South Wimbledon is an area of

Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ...

in south-west London in the

London Borough of Merton The London Borough of Merton () is a London borough in 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 ...

, England.

History

Toponymy

It is marked on an Ordnance Survey map of 1876 as New Wimbledon and on a 1907 map as South Wimbledon. The name is derived from

, which is located to the North.

Local government

South Wimbledon formed the northeastern section of the parish of Merton, with the separate parish of

located to the north. The parish became the

Merton Urban District Merton may refer to: People * Merton (surname) * Merton (given name) * Merton (YouTube), American YouTube personality Fictional characters * Merton Matowski, an alternate name for "Moose" Mason, an Archie Comics character * List of Downton A ...

in 1907, renamed Merton and Morden in 1913. South Wimbledon has formed part of the

since 1965.

Urban development

South Wimbledon tube station South Wimbledon is a London Underground station in South Wimbledon, a suburb of Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon in south-west London. It is on the Northern line, between Colliers Wood tube station, Colliers Wood and Morden tube station, Morden sta ...

was opened in 1926 on the corner of Merton High Street and Morden Road.

Geography

Wimbledon town centre is to the north,

Morden 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, London, Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Sutton, Londo ...

to the south,

Colliers Wood Colliers Wood is an area in south west London, England, in the London Borough of Merton. It is a mostly residential area, but has a busy high street around Colliers Wood tube station on London Underground's Northern line. The high street is pa ...

is to the east and to the west are

Merton Park Merton Park is an area in London Borough of Merton. Bordering areas are Colliers Wood, Morden, South Wimbledon and Raynes Park. It is southwest of Charing Cross. It lies east of Kingston upon Thames, west of Mitcham and north of Sutton. ...

and

Wimbledon Chase Wimbledon Chase is a south-west London suburb part of the wider Wimbledon area. It takes its name from Wimbledon Chase railway station and thus it is an informal definition: parts vie with the definitions of Merton Park, which has a tram link sto ...

References

{{London Districts Districts of the London Borough of Merton Areas of London