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 event: Tuesday 12 May 2026

Preserving Wandsworth’s Legacy: Developments in the Wandsworth Heritage Collection

Antia Dona, Culture and Heritage Programmer, Wandsworth Council

Wandsworth’s Heritage Collection includes many fascinating objects from Tooting, most of which have not been on public display since the Wandsworth Museum closed in 2015. Now, that is beginning to change.

At our May meeting, Antia Dona, Culture and Heritage Programmer at Wandsworth Council, will speak about the renewed life of the Collection, including plans to bring objects back into view through new exhibition spaces across the borough. Antia will discuss recent progress, future ambitions, and innovative public programmes that reconnect communities with their local heritage.

Come and hear Antia on Tuesday 12th May at The United Reformed Church Rookstone Road SW179NQ.

News

Tooting History Group is currently getting ready for the launch of the Historic Shops of Tooting 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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