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The London Borough of Sutton () is a
London borough The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at ...
in south-west
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,
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and forms part of
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. It covers an area of and is the 80th largest local authority in England by
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. It borders the
London Borough of Croydon The London Borough of Croydon () is a London borough in south London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of . It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name; ...
to the east, the
London Borough of Merton The London Borough of Merton () is a borough in Southwest London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton ...
to the north and the
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to the north-west; it also borders the Surrey boroughs of
Epsom and Ewell Epsom and Ewell () is a local government district with borough status and unparished area in Surrey, England, covering the towns of Epsom and Ewell. The borough was formed as an urban district in 1894, and was known as Epsom until 1934. It was ...
and
Reigate and Banstead Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey, England. It includes the towns of Reigate, Redhill, Horley and Banstead. The borough borders the Borough of Crawley (in West Sussex) to the south, the Boro ...
to the west and south respectively. The local authority is
Sutton London Borough Council Sutton London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Sutton in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Sutton is divided into 18 wards, each electing thre ...
. Its principal town is the
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Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a location * Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire * ...
. The Borough has some of the schools with the best results in the country. A Trust for London and New Policy Institute report noted that Sutton had the highest rate in London of pupils achieving 5 A* – C GCSEs. In December 2014 Sutton was described by a senior Government official as the most "normal place in Britain". In connection with this, the leader of Sutton Council described the borough as "quietly brilliant", and noted that 91% of residents say it is "a great place to live". Low levels of recorded crime are a feature of the borough, being among the lowest in
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. An Ipsos MORI poll in 2014 found that 97% of residents felt safe in the borough during the day, and 71% felt safe at night, a higher figure than in 2011. The 2014 Family Hotspots Report, on the best places in England and Wales for families to live, placed three areas within the borough among the top 10 places in London. The areas were identified as postcodes SM1, SM2 (Sutton town) and SM3 (Cheam). A
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study in 2015 found that Sutton was the fourth happiest borough in which to live out of 33 in London. It achieved the same placing in the 2016 survey. In 2014, a survey by eMoov (Property Hot Spot Index) found Sutton to be the easiest place in the country in which to sell a property. It was shown in a national detailed Land Use Survey by the
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in 2005 that the London Borough of Sutton had the highest proportion of land taken up by gardens, 35.1%, of any district in England.Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
2011 census The London Borough of Sutton was one of the four "vanguard areas" selected in 2010 for the Big Society initiative.


History

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the
Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam Sutton and Cheam was a local government district in north east Surrey, England from 1882 to 1965. History Sutton Local Government District was formed on 20 December 1882, when the (civil) parish of Sutton adopted the Local Government Act 1858. ...
with the
Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington Beddington and Wallington was, from 1915 to 1965, a local government district in north east Surrey, England. It formed part of the London suburbs, lying within the Metropolitan Police District and the London Passenger Transport Area. In 1965 it wa ...
and
Carshalton Urban District Carshalton was a local government district in north east Surrey from 1883 to 1965 around the town of Carshalton. The parish of Carshalton adopted the Local Government Act 1858 in 1883 and a local board was formed to govern the town. The Local Gov ...
which had all previously been part of Surrey.


Districts

The borough includes the areas: * Bandon Hill *
Beddington Beddington is a suburban settlement in the London Borough of Sutton on the boundary with the London Borough of Croydon. Beddington is formed from a village of the same name which until early the 20th century still included land which became t ...
* Belmont *
Benhilton Benhilton is a suburban parish in north Sutton, Greater London. It is dominated by All Saints Church, which is a Grade II* listed building designed by Samuel Sanders Teulon in a Gothic Revival style and opened in 1863. It also containAll Saint ...
*
Carshalton Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalto ...
*
Carshalton Beeches Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalton ...
*
Carshalton on the Hill Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalton ...
*
Cheam Cheam () is a suburb of London, England, south-west of Charing Cross. It is divided into North Cheam, Cheam Village and South Cheam. Cheam Village contains the listed buildings Lumley Chapel and the 16th-century Whitehall. It is adjacent to ...
*
Hackbridge Hackbridge is a suburb in the London Borough of Sutton, south-west London, just over two miles north-east of the town of Sutton itself. It is 8.8 miles (15 km) south-west of Charing Cross. Toponymy The district takes its name from Hack Br ...
* Little Woodcote *
North Cheam Cheam () is a suburb of London, England, south-west of Charing Cross. It is divided into North Cheam, Cheam Village and South Cheam. Cheam Village contains the listed buildings Lumley Chapel and the 16th-century Whitehall. It is adjacent to tw ...
* Rosehill * St. Helier * South Beddington *
Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a location * Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire * ...
(principal town) *
Sutton Common Sutton Common is the name of former common land and a district and neighbourhood located in Sutton, London. The area is mostly located within the London Borough of Sutton, with some of the streets to the north and west of Sutton Common Park ...
*
Sutton High Street Sutton High Street is a high street running north–south through the town of Sutton in the London Borough of Sutton. The High Street area constitutes the sixth most important retail centre in London, and is home to many restaurants and major ...
(located within
Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a location * Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire * ...
) * The Wrythe * Wallington * Woodcote Green *
Worcester Park Worcester Park is a suburban town in South West London, England. It lies in the London boroughs of Sutton and Kingston, and partly in the Surrey borough of Epsom and Ewell. The area is southwest of Charing Cross. The suburb's population was ...


