Clapham High Street is the main through road and shopping area in

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, in the

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History

On Clapham Common, not far from the western end of the High Street, is Holy Trinity Church, which was associated with the

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in the early nineteenth century. The Clapham Sect, whose members included

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, helped campaign for the abolition of the slave trade and was instrumental in the introduction of the

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Transport

The High Street is well served by public transport:

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and Clapham North tube stations on the London Underground's

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are, respectively, at the southern and northern ends of the High Street, with

Clapham High Street railway station Clapham High Street railway station is on the South London line in Clapham, within the London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London. It is measured from (the former LC&DR platforms also being measured from ). It is served by London Overground s ...

on the

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, part of the

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with limited national rail services also serving the station, also at the northern end, close to Clapham North.

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routes 50, 88, 155,

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and

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run the length of the High Street, while routes

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, 417 and P5 serve the endpoints but do not run along the road itself. The road itself is part of the A3.

References and notes

Streets in the London Borough of Lambeth Clapham District centres of London {{London-road-stub