Call for entries for Wandsworth Green Plaque Scheme

Nominations are now open for the Wandsworth Green Plaque Scheme, which is designed to honour notable people, places, buildings and events. Wandsworth Council puts up green plaques – which commemorates people, places and events not covered by the English Heritage Blue Plaque Scheme – every year. There are 17 across the borough celebrating subjects as diverse as the first ever football match and the recording studio used by The Who.

This year, in celebration of Wandsworth’s title as London Borough of Culture 2025, the scheme will see 12 new Green Plaques installed across the borough, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

This year, the plaques will include the Reggae legend Bob Marley, who played football and trained at Battersea Park, and the Fazl Mosque, which was the first purpose-built mosque in London, plus others based on public nominations.

Plaques for New Convent Garden Market, Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans, and the many people who lived and worked on the site of Tooting Bec Hospital will all be installed in September.

Deputy Council Leader Kemi Akinola said: “Exploring our shared past and the contributions made to our borough by all the different communities that live here is a crucial part of our year as London Borough of Culture 2025. We’d love to hear your suggestions about people and places that have made a real difference to our borough.”

The person or place nominated must relate strongly to the borough of Wandsworth. Nominated people must have died more than five years ago to be considered and 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. Anyone in the borough can nominate using the online form on Wandsworth Council’s website. The deadline to nominate is Friday, 31 October at midnight.