Heritage
Heritage connects us with our identity, our sense of self, wellbeing and belonging. In developing our winning bid for London Borough of Culture, thousands of conversations highlighted how deeply cultural heritage matters to our communities.
In 2024, a study by Historic England affirmed what many already know - Wandsworth’s historic parks, buildings, and monuments contribute to making it one of the happiest places to live.
We are working closely with local heritage partners, charities, national museums and heritage institutions, Roehampton University and the Wandsworth Heritage Service on a range of projects that celebrate the rich and diverse heritage of the borough, as well as support young people into heritage careers.
Our Music Our Freedom
Memory Boxes
Memory Boxes for Dementia, in partnership with the University of Roehampton and local organisations, will bring Wandsworth’s rich heritage collection into care homes and community spaces. These bespoke interactive time capsules—filled with sensory objects, archive materials, and recordings—will be used to spark connection, trigger memories, and support wellbeing for people living with dementia.
Wandsworth Heritage Festival
Nominations open for the Wandsworth Green Plaque Scheme 2025
Help us to commemorate the borough’s important and historic people, places, events and buildings.
Have Your Say: Nominate Locally Listed Buildings
This consultation provides the opportunity for you to tell us what buildings, spaces or features are important or significant to your local area or community and why. At present, many existing entries do not have descriptions or assessments of local importance, and this consultation seeks to address this. The responses collected from this consultation will be used to update the local list for the Borough by providing descriptions of each site and a summary of their local importance. We will also recommend new entries where they meet the criteria. Further information on the Borough’s local list can be found by clicking on the tile below titled ‘What is a Local List?’.
We are keen to ensure that the list reflects the full diversity of the borough and those parts of its history which have maybe not been fully recognised or represented already. Examples of sites on the local list are below and can include landscapes, buildings and structures.