Wandsworth
Sign in to saveWandsworth Town () is a district of South London, within 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.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Wandsworth Town
- UK place.london_borough
- Wandsworth
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Putney
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- SW
- UK place.postcode_district
- SW18
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ255755
- UK place.static_image_name
- (former) Ram Brewery complex and Brewery Tap pub.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The former Ram Brewery, a landmark in Wandsworth's town centre
- UK place.population
- 18,072
- UK place.population_ref
- (Wandsworth Town as of 2021 census)
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 4.2
- UK place.charingX_direction
- NE
- UK place.constituency_westminster1
- Tooting
- UK place.constituency_westminster2
- Battersea
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Brewing
- Gas and power
- World War I: The Wandsworth Battalion
- Geography
- Transport
- Places of worship
- Governance
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Wandsworth Town () is a district of South London, within 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.
==Toponymy== Wandsworth takes its name from the River Wandle, which enters the Thames at Wandsworth. Wandsworth appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Wandesorde and Wendelesorde. This means 'enclosure of (a man named) Waendel', whose name is also lent to the River Wandle. To distinguish it from the London Borough of Wandsworth, and historically from the Wandsworth District of the Metropolis and the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, which all covered larger areas, it is also known as Wandsworth Town.