Wandsworth

American

[wondz-werth, -wurth] / ˈwɒndz wərθ, -wɜrθ /

noun

a borough of Greater London, England.

Wandsworth British

/ ˈwɒnzwəθ /

noun

a borough of S Greater London, on the River Thames. Pop: 274 100 (2003 est). Area: 35 sq km (13 sq miles)

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Within a fortnight of Kebatu's release, it emerged that two other men had been freed in error - both from the same prison, London's HMP Wandsworth.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Lord Mandelson was arrested on Monday afternoon and taken to Wandsworth police station in London for interview.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Billy Harding, a Southwark Law Centre housing case worker assisting at Wandsworth County Court on Wednesday, said people were turning up "at crisis point".

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Reporters were sent to courts in Northampton, Peterborough and Norwich in the East, as well as Stratford, Wandsworth and Croydon courts in London to hear cases and the pressures facing mortgage-holders and tenants.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Long ago, before the war, before Wandsworth, he used to revel in his freedom to make his own life, devise his own story with only the distant help of Jack Tallis.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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