Improving Wandsworth Town
We are working with Transport for London (TfL) to improve the town centre and one-way gyratory road system. This includes streets and pavements, accessibility, transport and connections, as well as new opportunities for culture, leisure and community.
Get involved
Visit our Commonplace website to sign up for news updates about changes in the town centre.
In June 2026, Wandsworth Town Centre will be featured as a London Festival of Architecture (LFA) ‘neighbourhood’ with a series of events for residents and visitors that highlight the town centre’s industrial past, present and future. Learn more on the LFA website.
What we are doing
Initial short-term works include improving the pedestrian routes under the railway bridges across The Causeway and Swandon Way, adding greening to Wandsworth High Street, and decluttering the pedestrian route between Armoury Way and The Causeway
Medium-term changes led by TfL include proposals for new pedestrian crossings, wider crossing islands, widening some pavements and adding bus lanes to improve bus services and make cycling easier. TfL will be running a formal consultation on these changes in summer 2026, with plans to implement them over the next two years.
Additionally, we will be improving landscaping and lighting upgrades in the town centre, developing a joined-up network of safe walking and cycling routes, working with Network Rail on step-free access and a second entrance to Wandsworth Town station and completing the final stages of re-modelling Old York Road.
Responding to your priorities
During 2025, we and Transport for London (TfL) carried out extensive public engagement during events and on our dedicated consultation website.
Residents and businesses in Wandsworth Town told us that their top priorities were:
- Connection and movement - moving around should be made easier and safer
- An identity for Wandsworth Town - create a ‘heart’ and draw on heritage of the area
- Links to nature - better routes and signposting to green spaces and the river
- Better public spaces - more greening and ‘public square’
- Affordable housing - genuinely affordable housing built
- Culture, leisure and the night-time - more venues, activities and things to do in the evening
Read more in the full engagement report.
About the area
Wandsworth Town has been identified in the London Growth Plan as an important place for inclusive growth, economic development and genuinely affordable homes. It is also home to hundreds of unique businesses and a thriving resident community.
New mixed-use housing developments at Ram Quarter, New Acres and future sites are increasing footfall and changing how residents move through and use the town centre.
London’s busy South Circular road runs through Wandsworth Town Centre - a key red-route that is owned and managed by TfL as part of the London-wide transport network.
In 2025, TfL decided not to move forward with a plan proposed in 2015 to remove the one-way system due to the high construction costs and lack of available funding, and as well as forecast increased travel times for buses and other road users on the major road network, which would result in congestion across a wider area.
Our Local Plan, adopted in 2023, identifies the town centre as a key strategic area in the borough.
Area map
View the Wandsworth Town map