Up the Junction
200 acres of fine common land with colourful characters
Location: Clapham Common Southside, SW4
Description: 'Clapham Common' is a triangular area of grassland of about 200 acres (0.8 km) in size, situated between Clapham, Battersea and Balham.
The common is surrounded by many fine houses which began to be built in the 1790s and became fashionable dwellings in (what was then) this village south of London. As London expanded in the 19th century this became part of a built-up area, and Clapham was eventually absorbed into the capital.
It also seems the common has a more 'colourful' side as part of the Common has a reputation as a gay meeting place, and was featured in a heterosexual capacity in the 'Squeeze' song 'Up the Junction', and was also connected with the famous Ron Davies 'moment of madness' incident in 1998.
It has also been the venue for a number of annual Gay Pride festivals. The bushy regions of the common are used by homosexual men for 'cottaging' activities - the filthy so-and-so's.
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A Delight off Shoreditch», 5.2km
Free Learning for All», 4.0km
Pinochet's Priory House Arrest», 11.km
A Jubilee Walk in London», 2.7km
Up the Junction», 0km
A Garden with a Gruesome Past», 4.2km
Time to get Physic in Chelsea», 1.9km
Wetlands in London», 4.3km
One Fabulous Place», 5.7km
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