Wandsworth News is an independent news and information site for the London borough of Wandsworth. Our aim is straightforward: report what is changing across the borough, and make the everyday local information people look up easy to find. Alongside that we keep a guide to what is on here.
Where we cover
Our patch is the borough of Wandsworth, south of the river between Battersea Bridge and Putney Bridge: Battersea and Nine Elms, Clapham Junction, Putney, Roehampton, Southfields, Earlsfield, Wandsworth Town and Wandsworth Common, Balham and Tooting, covering the SW11, SW12, SW15, SW17 and SW18 postcodes.
Boundaries here catch people out, so we check them before we publish. Clapham is split: Clapham Junction is in Battersea and is part of our patch, while Clapham High Street, Clapham North, Clapham Park and the south side of Clapham Common are in Lambeth. Wandsworth Road runs through Lambeth, and Wandsworth Bridge Road is in Hammersmith and Fulham, so neither is a Wandsworth story by name alone. Wandsworth also shares several services with neighbouring boroughs, including food safety and licensing with Merton and a joint staff structure with Richmond upon Thames, but the decisions we report on in the borough are Wandsworth Council’s.
How we report
Most of what we publish comes from public records that anyone is entitled to see but few people have time to read: planning applications from the weekly lists Wandsworth Council advertises by ward, open crime data from the police, sold-price data from HM Land Registry, the Food Standards Agency’s hygiene register, notices in The Gazette, and official alerts on flooding, weather and roadworks. We turn those records into plain-English stories and link to the original source on every one, so you can check the facts yourself.
We use software to help monitor those sources and draft routine updates quickly, the same approach the large regional publishers now use, but the facts always come from the named source, never invented, and anything sensitive is checked by a person before it is published.
Tell us what is happening
Some of the best local stories start with someone who noticed it first. If you know of a planning row on your street, a road closure, a business opening or closing, or a community event worth listing, email hello@wandsworthnews.co.uk. We read everything and we treat tips in confidence.
Images
Where we use a photograph we either took it ourselves, licensed it, used an image supplied to us for that purpose, or used an openly licensed image, and we credit it as required. We do not republish other outlets’ photographs.
Corrections
We would rather be accurate than first. If you spot an error, email hello@wandsworthnews.co.uk and we will put it right and note the correction.
Who we are
Wandsworth News is published by the GOB Media Group, a UK media company. We are not affiliated with Wandsworth Council or any other body we report on.