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Morden is a district and town in South London, England, now within the London Borough of Merton, in the ceremonial county of Greater London.

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The place

Morden is a district and town in South London, England, now within the London Borough of Merton, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. It adjoins Merton Park and Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Sutton to the south and Worcester Park to the west, and is around 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of Charing Cross. Prior to the creation of Greater London in 1965, for local government purposes, Morden was in the administrative and historic county of Surrey.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Morden

10 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.

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    Baitul 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.

    700 m · largest mosque in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Plough 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.

    3.4 km · football stadium opened in 2020 in London · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Wimbledon 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.

    3.9 km · area and park in the London Borough of Merton, England · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Gander 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.

    3.8 km · football stadium in Sutton, south London · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    New Wimbledon Theatre

    The New Wimbledon Theatre is situated on the Broadway, Wimbledon, London, in the London Borough of Merton. It is a Grade II listed Edwardian theatre built by the theatre lover and entrepreneur, J. B. Mulholland, who at the time was also owner of the King's Theatre in Hammersmith and had owned the Theatre Metropole in Camberwell in the 1890's.

    2 km · theatre in Wimbledon, Merton, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Wat Buddhapadipa

    Wat Buddhapadipa or the Buddhapadipa Temple is a Thai Buddhist temple in Wimbledon, London. The temple is under Thai royal patronage.

    3.7 km · Thai Buddhist temple in London · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    No. 3 Court

    No. 3 Court is a tennis court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London.

    3.7 km · tennis stadium · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Sacred Heart Church

    Sacred Heart Church is a Catholic parish church in Wimbledon, South West London initially run by the Jesuits, that serves the Catholic community of Wimbledon and surrounding areas. It is in the Archdiocese of Southwark and is situated next to Wimbledon College and Donhead Preparatory School.

    2.5 km · Catholic church in Wimbledon, London, UK · Wikipedia
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    Morden Hall Park

    Morden Hall Park is a National Trust park on the banks of the Wandle in Morden, south London. Its several buildings and associated parking included, it is 125 acres of predominantly parkland.

    500 m · park in Morden, London · Wikipedia
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    St Mary's Church, Wimbledon

    St Mary's Church, Wimbledon, is a Church of England church and is part of the Parish of Wimbledon, south-west London, England. It has existed since the 12th century and may be the church recorded in the Domesday Book in the Mortlake Hundred.

    3.2 km · church in Wimbledon, London · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Do

Things to do

Morden's Corn & Apple Festival, Morden, Manitoba. Aug 22-24. A festival that celebrates Morden being part of the Corn and Apple Belt. Lots of free corn and apple juice will be available along with many different forms of entertainment and attractions. The Morden Corn and Apple Festival. The festival is held in the centre of the city, along Stephen Street.

From Wikivoyage: Morden, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Kopper Kettle Family Restaurant

    From Mennonite dishes, to Chinese food to burgers.

From Wikivoyage: Morden, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Morden

Airports
London Heathrow (LHR), 20 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 28 km · London Luton (LTN), 54 km
Stations
Morden tube station, 100 m · Wimbledon railway station, 2.3 km · Tooting Broadway tube station, 3.5 km · Colliers Wood, 2.2 km · South Wimbledon tube station, 1.5 km
  • Luton, Luton → Morden
    56 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £9–12
  • London, Essex → Morden
    13 km · quickest by road, 57 min · £1.5–2
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Morden
    168 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · £21–27
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Morden

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 Morden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: London/South, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    111 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    312 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    408 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    568 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    603 km

If you know how people move in Morden – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Morden

Morden is 13 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Wimbledonsuburb of London2.9 km
  • Mitchamdistrict within the London Borough of Merton, London, England3 km
  • Suttontown in South London, England4 km
  • New Maldensuburb in south-west London, in the boroughs of Kingston and Merton4 km
  • Tootingdistrict of South London, England3.6 km
  • Merton Parkarea in the London Borough of Merton, England, UK1.1 km