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Mitcham
Sign in to saveMitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred 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.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Mitcham clock tower (geograph 1853146).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Mitcham Clocktower was built in 1898 and renovated in 2016.
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.population
- 63,393
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.official_name
- Mitcham
- UK place.london_borough
- Merton
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Mitcham and Morden
- UK place.post_town
- MITCHAM
- UK place.postcode_area
- CR
- UK place.postcode_district
- CR4
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ285685
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London Borough of Merton
- Population
- 63393
- Body of water
- River Wandle
- Shares border with
- Tooting
- Image
- Formerly Mitcham Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 1220242.jpg
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- postal code
- CR4
- OS grid reference
- TQ285685
- Commons category
- Mitcham, London
- P8168
- 1575 in science
- different from
- Mitcham
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Open spaces
- Notable buildings
- Notable people
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Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred 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.
Amenities include Mitcham Library and Mitcham Cricket Green. Nearby major districts are Croydon, Sutton, Beddington, Wimbledon, Morden, Tooting, Streatham, Norbury and Colliers Wood. Mitcham, most broadly defined, had a population of 63,393 in 2011, formed from six wards including Pollards Hill.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mitcham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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