What is Balham?
{{infobox UK place |country = England |region = London |official_name = Balham |latitude = 51.4434 |longitude = -0.1525 |london_borough = Wandsworth |constituency_westminster = [[Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)|Battersea]]; [[Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)|Tooting]] |post_town = LONDON |postcode_area = SW |postcode_district = SW12 |dial_code = 020 |os_grid_reference = TQ285735 |population = 14,751 |population_ref = (2011 Census.Ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689117&c=Balham&d=14&e=62&g=6339133&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476264450938&enc=1|title=Wandsworth Ward population 2011|access-date=12 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=21 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021060052/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689117&c=Balham&d=14&e=62&g=6339133&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476264450938&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> |charingX_distance_mi = 4.5 |charingX_direction = NNE |static_image_name = Balham_tube_080120.jpg |static_image_caption = Balham High Road }} '''Balham''' is an area in the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]]. Its [[postcode]] is SW12. It was home to adele when she was a child/teenager, she went to the local secondary school called chestnut grove. People who have lived in balham have often sent their children to schools such as telferscot primary school, henry cavendish (balhham site) and trinity saint mary's. Although, locals apparently agree that telferscot primary school has caused the least uproar and is overall the best pastorally and educationally so far. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Balham| ]] {{UK-stub}}