Editing Balham (section)

==Geography==
Balham is overwhelmingly in [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]], with only small parts in the neighbouring [[London Borough of Lambeth|Borough of Lambeth]] and encompasses the A24 north of [[Tooting Bec]] and the roads radiating off it.<ref name="teachlambeth.com">{{cite web |title=Henry Cavendish School Balham Lambeth |url=https://teachlambeth.com/school/henry-cavendish-primary-school/}}</ref> The Balham [[London SW12|SW12]] postcode includes the southern part of [[Clapham Park]] otherwise known as [[Clapham South]] and the [[Hyde farm estate|Hyde Farm]] area, both east of Cavendish Road and within [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]] (historically [[Clapham]], except for Weir Road) as well as a small detached part of Clapham south of Nightingale Lane, and part of [[Battersea]] (the roads north of Nightingale Lane). The southern part of Balham, towards Tooting Bec, near the 1930s block of [[Art Deco]] flats called [[Du Cane Court]] and the area to the south of [[Wandsworth Common]], comes under the SW17 postcode.<ref>[https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/media/12501/wbc_005_statement_of_common_ground_neighbouring_boroughs.pdf Statement of Common Ground]</ref> The Heaver Estate lies to the south of Balham in Tooting. The Estate mainly comprises substantial houses, was built in the grounds of the old Bedford Hill House and was the work of local Victorian builder, [[Alfred Heaver]].<ref>[https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/media/1609/heaver_caams_part_one.pdf Heaver Estate]</ref>

Balham is situated between four south London commons: [[Clapham Common]] to the north, [[Wandsworth Common]] to the west, Tooting Graveney Common to the south, and the adjoining Tooting Bec Common to the east – the latter two historically distinct areas are referred to by both [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth Council]] and some local people as [[Tooting Commons|Tooting Common]].

Neighbouring areas are: [[Battersea]], [[Brixton]], [[Clapham Park]], [[Clapham South]], [[Streatham]], [[Tooting]] and [[Tooting Bec]].