Near the end of Troubled Blood, Strike heads to Clapham South station to wait for Robin before driving together to visit Anna and Kim.
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“Standing beneath the overhang outside the station, he lit up, looking out over a row of bicycles at a muddy corner of Clapham Common, where ochre-leaved trees shivered in the downpour.” Troubled Blood, Chapter 72
Strike must have been standing on the side shown below, behind the bicycles.
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Strike’s view of Clapham Common, which according to Google Maps is a “large expanse with 3 ponds and the oldest and largest bandstand in Greater London.”
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Find Clapham South station on the map below:
Nearby Locations:
The Windmill on the Common – Matthew Cunliffe’s favourite gastropub. (The Cuckoo’s Calling)