Surrounding area


Culture and leisure

The London Borough of Sutton was once made up of
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villages, associated with feudal and royal estates. The "village feel" persists, and places in the borough such as Carshalton, Cheam and Belmont continue to be referred to as villages. The historic development of the borough is reflected in the number of heritage areas designated as conservation areas and as areas of special local character. Descriptions of a selection of the borough's cultural institutions and attractions are set out below.


The Sound Lounge

The Sound Lounge, a grassroots concert venue, opened in December 2020 in Sutton High Street in the former premises of Royal Bank of Scotland. It hosts live performances of blues,
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, folk and roots music. The venue includes a plant-based,
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café, and hosts visual art exhibitions, theatre and dance. The site also incorporates a vinyl
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(one of two branches of the ''Union Music Store''). In July 2021 the venue became the country's first grassroots music venue to be certified as carbon neutral. A wide variety of measures have been put in place to achieve neutrality. In addition to the fully plant-based menu for the café, these include getting all energy from renewable sources, not sending any waste to landfill and maintaining an allotment garden on site for zero-carbon produce for the café.


The Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton

The Charles Cryer Studio Theatre is situated on the High Street (number 39) in
Carshalton Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalto ...
Village. It was opened by His Royal Highness Prince Edward in 1991. As well as drama and musicals, productions included comedy and dance. With material ranging from Shakespeare to Chekov to panto and children's favourites, the theatre's aim was to balance popularity with quality. The theatre also served as a concert venue for local bands and played host to the popular local Rockshot festival. The theatre is named after the man who led the campaign to open the Secombe Theatre,
Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a location * Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire * ...
, listed below. In August 2016 Sutton Theatres Trust, which owned the theatre, went into administration and it closed. However, at a meeting in October 2018, the local council confirmed that the theatre would be brought back into use, following a successful bid to run the venue (on a 25-year lease) by Cryer Arts Ltd. The company plans a range of events, including music, film and theatre.


The Secombe Theatre, Sutton town centre

The Secombe Theatre (named after Sir
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) was in Cheam Road, adjacent to the Holiday Inn Hotel. The theatre was opened by Sir Harry, who lived in Sutton for over 30 years of his life. The theatre was created out of a former Christian Scientist church building originally dating from 1937. The main auditorium seats 396 (or 343 if the orchestra pit is in use), and there is a large multi-purpose function room attached. The Secombe Theatre is operated in conjunction with the Charles Cryer Studio Theatre, named after the man who led the campaign to open the Secombe Theatre. (The Charles Cryer Theatre is in a converted hall in nearby
Carshalton Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalto ...
– see entry above). Productions at the Secombe have ranged in content from modern productions to new twists on older, more established plays. Some productions have been produced locally, while others have come as part of touring groups. From time to time comedians and musicians have appeared at the theatre. In 2014, because of local council budget cuts, the venue was, along with its sister theatre, the
Charles Cryer Theatre The Charles Cryer Theatre is a studio theatre located in the High Street in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. The theatre is named after the man who led the campaign to open the Secombe Theatre in neighbouring Sutton. It was opened by ...
in
Carshalton Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalto ...
, identified by the Theatre Trust as one of 33 theatres in the country for inclusion on its "At Risk" register. The risk of closure spurred celebrity intervention in favour of the two theatres: writer, actor, comedian and
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, called on Sutton Council to reconsider its proposals. On 10 November 2014 the local council announced that four organisations submitting outline bids to take over the two theatres had been invited to submit full business cases by 12 December. The council worked with the
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and Sutton Centre for Voluntary Services to help bidders through the bidding process. On 15 January 2015 the bid by the new "Sutton Theatres Trust" (STT) was given approval by the council's environment and neighbourhood committee to take over the theatres, thus saving them from closure. In August 2016 the Trust went into administration and the theatre closed permanently.


Carew Manor, Beddington

Beddington Park is the location of Carew Manor which was the home of the Beddington branch of the Carew family. The
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great hall, which boasts a fine hammerbeam roof, survives from the Tudor house along with part of the early 18th-century
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built around the orange trees planted by Sir
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in the 16th century and claimed to be the first in England. In the grounds is an early 18th-century
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listed
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. Archaeologists have recently discovered a Tudor garden including a grotto at Carew Manor, believed to have been created by Sir Francis Carew in the 16th century. There are tours of the great hall organised by the London Borough of Sutton Museum & Heritage Service.


Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington, Sutton

The Grade II* listed 14th-century flint parish church of St Mary's occupies a prominent position in Beddington Park, immediately south of what is now Carew Manor School and which was from the late Middle Ages the seat of the Carew family. It contains an organ screen by
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. The church is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: *It has substantial amounts of fabric from the 14th and 15th centuries *It was extensively restored and provided with an extremely elaborate and interesting mid-Victorian decorative scheme. *It has monuments and other fixtures of importance from c. 1200 to the 20th century, including font and Carew tombs. *The Morris and Co. organ is of special note, and the Last Judgment reredos is unusual.


River Wandle

The
River Wandle The River Wandle is a right-bank tributary of the River Thames in south London, England. With a total length of about , the river passes through the London boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth, where it reaches the Thames. A sh ...
is a long river which flows through four southwest London boroughs, including Sutton. It passes through
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, Sutton, Merton, and
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where it joins the
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. The river changed from being a mainly rural one lined with a scattering of watermills at the beginning of the 19th century to a heavily built-up one by the 1930s. In the second half of the 20th century the river changed again, as the local authorities made improvements to its visual appearance and restored it as a habitat for wildlife. Much of the River is accessible using the Wandle Trail, which passes through Sutton borough at
Beddington Beddington is a suburban settlement in the London Borough of Sutton on the boundary with the London Borough of Croydon. Beddington is formed from a village of the same name which until early the 20th century still included land which became t ...
,
Hackbridge Hackbridge is a suburb in the London Borough of Sutton, south-west London, just over two miles north-east of the town of Sutton itself. It is 8.8 miles (15 km) south-west of Charing Cross. Toponymy The district takes its name from Hack Br ...
and
Carshalton Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalto ...
(including Grove Park in Carshalton Village).


