Area guide to Clapham |
Our area guide to Clapham will
give you a quick overview
what
it is like living in Clapham. Including-
typical property
prices, local neighbourhood information, shopping and nightlife, local shools results
and
public transport guide. |
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Clapham is an area of South London, England, located mostly in the London Borough of Lambeth. Clapham dates back to Anglo-Saxon times; the name is thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon word for "Clappa's farm". In the late seventeenth century large country houses began to be built there, and throughout the eighteenth and early nineteenth century it was favoured by the upper classes, who built many large and gracious houses and villas around Clapham Common and in the Old Town.
Today Clapham covers a largish area surrounding Clapham Common, with Holy Trinity Church (1776) close to the North Side. The Old Town and High Street to the east of the Common have a lively set of restaurants and shops. At the end of the twentieth century and beginning of the twenty-first, local property prices rose steeply, and Clapham is now home to a rather homogeneous grouping of affluent young workers in their twenties and thirties. |
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TransportThe main railway station Clapham Junction (which is actually in Battersea) is the largest and busiest railway junction in the UK, being the place where routes to the west and southwest of London converge. Other stations include:
Clapham High Street railway station
Wandsworth Road railway station
Clapham has three tube stations, all on the Northern Line:
Clapham North tube station (border with Stockwell)
Clapham Common tube station
Clapham South tube station (border with Balham) |
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LOCAL COUNCIL INFORMATION: |
Guide to Council Tax in Clapham areaCouncil Tax is worked out by your local
council who sets the Council Tax rates for each year. The amount
you have to pay depends on the value of your property and the current
rates for your local council. |
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Band
A |
Band
B |
Band
C |
Band
D |
Band
E |
Band
F |
Band
G |
Band
H |
| £432 |
£504 |
£576 |
£648 |
£792 |
£936 |
£1,080 |
£1,296 |
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Each year, every local authority will set a rate of council
tax for each valuation band. Not everyone will have to
pay the full amount of council tax.
Three ways
in which your council tax bill may be reduced:
- the reduction scheme for disabled people
- discounts (ie If only one person lives in a property they will get a 25% discount
on the council tax bill)
- council tax benefit and second adult rebate |
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| More information about Clapham: |
| - Average Property prices in Clapham |
| - Average Rental prices in Clapham |
| - Transport guide to Clapham |
| - Schools guide to Clapham |
| - Area Photos of Clapham |
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| - Properties for sale in Clapham |
| - Properties to rent in Clapham |
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