Roehampton
Sign in to saveright|thumb|260px|Map of Roehampton, excluding Roehampton/Putney Vale to the south Roehampton is an area in southwest London, sharing its SW15 postcode with neighbouring Putney and Kingston Vale, and takes up a far western strip, running north to south, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It contains a number of large council house estates and is home to the University of Roehampton.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Greater London
- UK place.static_image_name
- Roehampton High Street.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Roehampton High Street
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.population
- 16,132
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Ward of Roehampton and Putney Heath)
- UK place.official_name
- Roehampton
- 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
- TQ225745
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Location
- Governance
- History
- Council housing
- Recent history and today
- Demography
- Transport
- Depiction in fiction, film and television
- Notable residents
- Nearest places
- Bibliography
- See also
- References
- External links
right|thumb|260px|Map of Roehampton, excluding Roehampton/Putney Vale to the south Roehampton is an area in southwest London, sharing its SW15 postcode with neighbouring Putney and Kingston Vale, and takes up a far western strip, running north to south, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It contains a number of large council house estates and is home to the University of Roehampton.
==Etymology== The Roe in Roehampton's name is thought to refer to the large number of rooks that still inhabit the area.