Little Holland House, Carshalton

Little Holland House in
Carshalton Beeches Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalton ...
was the home of the artist Frank Dickinson (1874–1961). Dickinson's Arts and Crafts style interior was influenced by
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and textile designer and artist
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. The house contains many of his art works. Admission is free and the house is open 1.30–5.30pm the first Sunday of each month plus Bank Holiday Sundays and Mondays.


Sutton Library, Sutton town centre

Sutton Library is situated close to the top of the town, near St Nicholas Church and the Holiday Inn Hotel, and is part of a complex which contains the Civic Offices, home of Sutton Borough Council, and the Sutton College of Liberal Arts. It is the largest library in the borough. Originally opened in 1975, it was extensively refurbished in 2004 to meet changing customer needs. It was the first public library to appoint a library writer-in-residence; the first to establish a CD and video lending library; and the first to offer a full public library service on Sundays. The library is arranged over four storeys, and the lending and reference facilities extend to a reader's lounge; café and shop; IT facilities; opportunities to listen to music; and a children's library themed around the world's environments.


Sutton Life Centre, Sutton

The Sutton Life Centre is an £8 million community facility designed to improve life chances for younger people and encourage good citizenship. Its key feature – the lifezone – is a virtual street, a room with screens on all walls showing real-life scenes from Sutton's streets. It also has a library, a café, a
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, and community, eco, sports, youth and media zones. It tries to encourage community engagement and involvement. It was opened on 27 October 2010 by
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."Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg officially opened Sutton Life Centre"
''Sutton Guardian'', 27 October 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2011.


Honeywood Museum, Carshalton

Honeywood is a large house at the western end of
Carshalton Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalto ...
Ponds. At its earliest it dates from the 17th century but has been much extended and restored, particularly in the period 1896 to 1903 when a large Edwardian wing was added to the south side. It now houses the London Borough of Sutton's main Museum and has a local history collection, including objects that date back to the Bronze Age. The museum has recently been refurbished, reopening in May 2012 with enhanced features. Among others improvements, there are now expanded displays about the river Wandle and its influence on the life of the area, including an interactive map.


Arts Network Sutton

Arts Network Sutton "promotes, champions, nurtures and acts as a voice for the arts" in the borough. Taking over from the former Sutton Arts Council, it was put in place in April 2014, and launched by the Mayor of Sutton in June. It co-ordinates the arts locally and works together with regional and national arts bodies, informs the local arts community about arts initiatives, seeks out funding for local projects and runs events.


Public art in Sutton town centre

There are a number of examples of public art in Sutton town centre, ranging from building-height murals, to sculptures to an armillary. These are all fully described in the article on the town of
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itself. Of particular ''borough-wide'' note is one of the murals, which is in the form of a mosaic measuring 9 metres (30 feet) in height and 5 metres (16 feet approximately) in width, and covering the whole of a three-storey wall in the town square near the
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bookshop. It was made from vitreous ceramic tesserae (small tiles made of glass and clay), and put in place in 1994. It was commissioned to celebrate Sutton's heritage, and shows several aspects of the borough's heritage and local history in a geometric pattern of nineteen panels. The centre-piece is the depiction of Henry VIII's palace at Nonsuch. Other panels depict armorial bearers from the old local families, as well as industrial and architectural heritage.


Whitehall Gallery, Cheam

Whitehall is a timber framed and weatherboarded house in the centre of
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village. It was originally built in about 1500 as a wattle and daub yeoman farmer's house but has been much extended. The external weatherboarded appearance dates from the 18th century. In the garden there is a medieval well which served an earlier building on the site. Now an
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, the building features a period kitchen, and house details from the
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, Victorian and
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eras. The museum temporarily closed in 2016 to allow for a £1.6m refurbishment of the building. It will reopen in 2017 with improved facilities.


Nonsuch Mansion, Cheam

Nonsuch Mansion is a Gothic revival mansion within
Nonsuch Park Nonsuch Park is a public park between Stoneleigh, Cheam, and Ewell in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England. It is adjacent to the boundary of the London Borough of Sutton. It is the last surviving part of the Little Park of Nons ...
. The service wing is occasionally open to the public. It is a popular place for wedding receptions, as it is available for hire. In
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times it was part of the three thousand acre manor of Cuddington. The mansion was originally built in 1731–1743 by Joseph Thompson and later bought by Samuel Farmer in 1799. He employed
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to rebuild it in a Tudor Gothic style in 1802–1806. Farmer was succeeded by his grandson in 1838 under whom the gardens became famous. Nonsuch Mansion bears a resemblance in its design to the original design of
Nonsuch Palace Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace, built by Henry VIII in Surrey, England; it stood from 1538 to 1682–83. Its site lies in what is now Nonsuch Park on the boundaries of the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey and the London Boro ...
, whose construction was begun by King Henry VIII in the 16th century. Built within the north porch of the mansion is a block from the original Nonsuch Palace that bears an inscription which means "1543 Henry VIII in the 35th year of His reign."


Listed buildings

Within the London Borough of Sutton there are 147 Grade II
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, six
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listings, one
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listing, 4 'B’ listings and 6 C listings.


