Ramsden Road in Balham was temporarily closed around 12.10pm today after builders working in the area dug up what was believed to be a wartime ordnance. 

Builders alerted Wandsworth police, who went to the area, but the object was found to be safe. 

The initial alert from police asked people to avoid the area and warned of road closures. 

A Met Police spokesman said: "Police were called at 11:13am on Wednesday, November 18 to reports of a possible World War II ordnance in Ramsden Road, Wandsworth.

"Local road closures were put in place and explosives officers called.

"The ordnance was subsequently deemed non-suspicious and the incident stood down. It is unclear at this stage what in fact the ordnance was."

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