Clapham Common topographic map

Average elevation: 42 m

The town centre lies just below 33 ft (10m) above sea level. South of the town centre, rising from Richmond Bridge to an elevation of 165 ft (50m), is Richmond Hill. Just beyond the summit of Richmond Hill is Richmond Park, an area of 2,360 acres (9.55 km2; 3.7 sq mi) of wild heath and woodland originally…

Average elevation: 17 m

Several apartment developments, for instance Altitude 25 (completed 2010), have been built in recent years, and several more are being built or planned. The construction of Saffron Square, which includes a 43-storey tower, began on Wellesley Road in 2011 and was completed in 2016. Other developments with…

Average elevation: 70 m

Average elevation: 47 m

Average elevation: 94 m

Average elevation: 26 m

Average elevation: 62 m

Average elevation: 47 m

Putney Heath is around 160 hectares (400 acres) in size and sits at approximately 45 metres (148 feet) above sea level. Because of its elevation, from 1796 to 1816 Putney Heath hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain, which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in Portsmouth. This was…

Average elevation: 35 m

Average elevation: 39 m

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 10 m

Average elevation: 29 m

Average elevation: 18 m

Average elevation: 94 m

Average elevation: 65 m

Average elevation: 71 m

Average elevation: 19 m

Average elevation: 12 m

Average elevation: 73 m

Average elevation: 6 m

Average elevation: 79 m

Average elevation: 22 m

Average elevation: 17 m

Average elevation: 6 m

Average elevation: 13 m

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 78 m

Average elevation: 110 m

Average elevation: 5 m

Average elevation: 41 m

The catchment area varies in altitude from just over 150 metres above sea level at Bushey Heath, on its northern watershed, to barely 10 metres at the confluence of the Brent with the Thames at Brentford.

Average elevation: 36 m

Average elevation: 37 m

Average elevation: 36 m

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 16 m

Average elevation: 4 m

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 20 m

Average elevation: 188 m

Average elevation: 22 m

Average elevation: 73 m

Average elevation: 46 m

Average elevation: 37 m

Average elevation: 19 m

Average elevation: 30 m

Average elevation: 167 m

Average elevation: 41 m

Average elevation: 31 m

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 23 m

Average elevation: 49 m

After Anderson died, ownership passed to the Nettlefold family and subsequently to Frederick Nettlefold the brother of Joseph Nettlefold and a member of the family that founded the Nettlefolds Ltd. engineering firm which later became GKN. Nettlefold is commemorated, as a result of his charitable works, by a…

Average elevation: 58 m

Average elevation: 22 m

Average elevation: 37 m

Average elevation: 28 m

Average elevation: 4 m

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 28 m

Average elevation: 5 m

Average elevation: 29 m

Average elevation: 23 m

Average elevation: 28 m

Average elevation: 23 m

Average elevation: 9 m

Average elevation: 38 m

Average elevation: 171 m

Average elevation: 23 m

Average elevation: 25 m

Average elevation: 35 m

Average elevation: 7 m

Eltham has a varied topography. Map 6 shows contours, spot heights and water courses. The centre of Eltham is on a plateau at about the 60m level with the High Street running along its centre. There is a scarp slope to the west of the plateau from the top of which are unrestricted views across South London.…

Average elevation: 48 m

Average elevation: 35 m

Average elevation: 77 m

Average elevation: 47 m

Average elevation: 187 m

Average elevation: 12 m

Average elevation: 13 m

Average elevation: 26 m

Average elevation: 12 m

Average elevation: 32 m

Average elevation: 31 m

Average elevation: 37 m

Average elevation: 33 m

Average elevation: 17 m

Average elevation: 58 m

Average elevation: 31 m

Average elevation: 85 m

Average elevation: 71 m

Average elevation: 35 m

Average elevation: 47 m

Average elevation: 36 m

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 44 m

Average elevation: 20 m

Average elevation: 58 m

Average elevation: 20 m

Average elevation: 36 m

Average elevation: 112 m

Average elevation: 50 m