Governance

Local council seat distribution as of May 2018: The main local government of the borough is
Sutton London Borough Council Sutton London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Sutton in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Sutton is divided into 18 wards, each electing thre ...
. The Council has had a
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administration since 1986. From 1965 to 1986 Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives administered the council. At the 2010 London local elections the Liberal Democrats returned 43 councillors, the Conservatives 11 and the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party lost all of its seats on the Council. At the 2018 London local elections, 2018 local elections, three independents led by former Liberal Democrat councillor Nick Mattey won Beddington North ward after campaigning against the Council's controversial plans to build a waste incinerator as part of a contract with Viridor. The Liberal Democrats lost a further nine seats to the Conservatives. One seat in Nonsuch ward was decided by a coin toss, which was won by the Conservatives. Councillor Ruth Dombey is the Leader of the Council. The Leader of the Opposition is Councillor Tim Crowley. Graham Tope, Graham Tope, later Lord Tope was the Leader of the Council from 1986 to 1999. ;National Politics Sutton is divided into two parliamentary constituencies, Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency), Sutton and Cheam and Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency), Carshalton and Wallington with one member of Parliament each: ; London Assembly As the London Assembly has eleven London-wide members from all four main parties, the borough shares its geographical London Assembly member with neighbouring
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, in its elections which began in 2000 and take place with the election of the Mayor of London, a Conservative Assembly member has gained a large majority (in other words it is arguably a safe seat). The current Assembly Member is Steve O'Connell, then a local councillor from Croydon, who was elected with an increased share of the vote of 43% following fellow conservative Andrew Pelling's time representing the area. ;European Parliament Sutton was represented in the European Parliament by the London (European Parliament constituency), London constituency.


Demographics

The proportion of Black, Asian and ethnic minorities in general living in the borough has almost doubled each decade since 1991: in 2019 Council data put the non white population at 26.8%, and the total White population at 73.2%. White British is the largest ethnic group at 62.6; this is down 10% from the 2011 census. The Filipino community is the largest foreign-born population in Sutton, closely followed by the Sri-Lankan (Tamil) community.


Ethnicity


Big Society

The London Borough of Sutton was one of the four "vanguard areas" selected in 2010 for the Government's Big Society initiative. Sutton was chosen because of its reputation for having a strong sense of community, its active voluntary sector and its track record of devolving power to its neighbourhoods.


Notable individuals

Notable individuals closely associated with the borough: * Tom Abbott, broadcaster for Golf Channel and NBC * Martin Adams, BDO Darts World Champion * Joan Armatrading, singer-songwriter & musician, lived in Sutton in the 1970s. * Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, athlete, attended Greenshaw High School * Austenasia, Terry and Jonathan Austen, micronation creators * Ben Barnes (actor), Ben Barnes, actor, attended Homefield Preparatory School. * Jeff Beck, musician – rock guitarist: one of the three noted guitarists to have played with the Yardbirds (the other two being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page). * David Bellamy, broadcaster and botanist, attended Sutton Grammar School. * Sally Bercow, wife of the former Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow. * Johnny Borrell, guitarist, singer and frontman of the band Razorlight. * Seb Brown, Sutton United F.C., Sutton United Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper, attended Cheam High School * Paul Burstow, MP for Sutton and Cheam was born in
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, and was educated at Carshalton College * Angus Calder, writer, historian and academic * Rob Davis (musician), Rob Davis, Lead Guitarist of Mud (band), Mud * Lord Peter Ritchie Calder, author, journalist and academic * Nicholas Carew (courtier), Sir Nicholas Carew, sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, Master of the King's Horse, executed by Henry VIII * Francis Carew, Sir Francis Carew, grandson of the above, of
Beddington Beddington is a suburban settlement in the London Borough of Sutton on the boundary with the London Borough of Croydon. Beddington is formed from a village of the same name which until early the 20th century still included land which became t ...
Park, Elizabethan horticulturalist * Noël Coward, actor and playwright lived in Lenham Road, Sutton until the age of six * John Clinch (cricketer), John Clinch, cricketer * James Cracknell Order of the British Empire, OBE, Olympic gold medallist in rowing (sport), rowing * Quentin Crisp, writer, author, raconteur * Clark Datchler, lead singer of Johnny Hates Jazz * Sir Fellows baronets, John Fellows(c. 1671–1724), of the South Sea Company * Edward Alan John George, Eddie George later Lord George (1938–2009) Order of the British Empire, GBE Lord Lieutenant, DL, PC,(16 September 1938 – 18 April 2009), Governor of the Bank of England 1993–2003. * Les Gray, lead vocalist of Mud (band), Mud * Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Hardwicke, (1690–1764) Lord Chancellor * Darius Henderson, footballer * Catherine Holman, actress * James Hunt, Formula One winning racing driver. * Penelope Keith, actress, and famous for her role in The Good Life (1975 TV series), The ''Good Life'', was born in Sutton. * Ruth Kelly, former Labour Party member of parliament and Transport Secretary, attended Sutton High School (London), Sutton High School. * Rebecca Litchfield, photographer. * Peter Loader, cricketer * Bradley McIntosh, member of former chart topping band S Club 7, attended Greenshaw High School. * John Major, Sir John Major Order of the Garter, KG Companion of Honour, CH, former Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister * Gary Mason (boxer), Gary Mason, boxer * Katie Melua, singer, songwriter, and musician * David Mitchell (cricketer), David Mitchell (born 1980), cricketer * Simon Conway Morris, palaeontology, palaeontologist, specifically research of Burgess Shale type fauna * Dave Mount, drummer of Mud (band), Mud * Joshua Pascoe, Played Ben Mitchell in Eastenders * Peter Alfred Penfold, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE, diplomat, attended Sutton Grammar School. *Dr John Radcliffe (physician), John Radcliffe, royal physician and MP see Radcliffe Camera, Radcliffe Infirmary and the Radcliffe Observatory * Michael Reeves, film director and screenwriter, best known for the 1968 film ''Witchfinder General (film), Witchfinder General'' *Sir Cliff Richard, singer and songwriter, ''attended Stanley Park Junior School'' * Rebecca Romero, Olympic cycling champion * Joanna Rowsell Shand, Olympic gold medallist in women's pursuit cycling * Dora Russell (born Dora Black, 1894–1986), author, feminist and progressive campaigner, attended Sutton High School (London), Sutton High School. * Sir William Scawen, merchant who purchased Carshalton manor *Sir
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, singer, comedian and entertainer. Member of the Goon Show cast. * Jack Simmons (historian), Jack Simmons, historian * Tim Smith (Cardiacs), Tim Smith, frontman of Cardiacs * Alec Stewart Order of the British Empire, OBE, cricketer * Ian Stewart (musician), Ian Stewart, co-founder of the Rolling Stones. * Neil Sullivan, footballer * Sarah Tullamore, actress and singer * Tracey Ullman, stage and television actress, comedian, singer, dancer, director, author, and screenwriter, grew up in Hackbridge. *
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, actor and comedian * David Weir (athlete), David Weir MBE, multi-Olympic gold medallist, Paralympic athlete * Helen Young, BBC Weather Presenter and former BBC Weather Centre Manager lives here. * Zacron, born Richard Drew, designer of the iconic ''Led Zeppelin III'' album cover.


