Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Friday, October 1

Clapham Breakfast Briefing is a daily column dedicated to morning 'must-knows' from around town and other useful tid bits: weather, traffic, travel and trivia news in a nutshell.

Clapham weather forecast

Heavy rain in the night has left its mark, with severe train delays caused by flooding. Not that you'd known from the dry, bright sky overhead and gentle Autumnal chill in the air.

Turning cloudier as the day wears on, that acceptable chill will turn colder as strengthening winds arrive from the west.

Enjoy the sun until midday and don't worry if you forget your umbrella in the afternoon - the clouds, though gathering, should stay in the sky.

Sunrise in Clapham | 07:07

Sunset in Clapham | 18:30

Pollution | Low

UV | Low

Clapham Traffic

There is slow traffic on The Avenue Westbound from Broomwood Road around the Common to Battersea Rise.

A serious crash in Clapham South that yesterday closed Balham Hill in both directions from the tube station to Alderbrook Road yesterday has been investigated and the road has re-opened.

Congestion has built up on Nightingale Lane with queueing traffic stretching from the Sainsbury's petrol station to Nightingale Walk.

Delays of one minute on A24 Balham High Road Southbound between Ravenswood Road and B242 Bedford Hill. Average speed five mph.

Clapham Junction

Train services between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction, are disrupted due to flooding in the Imperial Wharf area. Customers have been advised that trains may be cancelled or delayed until 10:30am. The schedule currently indicates:

08:34 Clapham Junction to Stratford (London): Cancelled

08:36 Clapham Junction to London Victoria: Cancelled

08:46 Clapham Junction to Stratford (London): Cancelled

08:53 Clapham Junction to Littlehampton via Hove: Cancelled

08:58 Clapham Junction to Stratford (London): Cancelled

09:01 Clapham Junction to Ore (London): Cancelled

09:06 Clapham Junction to London Waterloo: Cancelled

09:07 Clapham Junction to London Victoria: 19 minutes late

09:11 Clapham Junction to Stratford (London): Cancelled

09:22 Clapham Junction to Stratford (London): Cancelled

09:36 Clapham Junction to London Victoria: 14 minutes late

The Northern Line

There is a good service currently operating on the Northern Line.

However, flooding at Gloucester Road tube station is causing severe delays to the District (between Earl's Court and Upminster), Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines.

What's Happening in Clapham

Head to our What's On page to see the incredible line-up of theatre, comedy and family & children's shows coming up as part of The Bread & Roses Theatre's Clapham Fringe.

Fact of the day

Holy Trinity Church on Clapham Common opened as the new Parish Church of Clapham in 1776, the same year as the American Declaration of Independence. The previous Parish Church of Clapham was over in Rectory Grove - St Paul's Church - but had grown too small to serve what by the mid-eighteenth century had become one of the fastest growing villages around London.

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