This neighbourhood stretches from Clapham Common Underground station to the west, all the way up to Wandsworth Road Overground station to the north, then makes its way past Clapham North along Clapham High Street and Clapham Road, to Stockwell, where it meets with South Lambeth Road. The area is divided into the Clapham portion, west of the Overground line, and the area closer to Stockwell, though the area’s characteristics are much the same – Victorian terraces on well-arranged streets, with a few interwar flats closer to Stockwell station. The Stockwell side also has a few more warehouses and other light industry, as can be ascertained from streets such as Timber Mill Way.

Stockwell’s name referred to a well-spring by a tree stump, first recorded back in 1197. The Green was the centre of the settlement, with the manor house on the north (demolished in 1755, then again around a century later) and well to the south-west. The area began to bloom with villas in the mid-1800s, tightly packed or terraced, and remain in place today. Institutions would begin to arise in the 1860s, with the terminus of London’s first deep tube line, the City & South London Railway, arriving in 1890.

In 1772 there was a case of a poltergeist disturbance in Stockwell, where it was said that numerous cups, saucers and stone plates at Mrs. Golding’s house had fallen off a shelf, with food thrown around the room. Noises were said to have been emanating from the house. It was later exposed as a hoax, conducted by the servant Anne Robinson, who had attached horsehairs and wires to move the crockery, and made the noises herself.

Transportation can be slightly inconvenient for those living off the High Street and Clapham Road, though connections are really good the closer one gets to these thoroughfares. However, this does come with the associated traffic and congestion, as well as the slight rowdiness during the weekends. In addition, for those living closer to Wandsworth Road, the area to the north is a large industrial park, which adds lorry traffic, and green spaces are slightly lacking.

Near to the area, attention has been placed by the council of the regeneration of Stockwell Park Estate, which has now been completed. The redevelopment delivered 177 homes in total. Of these 41 are for affordable rent and 40 rented apartments for Active Elderly, while twenty are for shared ownership and 76 apartments for private sale. The scheme, which received over £4.2 million of funding from the Greater London Authority (GLA), marks the final stages of the wider £200 million regeneration of the Stockwell Park. This investment has gone towards building new homes, refurbishing and improving existing homes and upgrading community spaces on the estate.