Education


Schools

The London Borough of Sutton has some schools at both primary and secondary levels which perform exceptionally well. Five of the state secondary schools are List of grammar schools in England, grammar schools. *The Borough came top of the England GCSE league tables in 2011 on the key benchmark – the percentage of pupils achieving five good GCSEs (A* to C) including English and Mathematics. The national average for 2011 was 58.2%. The average for Sutton, at 74.7%, was more than 15% above this national average. Only three other local authorities achieved an average above 70%. *In 2013 Sutton's secondary schools bucked the national trend and performed better than in 2012. 83.9% of pupils achieved five A* to C GCSE grades in subjects including Maths and English compared with 75.6% in 2012. Sutton's GCSE performance was second across all borough's in England (The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea was first). *Sutton's primary schools were described as 'particularly impressive' by Ofsted in its December 2013 annual schools report 2012–2013. It ranked Sutton's primary schools at joint third in the country and joint first in London. *In July 2016 it was announced that two schools in the borough had been named the best schools in the country in the Times Educational Supplement (TES) 2016 Awards. Stanley Park High School was named the "Best Secondary School" in the country. Limes College was named the best alternative provision school. TES described Stanley Park as having achieved "remarkable outcomes for its student body by focusing on igniting their passion for learning." The judges were "impressed by the creative, ambitious and supportive culture fostered at Stanley Park". Limes College was recognised as a place where young people are able to make a fresh start and build for the future, and where staff truly believe that every student can excel. Schools in the borough were set to receive the fourth largest funding increase in the country in 2015/16. In May 2014 it was announced that grammar schools in the borough planned to set aside a number of additional places specifically for Sutton borough pupils. Nonsuch High School for Girls and Sutton Grammar School for Boys had already agreed this new policy at the time of the announcement, while the other three grammar schools in the borough were set to follow suit.


Adult education

Sutton College of Learning for Adults (SCOLA), originally named Sutton College of Liberal Arts, is a college offering over 1,000 part-time courses at its borough-wide centres. its main centres are in
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and Wallington.


