Editing Clapham Common (section)

{{Short description|Triangular urban park in Clapham, south London, England}}
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{{Infobox park
| name           = Clapham Common
| photo          = Victorian style lamp posts on the way to Clapham Common Bandstand - geograph.org.uk - 1514161.jpg
| photo_width    = 250
| photo_caption  = Clapham Common
| type           = [[Urban park|Public park]] (previously [[common land]])
| location       = [[Clapham]]
| coords         = {{coord|51.4578|N|0.1494|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| area           = {{convert|220|acre|km2}}
| created        =
| operator       = [[Lambeth London Borough Council]]
| visitation_num =
| status         =
| publictransit  = [[Clapham Common tube station|Clapham Common]] and [[Clapham South tube station|Clapham South]]
| open           = All year
}}

'''Clapham Common''' is a large triangular [[urban park]] in [[Clapham]], south London, England. Originally [[common land]] for the parishes of Battersea and Clapham, it was converted to parkland under the terms of the [[Metropolitan Commons Act 1878]]. It is {{convert|220|acre|ha|abbr=off}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/outdoors/heaths-and-commons |title=London's heaths and commons |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410074327/http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/outdoors/heaths-and-commons |publisher= visitlondon.com |archive-date=10 April 2009 |access-date=13 March 2010}}</ref> of green space, with three ponds and a Victorian bandstand. It is overlooked by large Georgian and Victorian mansions and nearby Clapham Old Town.

[[Holy Trinity Church, Clapham|Holy Trinity Clapham]], an 18th-century [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] church overlooking the park, is important in the history of the evangelical [[Clapham Sect]]. Half of the park is within the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]], and the other half is within the [[London Borough of Lambeth]].