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Welcome to the Tooting History Group
We run regular meetings, visits and other events relating to historical and conservation matters in Tooting. We meet monthly and have a wide range of speakers planned. You can see dates for our future meetings and events here.
We hold our regular meetings at 7.30 pm at
The United Reformed Church
Rookstone Road
Tooting
SW17 9NQ.
A map can be found here. Meanwhile, we look forward to meeting you at one of our events.
Our next events
Saturday 23 May at 11 am. Talk and Walk: Tooting Historic Shops Trail Launch
A brief history of shops and shopping in Tooting, followed by a short walk.
United Reformed Church, Rookstone Road, SW17 9NQ. Members free, suggested donation £2 for non-members. Booking not required.
Monday 25 May at 2pm. Walk: Tooting Historic Shops
Tooting has had coffee shops, department stores and craft bakeries since Edwardian times. Led by Philip Bradley, this walk from Tooting Bec to Tooting Broadway along the Historic Shops trail will uncover the stories associated with those enterprises.
Meet outside Tooting Bec Station, SW17 7AA. Free. Booking not required.
Tuesday 9 June at 7.30 pm. Talk: Tooting’s Historic Shops
Delve deeper into some of the histories uncovered by the Tooting History Group in their research for their self-guided trail, in this illustrated talk by Philip Bradley.
United Reform Church, Rookstone Road, SW17 9NQ. Members free, suggested donation £2 for non-members. Booking not required. This venue is wheelchair accessible.
News
Tooting History Group is currently getting ready for the launch of the Tooting Historic Shops Trail. Events will run as part of the Wandsworth Heritage Festival – this year’s focus is Wandsworth’s shops and high streets. Full details will follow, but in the meantime you can find dates and times on our Events page.
Posted 4 March 2026
Planning application: 2025/2256 Land rear of 2-28 Bickley Street
A planning proposal has been submitted for a small mews-style residential development on a ‘brownfield site’ at the back of a terrace of maisonettes on Bickley Street and next to Granada Street, which runs alongside the Grade I listed Granada Cinema building.
Although not opposed to the principle of the development, Tooting History Group has expressed its concern, as this is in an Archaeological Priority Area. We have suggested that in the event of the planning application being approved, and before work begins, further investigation of the site is essential. Recent submissions from Historic England are encouraging. For more information follow this link.
Posted 25 January 2026
Planning application: 2025/4580 Diprose Lodge The Chapel 750 Garratt Lane SW17 0LY
Tooting History Group is pleased to see Listed Building Consent sought for a ‘limited, conservation-led programme of investigative and enabling works to Diprose Chapel, a Grade II listed building forming part of the former St Clement Danes Holborn Estate Almshouses’.
The building has been vacant for some years and was sold last year at auction. Details from the agent together with those included in the application indicate some damage including from water ingress. We feel the proposed intervention is well timed. For more information follow this link.
Posted 25 January 2026
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