Environment

The London Borough of Sutton is home to a number of notable environmental projects, including the following. ;BedZED (Beddington Zero Energy Development) The acclaimed BedZED (Beddington Zero Energy Development) housing complex is located on London Road, SM6, about 500 yards north of
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mainline railway station. It uses a number of innovative technologies to enable it to operate with zero energy use. It was designed by the architect Bill Dunster to support a more sustainable lifestyle. The project was led by the Peabody Trust in partnership with Bill Dunster Architects, Ellis & Moore Consulting Engineers, BioRegional, Arup and the cost consultants Gardiner and Theobald. The 99 homes, and 1,405 square metres of work space were built between 2000 and 2002. It is the UK's largest and first carbon-neutral eco-community. The buildings are constructed of materials that store heat during warm conditions and release heat at cooler times, and where possible, they have been built from natural, recycled or reclaimed materials. The first residents moved in (to the Helios Road part of the development) during March 2002. BedZED receives power from a small-scale combined heat and power plant (CHP). In conventional energy generation, the heat that is produced as a by-product of generating electricity is lost. With CHP technology, this heat can be harnessed and put to use. At BedZED, the heat from the CHP provides hot water, which is distributed around the site via a district heating system of super-insulated pipes. Should residents or workers require a heating boost, each home or office has a domestic hot water tank that doubles as a radiator. The CHP plant at BedZED is powered by off-cuts from tree surgery waste that would otherwise go to landfill. Wood is a carbon neutral fuel because the CO2 released when the wood is burned is equal to that absorbed by the tree as it grew. The development has attracted wide interest and acclaim over the past decade since it was built, and, has won numerous awards. Among other examples of recognition, it was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize for architecture in October 2003, and won awards from the London Evening Standard and RIBA in 2002. ;Sutton Ecology Centre Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds, The Sutton Ecology Centre is located in the Carshalton Village part of Sutton borough. The Grounds are a 1.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Nature Conservation Interest, Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1. It is owned by Sutton Council and managed by the Council together with the Friends of Sutton Ecology Centre. It is an area of mainly open space where visitors can find out about wildlife habitats, alternative energy, recycling, composting, and organic gardening. The centre's activities include running educational visits for schools and community groups, as well as events and volunteer days. The history of the Ecology Centre is that the grounds were until the late eighties known as the "Lodgelands", named after the old gardens of The Lodge in Carshalton. They were used as a tree nursery until the early 1980s, when they became surplus to requirements. After a prolonged public debate, it was agreed in 1987 to preserve the area as an open space for public use. ;Carshalton Environmental Fair The Environmental Fair is held in Carshalton Park on August Bank Holiday Monday. It features over 100 stalls and showcases local sustainability initiatives. It also includes music, performing art, poetry, children's activities, campaign groups, local craft, interactive demonstrations, and a farmers' market. Music is performed from three stages and across the genres from rock to folk. The main stage is a natural open-air amphitheatre. There is food and a bar with real ales. The fair attracts on average around 10,000 people. It is organised by EcoLocal with a team of volunteers. ;Sutton Community Farm Sutton Community Farm, the only one of its kind in London, is located in the Wallington part of the borough. A not-for-profit social enterprise, it occupies a 7.5 acre small-holding of a type originally given to ex-servicemen following the First World War. ;Growing the green economy The London Borough of Sutton has provided funding to grow the green economy by creating a Low-carbon economy, low carbon Business cluster, cluster of Sustainable business, green businesses. The project includes the establishment of a "Green Business Network", the provision of training, and the creation of employment opportunities for assessors, surveyors, designers and installers. ;Straw-bale café The café in Manor Park, Sutton has a range of environmental features, in particular its straw-bale construction. It was built in 2010 using UK produced straw-bales and natural sustainable materials, a type of construction which means that the building could last for longer than 200 years. It was London's first energy-efficient building to use this method of construction.


Hospitals

St Helier Hospital (full title: St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children) in the London Borough of Merton and London Borough of Sutton is run by Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust along with Epsom Hospital. It is located next to the large St Helier estate and close to the major intersection known as Rosehill. The hospital offers a full range of hospital services including a 24-hour accident and emergency department. The site is also home to the South West Renal and Transplantation Service and the Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, a dedicated children's hospital. St Helier Hospital is a major teaching hospital for St George's, University of London, and is the second main teaching site for the clinical years of the medicine degrees outside of St George's Hospital.


Transport


Rail

Sutton has rail services to central London stations, including London Victoria railway station, London Victoria, London Bridge railway station, London Bridge and St Pancras railway station, St Pancras International. Sutton borough has access to the London Underground with the Northern line in neighbouring Merton borough reachable by bus. The London Overground network, completed c. 2010, is 5 to 10 minutes away from Sutton at West Croydon railway station, West Croydon station. The Sutton & Mole Valley Lines Rail transport in Great Britain, railway route south from Sutton links the borough to Sussex and Surrey to the south, and to central London to the north, providing regular, direct services to stations including Clapham Junction railway station, Clapham Junction, London Victoria, Dorking railway station, Dorking, Epsom railway station, Epsom, Horsham railway station, Horsham, Wimbledon railway station, Wimbledon and West Croydon railway station, West Croydon. Also running through Sutton is the Sutton Loop Line which links St Albans City railway station, St Albans and St Pancras International directly with the stations on the loop. The main station for all these services is Sutton railway station, London, Sutton railway station to the south of the town. The station is the largest and busiest in Sutton. Passenger rail services through Croydon are provided by Govia Thameslink Railway under the Southern (train operating company), Southern and Thameslink brands.


Tram

The Tramlink service runs to the north of the borough and a short part of the line falls within it, including two stops: Therapia Lane tram stop, Therapia Lane and Beddington Lane tram stop, Beddington Lane. Transport for London spent several years developing plans for a Sutton Link, which would connect the service to Sutton town centre; however, in July 2020, it announced that plans had been 'paused' following financial negotiations with the Government in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Bus

A sizeable bus infrastructure which is part of the London Buses network operates from a main hub on the Sutton one-way system. Services are operated under contract by Abellio London, London General, London United Busways, London United, Metrobus (South East England), Metrobus and Quality Line. London Buses route X26, Route X26 is the longest route in London, operating from Croydon to Heathrow Central bus station, Heathrow Airport via Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Kingston.


Road

Sutton is linked into the national motorway network via the A217 road, A217 and M25 motorway, M25 orbital motorway at Junction 8. The M25 skirts the south of the borough, linking Sutton with other parts of London and the surrounding counties. The A24 road, A24 passes through the north western part of the borough, through North Cheam and onto Epsom, Dorking, Horsham, Worthing, Bognor Regis and Chichester. This follows, in part, the course of Stane Street (Chichester), Stane Street, an old Roman road linking London and Chichester. The A232 road, A232 links Sutton with other towns in the borough, also the boroughs of Kingston, Croydon and Bromley.


Air

Sutton is located about from both Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport. Heathrow is served by London Buses route X26 and Gatwick by the National Express Coaches A3 route, which stops outside Sutton railway station. Luton Airport, about to the north, is connected to Sutton by Thameslink, a direct train. Croydon Airport which was partly in the borough of Sutton served as London's main airport in the years prior to the second world war but closed in the 1950s.


