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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Cathy Hawker

All eyes on Wandsworth: why the London Borough of Culture 2025 is the place to be

Wandsworth residents include Trudie Styler and Sting, Bear and Shara Grylls, Sadiq and Saadiya Khan - (Standard)

Educational excellence, a proliferation of parks, a shiny new private members’ club, the lowest council tax in the UK and now the London Borough of Culture for 2025. There are many reasons to love Wandsworth and you’ll certainly hear them on repeat from loyal locals who are all firm believers in the brilliance of their south-west London home.

The celebrities have already moved in. Battersea Power Station is the glittering riverside jewel in the borough’s crown, with Sting and Trudie Styler and Bear Grylls among buyers of flats in the £9 billion development.

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