What's Balham like?
While in Balham, you can enjoy the coffee shops. While you're here, you can spend a relaxing day at Clapham Common and Wandsworth Common. Popular sights worth seeing in the larger area include Big Ben and Hyde Park.
How to get to Balham
Balham is located 4.1 mi (6.6 km) from the heart of London.
Flying to:
- Heathrow Airport (LHR), 12.9 mi (20.8 km) from Balham
- London (LCY-London City), 9.4 mi (15.2 km) from Balham
- Gatwick Airport (LGW), 20.3 mi (32.7 km) from Balham
Travelling to Balham by train
You'll find the following train stations in the neighbourhood:
- Balham Station
- London Wandsworth Common Station
Getting to Balham on the metro
Stations in the neighbourhood include:
- Clapham South Underground Station
- Balham Underground Station
- Tooting Bec Underground Station
Things to see and do in and around Balham
What to see in Balham
- Clapham Common
- Wandsworth Common
Things to do near Balham:
- London Sewing Machine Museum (1 mi/1.6 km away)
- Natural History Museum (3.4 mi/5.4 km away)
- London Eye (3.9 mi/6.4 km away)
- Oxford Street (4.5 mi/7.2 km away)
- The British Museum (4.9 mi/7.9 km away)
