and the reason I'll be going back again and again over the coming months.
Made in South Pizzeria
42 Lavender HillWonderful people and decor, moderately priced menu (£10-£18), decent service. What you pay for is fresh ingredients with authentic flavour - far better than your standard meal at the pizza chains. The vesuvius pizza is a real winner for Calzone lovers and the reason I'll be going back again and again over the coming months.
TV's Channel 5 chef Nancy Lam runs a cafe-style Indonesian restaurant with cheerfully decorated tables. It has been here over 30 years and she has some personality, that's for sure. £10-£15
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Nancy Lam's Enak Enak
56 Lavender HillTV's Channel 5 chef Nancy Lam runs a cafe-style Indonesian restaurant with cheerfully decorated tables. It has been here over 30 years and she has some personality, that's for sure. £10-£15
Local place with the best £10 Beer and Burger deal in London (Mondays). There is also a free table tennis and pool table.
They also do Beer, Cider, Wine and Spirits a little cheaper than central London prices.
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The Victoria
10A Strathearn PlLocal place with the best £10 Beer and Burger deal in London (Mondays). There is also a free table tennis and pool table.
They also do Beer, Cider, Wine and Spirits a little cheaper than central London prices.
Drinks & Nightlife
Spanish tapas dishes, wines and sherries by candle light in a contemporary, upscale bar-restaurant.
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Boqueria
192 Acre LnSpanish tapas dishes, wines and sherries by candle light in a contemporary, upscale bar-restaurant.
Cocktail bar and club with DJ's and an affordable grill & steaks menu.
This is in the heart of Clapham's nightlife. Feel free to go to Inferno's (anyone can tell you the way from here) if you want to go out out.
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64th & Social
64 Clapham High StCocktail bar and club with DJ's and an affordable grill & steaks menu.
This is in the heart of Clapham's nightlife. Feel free to go to Inferno's (anyone can tell you the way from here) if you want to go out out.
This is a boat bar and it has incredible views. Quiet during the day but rammed full on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Easy walk from Vauxhall Rail (3 mins from Queenstown Road) or Vauxhall Bus Station (take the 77 from outside Tesco's & Sainsburys)
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Tamesis Dock
Albert EmbankmentThis is a boat bar and it has incredible views. Quiet during the day but rammed full on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Easy walk from Vauxhall Rail (3 mins from Queenstown Road) or Vauxhall Bus Station (take the 77 from outside Tesco's & Sainsburys)
Getting Around
3 minutes South to Clapham Junction, 3 mins north to Vauxhall (Victoria Line) and 7 mins to Waterloo (Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee and Waterloo & City Lines)
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Queenstown Road
Queenstown Road3 minutes South to Clapham Junction, 3 mins north to Vauxhall (Victoria Line) and 7 mins to Waterloo (Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee and Waterloo & City Lines)
4 mins north to London Victoria (Central, District and Victoria Lines)
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Battersea Park station
Battersea Park Road4 mins north to London Victoria (Central, District and Victoria Lines)
Heath Road
Heath RoadSantander Cycles (Boris Bike) Docking Station
Stanley Grove
Stanley GroveSantander Cycles (Boris Bike) Docking Station
Silverthorne Road (Stop S) station
Santander Cycles (Boris Bike) Docking Station
£1.50 for the 137 bus to Battersea Park > Sloane Square > Knightsbridge > Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly Line) > Marble Arch > Selfridges > Oxford Circus!
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Prairie Street (Stop R) station
£1.50 for the 137 bus to Battersea Park > Sloane Square > Knightsbridge > Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly Line) > Marble Arch > Selfridges > Oxford Circus!
£1.50 to go East to London Waterloo Station (London Eye, South Bank, Tate Modern, St.Paul's Cathedral etc.) or cross the road and get the bus West to Clapham Junction for a rail link to Richmond, Windsor or Reading amongst others.
Nice quiet alternative to the tube/ train but 10 mins slower.
The Chase Clapham (Stop H) station
£1.50 to go East to London Waterloo Station (London Eye, South Bank, Tate Modern, St.Paul's Cathedral etc.) or cross the road and get the bus West to Clapham Junction for a rail link to Richmond, Windsor or Reading amongst others.
Nice quiet alternative to the tube/ train but 10 mins slower.
Parks & Nature
Gorgeous and thames-side parkland with little quiet trails, mini golf, fountains, Go Ape tree-top adventures, and a band-stand at the centre of it all.
There is also a children's zoo and the Peace Pagoda looking over towards Chelsea
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Battersea Park
Battersea Park RoadGorgeous and thames-side parkland with little quiet trails, mini golf, fountains, Go Ape tree-top adventures, and a band-stand at the centre of it all.
There is also a children's zoo and the Peace Pagoda looking over towards Chelsea
Loads of dogs and joggers on this parkland still often called "the lung of London". Go through the park and head West to Northcote road for a some lovely shops and cafes or head East to Clapham old town for the nightlife
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Clapham Common North Side
Clapham Common North SideLoads of dogs and joggers on this parkland still often called "the lung of London". Go through the park and head West to Northcote road for a some lovely shops and cafes or head East to Clapham old town for the nightlife