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The Wandle Valley has a rich rich a has Valley Wandle The hectares. 900 covering Wandle, [email protected] M ‘hardest working river in London’, with over 90 mills along it’s it’s along mills 90 over with London’, in river working ‘hardest 40 green spaces, and 12 nature reserves, linked by the River River the by linked reserves, nature 12 and spaces, green 40 facebook.com/WandleValleyPark F habitat in good condition, which in its industrial heyday, was the the was heyday, industrial its in which condition, good in habitat over of network vibrant a is Park Regional Valley Wandle The twitter.com/wandlevalley L south west of London, consisting of 15 miles of rich chalk stream stream chalk rich of miles 15 of consisting London, of west south Regional Park Regional www.wandlevalleypark.co.uk www.wandlevalleypark.co.uk at online us Visit the to Thames the of tributary a is itself Wandle river The Contact us Contact Valley Wandle The Wandle River and Trail and River Wandle Key Wandle Trail Highlights Wandle Trail for walkers and cyclists Confluence with Wandle Meadow Merton Priory 1 The Wandle Delta 3 4 6 H the Graveney Nature Park Chapter House ig This is the point where h St Parking the River Wandle meets Just north of the railway Until 1970 a sewage works, Merton was a major ree t C Colliers Merton olli Wood the Thames. bridge and adjacent a site now a reclaimed habitat of Augustinian priory, founded er s W once occupied by the surrey increasing diversity. in 1117 and dissolved in o od Chris Bar/restaurant/cafe tchurch R iron railway the meeting with 1538, whose foundations are oad 2 Ram Brewery Church Road the tiny River Graveney is Merton Priory Walls preserved in a chamber under 5 57, 131,152, 5 Until its closure in 2006 Wandle Park Toilets marked by a viewing platform. 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Hall Morden to y nature within London. within nature 23 Beddington Mill Beddington Station Croydon East from of the best urban refuges for for refuges urban best the of have a bell to sound to bell a have Beddington farmlands, one one farmlands, Beddington to be active! be to walking like that’s miles, 5 Have lights on your bike, wear bright clothing, clothing, bright wear bike, your on lights Have Waddon 24 occasionally open to the public.