Nominations open for the Wandsworth Green Plaque Scheme 2025

Published: Friday, February 28, 2025

Nominations are now open for the Wandsworth Green Plaque scheme commemorating the borough’s important and historic people, places, events and buildings.

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The unveiling of the Diderichs Duval family plaque in 2023

This year, to mark Wandsworth’s tenure as the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture, 12 new Green Plaques funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund will be installed.  Residents have until midnight on Friday 4th April to submit their nominations.

The Borough of Culture year starts in April and was officially launched this week with an event at Battersea Arts Centre. One of the aims will be to reconnect people with their community and there will be a series of events exploring and celebrating the borough’s history. Find out more.

The Wandsworth Green Plaque scheme is designed to honour famous people or places in the borough that are not covered by the English Heritage Blue Plaque Scheme.

Anyone in the borough can nominate using the online form, and applications are particularly encouraged for commemorative plaques which highlight stories that have been historically overlooked, including the histories of LGBTQ, Black, Asian, female and working-class people and communities.

The person or place nominated must relate strongly to the borough of Wandsworth, they must have had a positive influence on the life of the borough, and there must be somewhere visible to the public where the plaque can be fixed. See full criteria

Deputy council leader Kemi Akinola said: “As the London Borough of Culture for 2025, Wandsworth recognises that heritage and culture are intertwined.  Both are about our individual and our shared stories. We are asking Wandsworth residents to tell us who and what we should commemorate, and to illuminate Wandsworth’s diverse and vibrant history.”

Find out more about the Green Plaque scheme and how to nominate. The deadline to nominate is Friday 4th April.

Existing green plaques in the borough are:

A Green Plaque was erected in honour of Wombles author Elizabeth Beresford in 2019