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Tooting Common
Balham, London, England
Balham, London, England

Tooting Common

Length4.4 mi
Elev. Gain85.3 ft
Est. Steps10000
Created by Sophie G

Tooting Common Introduction

Tooting Common is a 4.4 mile (10,000-step) route located near Balham, London, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 85.3 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Tooting Common

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Tooting Commons

Park
The Tooting Commons consist of two adjacent areas of common land lying between Balham, Streatham and Tooting, in south west London: Tooting Bec Common and Tooting Graveney Common.Since 1996, they have been wholly within the London Borough of Wandsworth, which has administered both commons since 1971.

Battersea Grammar School

Place
Battersea Grammar School was a Voluntary-Controlled Secondary Grammar School in South London. It was established in Battersea in 1875 by the Sir Walter St John Trust and moved to larger premises in Streatham in 1936.The school closed when it was amalgamated with Rosa Bassett School, a grammar school for girls, in 1977 to create the new Furzedown Secondary School, a mixed comprehensive school in Tooting.

Tooting Bec Athletics Track

Sports
Tooting Bec Athletics Track & Gym is an athletics stadium in Tooting Common, near Tooting Bec, Wandsworth, southwest London, England. It is located on Tooting Bec Road. An annual race event on the track in September is the Self Transcendence 24 Hour Track Race London.

Grange Mills

Place
Grange Mills is a very small area of east Balham in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Rarely appearing on maps, it is essentially little more than a small industrial estate, located off Weir Road (formerly Grove Road).

London Steiner School

School
London Steiner School (formerly Waldorf School of South West London) is a Steiner Education-based independent school on 9 Weir Road in Balham, in the London Borough of Lambeth, England.

Streatham and Clapham High School

School
Streatham & Clapham High School is an independent day school for girls aged 3 to 18, in south London. The school was founded in 1887 by the Girls' Public Day School Company, which established schools for girls providing academic, moral and religious education.The Head Master is Dr Millan Sachania.The ability profile of the school is above the national average, with a proportion of pupils being far above the national average.

Tooting Bec Lido

Sports
Tooting Bec Lido is an open-air fresh water swimming pool in South London. It is the largest fresh water swimming pool by surface area in the United Kingdom, being 100 yards (91.44 m) long and 33 yards (30.18 m) wide.The Lido is on Tooting Bec Common between Tooting and Streatham. An original condition of construction was that it should be concealed from views across the common by a surrounding earth ramp.

South West London College

Place
The South West London College was a higher education college located in the Tooting area of London, England.The college was founded in 1966, and closed in 1990; initially it was proposed that it would be merged with the Thames Polytechnic, but eventually it was dissolved under the 1988 Education Reform Act.

Tooting Priory

Place
Tooting Priory or Tooting Bec Priory was a priory in Tooting, now in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was dissolved before 1315 and the land was granted to Eton College in 1440.

La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School

School
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School is a Catholic secondary school and sixth form for girls, located in the Clapham Park area of the London Borough of Lambeth, England.
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026

Route Details

Length

4.4 mi

Elev. Gain

85.3 ft

Est. Steps

10000
Created by
Sophie G
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