Net Walking Time: 1 ½ hrs
Meet: Morden Station at 18.00 hours.
Morden station is the southern terminus of the
Northern Line, and in Zone 4. Travel time from Bank is 32 minutes. Colliers
Wood is 2 stops closer to Central London on the same line.
This walk will have to circumvent the core of the NT's
Morden Hall Park with its rose garden etc. as
that area will be shut for the day, and instead focus on the still accessible waterways,
reed beds, and parkland and then follow the River
Wandle in a northerly direction. After passing Deen City Farm,
it passes Merton Abbey Mills, a collection of heritage
industrial buildings which are now cafés, bars and restaurants.
Morden Hall Park has an
interesting history. In Henry VIII's time, this area was part of Merton Abbey.
In the 18th century, the area became an estate with a deer park, a
cress farm, and had watermills. The last owner of the estate held large film
star fairs in the 30's. The estate is now owned by the National Trust and the
Hall is empty. Merton Abbey Mills is a former William Morris 'arts and
crafts'-factory.
For walk directions, map, and gpx/kml files click here. T=short.13
1 comment:
The forecast was for quite a bit of the wet stuff, but it never really rained. Drops yes, rain no, i.e. w=very-overcast-but-substantially-dry
4 off the train, 1 more met on the boardwalk in the wetlands (having walked back the route from Colliers Wood), i.e. n=5
We stopped at The Merton Apprentice and 4 of us then also stopped at The Charles Holden for a meal, some chat and a few liquids.
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