Cycling

Although hilly, Sutton is compact and has few major trunk roads running through it. It is on one of the National Cycle Network routes running around South London. The nearby North Downs to the south, part of which falls within the borough boundary, is an area of outstanding natural beauty popular with both on and off-road cyclists.


Travel to work

In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 33.1% of all residents aged 16–74; train, 6.6%; bus, minibus or coach, 6.6%; on foot, 5.6%; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 3.9%; work mainly at or from home, 3.1%; passenger in a car or van, 2.0%; cycling 1.5%. Data from the 2011 Census states that the cycle mode share for people cycling to work had fallen from 2.1% since 2001.


Parks and open spaces

In total, the London Borough of Sutton has 89 parks and open spaces within it boundaries, representing a total area of .


Main parks

Varied in size and layout, green spaces range from the compact Manor Park, Sutton, Manor Park in Sutton, London, Sutton town centre and Sutton Green just to the north of Sutton town centre, through the medium-sized Grove Park, Carshalton, Grove Park, which forms a notable part of the Carshalton conservation area, to the large and historic Oaks Park, Carshalton, Oaks Park in the south of the borough. In the west of the borough is the large
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. Just to the north of Sutton town centre there is more extensive green space in the form of Sutton Common, which originally (until the beginning of the 19th century) encompassed the aforementioned Sutton Green. Today, a small portion of Sutton Common is given over to a major junior tennis facility. The common extends both to the east and west of Angel Hill. Slightly further in the opposite direction out of Sutton lie Banstead Common and Banstead Downs—these start a few hundred yards from the southern end of the town, and extend for an additional mile south in the direction of neighbouring Banstead. Manor Park, Sutton, Manor Park was created in 1914 on a site in the town centre opposite the police station. Its grounds include the Sutton War Memorial, which was added in 1921. A fountain was added in 1924. In 2010 its new café of straw-bale construction was London's first environmentally friendly building to use this building method. Features of interest in the Victorian Grove Park, Carshalton, Grove Park include a white Portland stone bridge, known as the ''Leoni Bridge'' where ''Lower Pond'' meets the park. Upper Mill is recent reconstruction of a watermill that has existed here from Anglo-Saxon times. The cascade is near the footbridge towards the Stone Court corner of the park. The 1.5m fall is now ornamental in design and was reconstructed in the 1960s. Its original purpose was to create a head of water to power Upper Mill. Oaks Park, Carshalton, Oaks Park has a long history. It was substantially laid out for the Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, Earl of Derby in the 1770s, but its villa dates back to around 1750 and is in that era's fashionable landscape style, with trees forming a perimeter screen and placed in artful clumps to suggest a natural landscape.
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near
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in the west is the last surviving part of the Little Park of Nonsuch, a deer hunting park established by Henry VIII of England surrounding the former
Nonsuch Palace Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace, built by Henry VIII in Surrey, England; it stood from 1538 to 1682–83. Its site lies in what is now Nonsuch Park on the boundaries of the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey and the London Boro ...
. The name "Nonsuch" was given as, it was claimed, there was "none such place like it" in Europe.


List of parks

The main parks in the borough are: * Beddington Park * Carshalton Park * Cheam Park * Grove Park, Carshalton, Grove Park * Lakeside * Manor Park, Sutton, Manor Park, Sutton town centre * Mellows Park *
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* Oaks Park, Carshalton, Oaks Park * Rosehill Park East and West * Overton Park * Poulter Par
Poulter Park
* Queen Mary's Park * Roundshaw Down * Royston Park * Seer's Park * St Helier Open Space * The Wandle Walkway


Local nature reserves

In addition, Sutton borough contains a large number for its size of Local Nature Reserves: * Anton Crescent Wetland has ponds, willow Carr (landform), carr and reedbeds, and the ponds never dry out as the rock formation is Oxford Clay. The pools and mud provide a habitat for birds such as the green sandpiper and common snipe. * Belmont Pastures is a long narrow triangle north of Belmont railway station. It is an old meadow which formerly belonged to Belmont Hospital. * Cuddington Meadows is mainly chalk grassland with some scrub. Its most important feature is a variety of unusual flowering plants, including greater knapweed, lady's bedstraw and field scabious. * Devonshire Avenue Nature Area is mainly neutral grassland, but it has areas of chalk grassland, scrub and trees. A notable species is the small blue, small blue butterfly, which is rare in the borough. Plants include the nationally scarce ivy broomrape, and kidney vetch and bird's-foot trefoil. * Roundshaw Downs was in the 19th century an area of farmland, becoming in the first half of the twentieth Croydon Airport. Most of the site is a mixture of chalk and neutral grassland, but there is also some woodland. Areas of unimproved chalk grassland have species typical of this habitat such as Briza media, common quaking grass, wild carrot and Lotus corniculatus, bird's-foot-trefoil. A grassland flower species is Rhinanthus angustifolius, greater yellow rattle, which is nationally protected, and Sutton and Croydon are its national strongholds. * Ruffett and Big Woods on the edge of the borough near Woodmansterne are the largest continuous area of woodland in the borough. Ruffett Wood is mainly sycamore, with some ash and hazel. It also has some plant species indicative of ancient woodland, such as Hyacinthoides non-scripta, bluebells. Big Wood has even more sycamore, as well as two large oaks and a stand of Anemone nemorosa, wood anemone. The site also has numerous bird species. * Spencer Road Wetlands has since 1991 been managed by the London Wildlife Trust. The site has reed swamps with wetland vegetation, woodland, a sedge-bed and a pond. Insects include the Archanara geminipuncta, twin-spotted wainscot and crescent moths, and there are birds such as grey heron, reed warbler and kingfishers. * Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds is in
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and owned by Sutton Council and managed by it and the Friends of Sutton Ecology Centre. Habitats include ponds, woodland, meadows, marshlands. There are also small demonstration gardens. In the south is the old course of the
River Wandle The River Wandle is a right-bank tributary of the River Thames in south London, England. With a total length of about , the river passes through the London boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth, where it reaches the Thames. A sh ...
, which in now dry most of the time, but still has Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag iris. Margaret's Pool has a number of species of dragonfly and damselfly, and the trees surrounding it are sycamore and ash. * The Spinney, Carshalton, a small L shaped reserve, is a mixture of woodland and scrub, with the main trees being plane and elm. Breeding birds include dunnocks, Eurasian wren, wrens and common blackbird, blackbirds. Other animals include wood boring beetles and foxes. * Wandle Valley Wetland has open water and seasonal pools, scrub and wet woodland. There are frogs, toads and newts, together with brown hawker, brown hawker dragonflies and birds including blackcaps and wrens. * Wilderness Island, near Carshalton, is a island between two arms of the
River Wandle The River Wandle is a right-bank tributary of the River Thames in south London, England. With a total length of about , the river passes through the London boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth, where it reaches the Thames. A sh ...
and was once the site of a pleasure garden. It features a fish pond, woodland, and meadows. Trees include the black poplar, and there are birds such as the woodpecker, kingfisher and grebe. There is a variety of butterflies including the speckled wood (butterfly), speckled wood and holly blue, and the rare hornet moth, hornet clearwing moth.


