Clapham Junction

What you said

People

• More of a focus needed on residents, not just visitors

• Help for rough sleepers and more police needed

• The station area on St John’s Hill and Falcon Road underpass hosts anti-social behaviour

• Intimidating people shout and follow pedestrians walking between Winstanley Estate and Clapham Junction Station at night, making women feel unsafe

• Prevention of urination against florist box outside station is needed

• Streets drinkers congregate at Bramlands Close at night, making people feel unsafe when walking between Falcon Road Bus stop and the station

• Loud shouting on Lavender Hill between 12am and 4am as people return from night venues

• Anti-social behaviour on Lavender Gardens

Place

• Northcote Road summer pedestrianisations have been welcomed

• Less lighting needed in the town centre

• Falcon Road is dirty and feels unsafe, should be improved with lighting and artwork

• Public toilet needed

• Later opening shops needed for safety

• Better lighting is needed, shop windows around the Station are unlit at night creating dark patches

• The store front of the empty furniture shop on Battersea Rise could be animated

• Area around Devas youth club needs better lighting

Economy

• Battersea Arts Centre underused at night

• Supermarket night workers deal with difficult drunk customers

• Night workers experience a range of challenges when returning home from shifts, including a lack of public transport options, stop and search by police, and antisocial drunken behaviour on the streets

Transport

• Walking and wayfinding

  • Clapham Junction is a major interchange but has unclear wayfinding – people get lost looking for bus stops and station entrances

• Public transport
  • Loss of 319 bus has had a negative impact on night workers
  • Difficult for night workers to get home after shifts
• Private transport

  • Vehicles speed on busy stretch between Wandsworth Common and Northcote Road

  • Better taxi pick up points needed

What we recommend:

• Work with Police to increase presence in crime hotspots such as St John’s Hill and around Clapham Junction Station

• Campaign around sexist, drunk and anti-social behaviour

• Work with Adult Social Services and Community Safety to promote safe spaces and provide help for rough sleepers and those with mental health issues

• Introduce creative interventions at Falcon Road underpass

• Consider introducing a public toilet

• Provide space for community activities and a place for locals to spend time off the streets

• Encourage later opening times for shops and animate windows of closed shops

• Carefully consider more lighting where necessary

• Explore creative lighting and interventions to improve wayfinding around the station and to popular night time venues

• Discuss night time bus routes with TFL

• Work with National Rail on safety around station, including through increased activity, public realm design and improved taxi pick up points