Clapham Junction - street improvements

Scheme aims

Pedestrian flows on St John's Hill, Lavender Hill, Falcon Road and St John's Road are extremely high. Street furniture such as cycle parking and guard railing is cluttering the pavement. The current conditions are unattractive and dangerous.

The proposed scheme aims to:

• make the area safer and more attractive and convenient for pedestrians and
• enhance journey times for general traffic, buses and cyclists

Scheme principles

Within the study area the following issues have been identified as being in need of attention:

• Complexity of the junction of St John's Hill, Lavender Hill, Falcon Road and St John's Road
• Difficulty of pedestrian movement on St John's Hill
• Quantity of traffic at the crossroads of St John's Hill with Lavender Hill, Falcon Road and St John's Road
• Road safety for bicycles and motorcycles, particularly on Lavender Hill
• Cluttering of the kerbside space on St John's Hill

If these issues are addressed, pedestrian crossing facilities will lie closer to desire lines and traffic in the area will run more smoothly.

Transport proposals

The main changes to local streets and footways will be:

• Redesign of the junction of St. John's Hill, Lavender Hill, Falcon Road and St. John's Road to provide improved pedestrian crossing facilities. This will include a diagonal crossing to makeit easier for pedestrians to get across the junction between the Falcon Pub and Debenhams Department Store;
• Introduction of a right turn into Falcon Lane from Lavender Hill. This will include a banned right turn from Lavender Hill onto Falcon Road
• Movement of the taxi rank from it's current position to a site further along St John's Hill;
• Improvements to the junction of the Falcon Lane and ASDA car park access road ;
• Introduction of a keep clear area, within the existing mini-roundabout between Falcon Lane and Falcon Road;
• Widening of the pedestrian crossing outside the railway station to give pedestrians more space;
• Amendment of bus stop locations on St John's Hill to combine service stops;
• Introduction of cycle lanes along Lavender Hill in both directions between the junctions with Falcon Lane and Falcon Road to improve cyclists' safety; and
• Amendments to the waiting and loading restrictions in the area.

Download maps showing the proposals, and changes to the waiting and loading restrictions.

Streetscape proposals

Proposals include improved conditions for pedestrians and a clear and barrier free streetscape through:

• Reduction of guard railing
• Straight and direct crossings
• New public spaces
• Creating furniture zones for street furniture, taxi ranks and bus stops along the road
• Creating a clutter-free movement zone for pedestrians close to the buildings
• Durable materials for paving, lighting, benches, bus shelters
• Repaving of large sections of the pavements with large sand coloured slabs
• More trees
• Providing cycle parking away from the congested pavements

Emai: transportation@wandsworth.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 8871 6629.