Clapham Common

Clapham Common
Clapham Common
Type	Public park (previously common land)
Location	Clapham
Coordinates	51°27′28″N 0°08′58″W / 51.4578°N 0.1494°W / 51.4578; -0.1494
Area	220 acres (0.89 km2)
Operated by	Lambeth London Borough Council
Open	All year
Public transit access	Clapham Common and Clapham South

Clapham Common is a large triangular urban park in Clapham, south London, England. Originally common land for the parishes of Battersea and Clapham, it was converted to parkland under the terms of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1878. It is 220 acres (89 hectares)^[1] of green space, with three ponds and a Victorian bandstand. It is overlooked by large Georgian and Victorian mansions and nearby Clapham Old Town.

Holy Trinity Clapham, an 18th-century Georgian church overlooking the park, is important in the history of the evangelical Clapham Sect. Half of the park is within the London Borough of Wandsworth, and the other half is within the London Borough of Lambeth.