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Latchmere, Fulham — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Latchmere Recreation Ground is a public open space in Battersea, a green with a children's playground bounded by Burns Road and Reform Street.
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Where to stay in Latchmere
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
No rooms front the playground, so beds gather up on Lavender Hill and Battersea Rise around The Ascension and St Mark's, with Reform Street the walk back down to the green. Burns Road closes the southern side. Battersea Park pulls harder to the north, with the Children's Zoo inside it and the River Thames past that.
You want Latchmere for the playground.
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Burns Road and Reform Street box the recreation ground in, and the converted Latchmere School site closes its eastern side. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in LatchmereLavender Hill and Battersea Rise, by The Ascension and St Mark'sBattersea
Battersea keeps the through streets and puts Battersea Park with its Children's Zoo inside a short walk of Latchmere Park.Find hotels in BatterseaHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Fulham
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Churches & Religious Sites
4- Church of St Philip, Park Town Estate Heritage
- The Ascension, Lavender Hill Heritage
- St Mark's, Battersea Rise Heritage
- Church of St Barnabas Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
5- Gilmore House Heritage
- Maitland House Heritage
- Springwell House Heritage
- Springwell House Coach House Heritage
- The Station Masters House Heritage
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About Latchmere
What are the main landmarks in Latchmere?
Churches carry most of the local register. The Ascension, Lavender Hill and St Mark's, Battersea Rise stand on the ground rising away from the park, and the Church of St Philip, Park Town Estate and the Church of St Barnabas complete that set. Battersea Park Children's Zoo sits beyond the northern boundary.
Named houses fill in the rest, among them Gilmore House, Springwell House with its coach house, Maitland House, The Clock House and The Station Masters House. Single Form (Memorial) is the outlier.
What is the history of Latchmere?
Battersea grew around the ground well before the London Borough of Wandsworth took its present shape, and the streets that box it in, Burns Road to the south and Reform Street to the east and north, still hold that line. The school came later. Its site was converted to housing in 1996, which fixed the eastern edge of Latchmere Recreation Ground for good.
Battersea Park, far larger, opens immediately north of it.
Where is Latchmere?
Latchmere Park sits about 300 metres south of the far larger Battersea Park and the River Thames beyond it, inside the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Latchmere?
Latchmere: a room within a block of the Latchmere Park playground. Battersea: Lavender Hill and Battersea Rise, by The Ascension and St Mark's.
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Updated October 2026