An area of outer south London within the London Borough of Sutton. Sutton Council is renowned for its green credentials, as evidenced by being a partner in the energy efficient housing scheme in Hackbridge known as BedZED (=Beddington Zero Energy Development).
Hackbridge is near to a beautiful and extensive park: Beddington Park contains a Grade I listed manor house, and is very picturesque with the River Wandle (a Thames tributary) flowing through it.
Hackbridge is in travel card zone 4, and just one stop from uber cool Carshalton.
Hackbridge is set for even greater things in coming years with more beautifully designed, ecological housing now being built.
by .l May 12, 2014
Fabulous area of outer London mainly located in the London Borough of Sutton, although part of it is in the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. It's in Travelcard zone 4 and about 8 miles from central London. There's a good range of restaurants including sushi in the main shopping street, along with coffee houses and a branch of ubercool Waitrose.
Our American friends will feel very much at home here, as there is an awesome 1,000 home executive estate of NEW ENGLAND style houses. It's won many awards for its architecture and beautiful landscaping.
All in all Worcester Park is pretty cool.
by .l May 04, 2014
Really nice large village just outside London in the north of Surrey. It's a mile from Epsom and two miles from Cheam, with which it shares the vast and beautiful Nonsuch Park. It is very picturesque with some buildings dating back centuries, lovely old churches and a small village centre park called Bourne Hall park which also features a library and a large and very pretty pond complete with a fountain. Ewell is also home to the excellent Ewell Castle School.
When in Ewell it's pleasant to visit Bourne Hall to get some books from the library and then have a picnic in Bourne Hall Park overlooking the pond.
by .l April 29, 2014
Attractive middle class town within the London Borough of Sutton with the great distinction of being the site of three of the best Grammar schools in the entire country.
by .l April 26, 2014
Mitcham is a - perhaps unexpectedly - rather picturesque small town located within Greater London. It's got some genuinely pretty period architecture - for example see photos below of the town's churches and "White House" (no not that one). The area has perhaps been a tad looked down on in the past (often by people who have never been there). But it's smartening up, and its innate visual appeal - especially in its older parts - makes it a perfectly pleasant, green little area to live in or visit. And local borough council plans for town centre improvements will provide a further spur towards it realising its full potential before long.
Question one: What sort of people would Mitcham appeal to?
-- Those who appreciate pretty buildings and plenty of green open spaces (such as Mitcham Common and Mitcham Fair Green).
Question two:Where is it precisely?
-- It's a mile or two further out of central London than Wimbledon, just within the Surrey side of the London/Surrey border. But officially it IS in London, as it's in a London borough (Merton). It is exactly eight miles from Charing Cross (the official central point of London).
by .l April 17, 2014
Lovely, visually stunning town with beautiful buildings ranging from Victorian grandeur to 21st century ubercool slick. Croydon is a cultured town, strong on the arts with a museum, theatres, art house cinema and art gallery.
by .l May 05, 2014
AWESOME TOWN, 15 MINUTES FROM CENTRAL LONDON, WHICH IS EVERY INCH A GREAT CITY IN ITS OWN RIGHT. CROYDON HAS A GREAT ART SCENE WITH GREAT PLACES LIKE THE FAIRFIELD HALLS, WHERE THE BEATLES ONCE PLAYED; AND THE CROYDON CLOCK TOWER CENTRE, WHICH FAMOUSLY HOSTED AN EXHIBITION OF PICASSO PAINTINGS.
IN ADDITION, CROYDON'S ALREADY EXCELLENT SHOPPING FACILITIES ARE ABOUT TO GET A WHOLE LOT BETTER STILL WITH A £1 BILLION WESTFIELD CENTRE.
by .l April 28, 2014