Putney
Sign in to savePutney () is an affluent district in southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- London
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Putney Bridge at night
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.population
- 77,140
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.official_name
- Putney
- UK place.london_borough
- Wandsworth
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Putney
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- SW
- UK place.postcode_district
- SW15
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ235755
- UK place.static_image
- File:Putney Bridge at night.jpg
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- History
- River crossing
- St Mary's Church
- Open spaces and clean air
- Putney Heath
- Local character
- Demographics
- Politics
- Rowing and the Boat Race
- Sculpture
- Putney Sculpture Trail
- Historic links to sculpture and sculptors
- Plaque
- Transport
- Quotes
- Notable residents
- Nearest places
- See also
- References
- External links
Putney () is an affluent district in southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
==History== thumb|A map showing the Putney ward of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916 Putney is an ancient parish which covered in the Hundred of Brixton in the county of Surrey. Its area has been reduced by the loss of Roehampton to the south-west, an offshoot hamlet that conserved more of its own clustered historic core.