neighbouring areas
Postcodes
| SW1 | SW15 | SW20 | SW8 |
| SW10 | SW16 | SW3 | SW9 |
| SW11 | SW17 | SW4 | TW10 |
| SW12 | SW18 | SW5 | TW9 |
| SW13 | SW19 | SW6 | |
| SW14 | SW2 | SW7 |
A delightful, leafy corner in south-west London that has it all.
Living in Putney
Head south over Putney Bridge by car or on foot and you enter an area of London that is a residential gem.
Continue along Putney High Street and on your left is an Odeon cinema and further up on your right, Putney Exchange, a very pretty shopping mall with chemists, cafés, hairdressers, toy, clothes and games shops and a Waitrose.
At the southern end of Putney High Street are W H Smith and Sainsbury's and, near the crossroads with Upper Richmond Road, Putney railway station. Residential roads off the High Street are lined with charming late Victorian terraced cottages and houses.
Further south, to the west of Putney Hill, the houses are truly substantial, often semi-detached Victorian piles with more than a few Victorian villas entirely detached and double-fronted.
Putney Hill is noted for its stunning mansion blocks of flats and roads leading off Putney Hill are peppered with low-rise apartment blocks and modern townhouses.
Putney has a large public library, a wonderful young people's theatre club called Group 64, and a wide choice of pubs and restaurants.
Towards Tibbet's Corner is a wild area of woodland called Putney Heath, and on the south side is a mix of private and council-owned housing estates.
Transport
The A3 West Hill from Wandsworth to Tibbet's Corner marks the border with neighbouring Southfields.
Putney railway station is operated by South West Trains and offers a good regular service to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo; and to Barnes, Richmond, Ascot, Bracknell and Reading.
East Putney tube station lies on the District line between the terminus at Wimbledon and Earl's Court station where it links to the rest of the London Underground.
There are good local bus services to Roehampton, Wimbledon, Southfields and Wandsworth, and to numerous other destinations including Fulham.
For a full list of routes please visit www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/
History and culture
Since the mid 19th century, Putney has been a significant centre for rowing. Over twenty rowing clubs are based on Putney Embankment and they have produced a plethora of Olympic medallists.
The University Boat Race, contested annually between Oxford and Cambridge, has used Putney Bridge as its starting point since 1845.
The parish church of St Mary The Virgin, on the south side of Putney Bridge, hosted the Putney Debates of 1647. Towards the end of the English Civil War, soldiers serving Oliver Cromwell were concerned that they were removing their monarch and replacing him with Cromwell the dictator.
The soldiers, known as the "Levellers", drew up an Agreement of the People which subsequently influenced much of the wording in the United States Declaration of Independence. In 1649 King Charles the First was beheaded, and Cromwell all but crowned himself king, executing most of the Levellers in the process to ensure his grip on power.
For further information about Putney please visit http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/default.htm
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