Mitcham
Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England.
Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred 7.2 miles (11.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross. Originally a village in the county of Surrey, today it is mainly a residential suburb, and includes Mitcham Common. It has been a settlement throughout recorded history.
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Worth seeing in and around Mitcham
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. It serves as the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace.
4.6 km · football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England · Wikipedia - 02London Trams
Tramlink, previously Croydon Tramlink and currently branded as London Trams, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England. It is the first operational tram system serving the London region since 1952.
1.9 km · light rail tram system in Greater London, England · Wikipedia - 03Baitul Futuh Mosque
The Baitul Futuh is a mosque complex of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, situated in Morden, London. It is one of the largest mosque complexes in Europe.
3.3 km · largest mosque in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
The London School for Performing Arts & Technology, more commonly referred to as The BRIT School, is a secondary school in Selhurst, Croydon, England, specializing in the performing and creative arts. The school is free-to-attend.
4.4 km · city technology college in Croydon, England · Wikipedia - 05Plough Lane
Plough Lane, currently known as the Cherry Red Records Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose football stadium in Wimbledon, south-west London, which has been the home of AFC Wimbledon since 3 November 2020. A groundshare with rugby league side London Broncos began in 2022.
4.2 km · football stadium opened in 2020 in London · Wikipedia - 06West Norwood Cemetery
West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery.
5.2 km · cemetery in West Norwood in London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Crystal Palace transmitting station
The Crystal Palace transmitting station, officially known as Arqiva Crystal Palace, is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located on the site of the former television station and transmitter operated by John Logie Baird from 1933.
5.9 km · telecommunications site in Bromley, England · Wikipedia - 08Wimbledon Park
Wimbledon Park is the name of an urban park in Wimbledon and also of the suburb south and east of the park and the Wimbledon Park tube station. The park itself is 27 hectares in area.
5.5 km · area and park in the London Borough of Merton, England · Wikipedia - 09Gander Green Lane
Gander Green Lane, currently known as the 360 Engage Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Sutton, Greater London, and is the home ground of Sutton United Football Club and Crystal Palace Women. The record attendance for Gander Green Lane is 14,000 when Sutton United lost 6–0 to Leeds United in the fourth round of the 1969–70 FA Cup.
5.2 km · football stadium in Sutton, south London · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mitcham
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 23 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 28 km · London Luton (LTN), 55 km
- Stations
- Balham tube station, 4.7 km · Morden tube station, 3 km · Wimbledon railway station, 4.4 km · Tooting Broadway tube station, 3.2 km · Colliers Wood, 2.6 km
- Luton, Luton → Mitcham56 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £6–9
- London, Essex → Mitcham12 km · quickest by road, 56 min · £1.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Mitcham169 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · £21–28
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mitcham
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mitcham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhile the runway is usable by aircraft up to Boeing 737/Airbus A320 size, it is prohibited for airline operators to sell tickets for flights in and out of the airport, thus there are no scheduled or holiday charter flights from the airport.
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If you know how people move in Mitcham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Mitcham
Mitcham is 12 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wimbledonsuburb of London5.2 km
- London Borough of Croydonborough in the London Region in England4.9 km
- London Borough of Mertonborough in the London Region in England3.1 km
- London Borough of Suttonborough in the London Region in England5.3 km
- Croydontown in South London, England4.3 km
- Q2220276suburb of London in the London Borough of Sutton, England4.1 km