{"id":12752,"date":"2013-07-08T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=12752"},"modified":"2013-07-08T00:15:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T23:15:43","slug":"a-walk-around-the-lovely-morden-hall-park-south-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-walk-around-the-lovely-morden-hall-park-south-london\/","title":{"rendered":"A walk around the lovely Morden Hall Park, south London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On a scorching Sunday afternoon, we headed off to\u00a0Morden Hall Park, a National Trust\u00a0park located on the banks of the River Wandle in Morden, south London.<\/p>\n

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Covering over\u00a0125 acres, it’s a lovely park with lots of little bridges spanning the River Wandle\u00a0as it meanders through the site.<\/p>\n

Rising from a spring near South Croydon, the river heads north to its mouth at Wandsworth on the River Thames.<\/p>\n

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The estate contains the old Morden Hall itself, Morden Cottage, an old Snuff Mill, and many old farm buildings, some of which are now a garden centre and a city farm.<\/p>\n

Above you can see two a pair of edge runner millstones that were used to crush tobacco leaves into snuff.<\/p>\n

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The snuff was ground by hand until water-powered mills took over in the 18th century.<\/p>\n

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The park was full of families enjoying a picnic in the sunshine.<\/p>\n

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Ornate bridge crossing the Wandle.<\/p>\n

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Enjoying a swim.<\/p>\n

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Morden Cottage.<\/p>\n

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Walking around the park.<\/p>\n

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Cooling down in the river.<\/p>\n

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River activity.<\/p>\n

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Morden Hall. Despite being owned by the National Trust it has been boarded up for some time.<\/p>\n

The 1770 hall has served as a family home, boarding school for young gentlemen and a military hospital during the First World War.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the site there has been accusations of ‘bullying’ as the NT look to close down the long-established garden centre [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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Created in 1921 and now maintained by the National Trust, the two acre rose garden contains 48 beds with over 2,000 roses.<\/p>\n

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In front of Morden Hall can be found this\u00a0‘ruined’ footbridge.<\/p>\n

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Crossing the tramway on the way to Merton Abbey Mills.<\/p>\n

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The old water mill at Merton Abbey Mills near the end of the walk.<\/p>\n

Read more about Morden Hall Park and Merton Abbey Mills here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Info:<\/strong>
\nMorden Hall Park<\/strong>
\nMorden Hall Rd
\nMorden,
\nLondon SM4 5JD
\nTel: 020 8545 6850
\nhttp:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/morden-hall-park\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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