London Borough of Wandsworth: Difference between revisions

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| official_name = London Borough of Wandsworth

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| settlement_type = [[London boroughs|London borough]]

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| seat_type = Admin HQ

| seat = Wandsworth

| government_type = [[London borough council]]

| governing_body = [[Wandsworth London Borough Council]]

| leader_title2 = London Assembly

| leader_name2 = [[Leonie Cooper]] (Labour) AM for [[Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constituency)|Merton and Wandsworth]]

| leader_name3 = [[Fleur Anderson]] (Labour)<br/>[[Rosena Allin-Khan]] (Labour)<br/>[[Marsha de Cordova]] (Labour)

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The borough borders the [[London Borough of Lambeth]] to the east, the [[London Borough of Merton]] and the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]] to the south, the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] to the west, and to the north (across the [[River Thames]]) three boroughs, namely the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]], the [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]] and the [[City of Westminster]]. The local authority is [[Wandsworth London Borough Council]].

 

==History==

 

 

==Geography==

 

Secular architecturally most highly listed buildings include: [[Battersea Power Station]], the [[Battersea Arts Centre]] (formerly town hall), [[Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability]], [[Wandsworth Town Hall]], as well as particularly the interiors of the large [[Grenada, Tooting|Gala Bingo Club, Tooting]], the former [[Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction|Granada Theatre]], St John's Hill, Clapham Junction by [[Theodore Komisarjevsky]], and in terms of ornate mansions a cluster of five large stone and brick buildings mostly converted to diverse public uses in and around [[Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton]] at grade II* or above.<ref>[http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/mapsearch.aspx Map] created by [[Ordnance Survey]] of [[listed building]]s courtesy of [[English Heritage]] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424060625/http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/mapsearch.aspx |date=24 April 2012}}</ref> In Old Battersea two fine masonry mansions survived [[The Blitz]]: Old Battersea House <ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1065500|desc=Old Battersea House|access-date=28 January 2013}}</ref> and Downshire House<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1357666|desc=Devonshire House including railings and gates|access-date=28 January 2013}}</ref>—both hold rare Grade II* status.

 

==Demographics==

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group

|-

! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1985 |title=Ethnic minorities in Britain: statistical information on the pattern of settlement |url=https://jstor.org/stable/community.28327806 |journal=Commission for Racial Equality |language=English |pages=Table 2.2|last1= Equality|first1= Commission for Racial}}</ref>

|-

!Number

!%

!%

|-

|

|

|-

![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total

!200,184

!81.2%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White British|British]]

|–

|–

|-

| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Irish|Irish]]

|–

|–

|-

| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]

|–

|–

|-

|White: Roma

|–

|–

|-

| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Other White|Other]]

|–

|–

|-

! style="text-align:left" | [[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total

!–

!–

|–

|–

| || 7,412 || 2.8% || 8,642 || 2.8%

|9,599

|–

|–

| || 5,449 || 2.1% || 9,718 || 3.2%

|12,249

|–

|–

| || 1,099 || 0.4% || 1,493 || 0.5%

|1,639

|–

|–

| || 2,227 || 0.9% || 3,715 || 1.2%

|4,658

|–

|–

| || 4,084 || 1.6% || 9,770 || 3.2%

|10,169

|-

! style="text-align:left" | [[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total

!–

!–

| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]

|–

|–

| || 10,013 || 3.8% || 14,818 || 4.8%

|17,330

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]

|–

|–

| || 12,665 || 4.9% || 12,297 || 4.0%

|11,356

|–

|–

| || 2,388 || 0.9% || 5,641 || 1.8%

|4,376

|-

! style="text-align:left" | [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total

!–

!–

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean

|–

|–

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African

|–

|–

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian

|–

|–

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed

|–

|–

!–

!–

!1.7%!! 3,337 !! 1.3% !! 6,444 !! 2.1%

!13,442

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1.7%|| 3,337 || 1.3% || 4,094 || 1.3%

|9,582

|-

! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total

!46,490

!18.8%

!32.2%

|-

|

|

|-

! style="text-align:left" | Total

!246,674

!100%

!100%

|}

 

==Transport==

[[Cycle Superhighway|Cycle Superhighway 7]] (CS7) is an unbroken, signposted [[cycle route]] running through the southeastern portion of the Borough. The route runs along the [[A24 road (England)|A24]] and [[A3 road|A3]] roads, through [[Tooting]], [[Balham]], and [[Clapham]]. Northbound the route links the Borough directly to the [[City of London]] via [[Kennington]], [[Elephant and Castle]], and [[Southwark]]. Southbound, the route runs unbroken to [[Colliers Wood]].

 

 

Although CS8 leaves the Borough to the north, cycling infrastructure is provided along the entire A3205 route between Wandsworth Town and [[Nine Elms]]. This means that there is a continuous, signposted cycle route - primarily along designated [[Bike lane|cycle lanes]] - from Wandsworth Town and Battersea to [[Vauxhall]], [[Lambeth]], and the [[South Bank]].

==Education==

{{See also|List of schools in Wandsworth}}

 

 

==Religion==

 

According to the 2011 Census, approximately 35% of Wandsworth identified as being [[irreligion|non-religious]], or chose not to state their faith.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/downloads/file/8655/analysis_cultural_characteristics_language_religion_ethnic_group_etc|title=2011 Census data and analysis|work=Wandsworth.gov.uk|date=2017|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref>

 

The following shows the religious identity of residents residing in Wandsworth according to the 2001, 2011 and the 2021 censuses.

*[[Tara Arts Theatre]]

 

* [[Balham, London|Balham]]

* [[Battersea]]

 

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

 

* [http://www.wandsworthradio.com Wandsworth Radio]

* [http://wandsworthsociety.org.uk/ The Wandsworth Society]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071222172024/http://www.westcotestudios.co.uk/ Wandsworth Art Studios]