Lavender fields

There are two historic lavender fields in the borough. One, at Oaks Way, Carshalton Beeches is a not-for-profit community project that manages three acres of lavender. The other, a 25-acre commercial site in Croydon Lane called Mayfield, is popular with tourists. It is located just within the Carshalton South and Clockhouse ward within the London Borough of Sutton. This area was once famous as the "Lavender Capital of the World". From the 18th to the early 20th centuries the North Downs of Surrey, with its chalky free-draining soil, ideal for lavender growing, were at the centre of worldwide production of lavender. It was a very prosperous part of the local agriculture. Blue fields could be seen all over Mitcham, Croydon, Wallington, Banstead, Carshalton and Sutton. The scale of the operation can be understood from the fact that the ''Daily News'' in 1914 was able to state:


Sports facilities and clubs

Association football, Football club Sutton United F.C. are based in Sutton at Gander Green Lane and play in the EFL League Two, League Two. Sutton Common Rovers F.C., Sutton Common Rovers also share the ground with Sutton United. Carshalton has two football clubs: Carshalton Athletic F.C. (home ground at The War Memorial Sports Ground, Colston Avenue, and play in the Ryman League) and Carshalton FC (at Beddington Park). Wallington has a Non-League football club Crescent Rovers F.C. who play at the Wallington Sports & Social Club. Sutton and Epsom RFC is a rugby union club based at Rugby Lane, in
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, London, having been formed in 1881. The Club run six Men's teams and two women's sides, plus they have one of the largest and best run mini and junior rugby sections in the country The Croydon Pirates despite their name play just inside the borough of Sutton, at Waddon and are one of the most successful teams in the British Baseball Federation. Sutton Cricket Club is based in Cheam Road, Sutton, (entrance in Gander Green Lane.) The Club's 1st XI plays at the highest level of the sport available to it, the England & Wales Cricket Board's, 'Surrey Championship Premier Division.’ Round Towers GAA, Senior Gaelic Football Club, Sean Treacy's Hurling Club and Croydon Camogie Club. Rosehill boasts an ETTA premier level Table Tennis Club, Rosehill TTC who play in the Sutton & District League and the Thames Valley League. At the Westcroft Leisure Centre, in
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there are health and fitness facilities including two swimming pools, sports hall, squash court and fitness centre. There is also a children's play area called Kid's Kingdom. Westcroft is also home to Sutton Pumas basketball club. In 2012 Westcroft underwent a major renovation costing £11 million, bringing improved swimming facilities, a dance studio and beauty treatment rooms. There are eight courts in the sports hall, providing facilities for activities including badminton, gymnastics, trampolining, basketball, football, netball and volleyball. In addition, Carshalton Library moved to the Westcroft centre, as part of the renovation. There are also two public basketball courts in the Rosehill district of Sutton borough. The Sutton and Epsom Weightlifting Club meet at Sutton Arena near to St Hellier's Hospital to the North of Sutton.


Climate

Sutton has a temperate climate in common with most areas of Great Britain, it is similar to that of Greenwich in Inner London: its Humid temperate climate, Köppen climate classification is ''Cfb''. Its mean annual temperature of 9.6 Celsius, °C is similar to that experienced throughout the Weald, and slightly cooler than nearby areas such as the Sussex coast and central London. Rainfall is considerably below England's average (1971–2000) level of 838 mm, and every month is drier overall than the England average. The nearest weather station is a
Gatwick Airport


Town twinning

Sutton's Twin towns and sister cities, twin towns are as follows: * Gagny in France * Gladsaxe in Denmark * Minden in Germany * Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Germany In addition, there is a friendship link with: * Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Tavarnelle in Italy The Sutton twin towns mural on a building in Sutton town centre is made up of individual paintings of all the twin towns. It was created in 1993. The building is at the junction of Sutton High Street and Sutton Court Road.


See also

* Grade I and II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Sutton


References


External links


London Borough of SuttonOpenlyLocal.com page for London Borough of Sutton
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