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Putney is a southwest London district within the London Borough of Wandsworth, centrally located 9.8 km (6.1 miles) southwest of Charing Cross. It is classified in the London Plan as among Greater London’s 35 main hubs. Areas near Putney include Fulham, Earlsfield, Wimbledon Commons, Southfields, Barnes, and Hammersmith.
Thomas Cromwell was born in Putney SW15. He was a chief minister under King Henry VIII. Cromwell supported the English Reformation and helped King Henry annul his marriage with Queen Catherine so the King could marry Anne Boleyn.
Edward Gibbon the 18th-century historian who is the author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was born in Putney. William Pitt the Prime Minister of Great Britain in the 18th century died on Putney Heath.
Irish actor Pierce Brosnan went to school in the area. Leonard Woolf the husband of Virginia Woolf grew up here. Duran Duran’s lead singer Simon Le Bon owns a house in Putney SW15. Actress and singer Grace Jones has ties to the area. Other notable residents of the area include singer and songwriter Anna Calvi, actress Penny Irving, race car driver Harry Tincknell, and golfer Justin Rose.
Serving the area are Putney station and London Underground East Putney station, with trains running to London Waterloo, while Barnes station serves the outlying western part of Putney. There are numerous bus routes that serve Putney, including 14, 430, 337, 93 and 74 as well as night buses 220, 74, 93 and 22. River Bus 6 serves Putney Pier and travels to and from Blackfriars Millennium Pier but only during peak hours on weekdays.