Wandle River and Trail The Wandle Valley Contact us The river Wandle itself is a tributary of the Thames to the Regional Park Visit us online at www.wandlevalleypark.co.uk south west of London, consisting of 15 miles of rich chalk stream L twitter.com/wandlevalley habitat in good condition, which in its industrial heyday, was the The Wandle Valley Regional Park is a vibrant network of over F facebook.com/WandleValleyPark ‘hardest working river in London’, with over 90 mills along it’s banks 40 green spaces, and 12 nature reserves, linked by the River M [email protected] throughout time. The river rises in two sources Waddon Wandle, covering 900 hectares. The Wandle Valley has a rich and Carshalton. history, deriving from its industrial heritage, unique natural Or you can write to us at: environmental and wildlife attributes. The Trail mostly follows the Wandle River, and runs for about Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust 12.5 miles (20km) from East Croydon Station to the Thames Path The Old Bookshop in Wandsworth near Wandsworth Town train station. There are The Wandle Valley Morden Hall Park 2 main starting points: Wandle Park, Croydon (12 mile walk) or Morden, Merton Carshalton Ponds, Carshalton (9 mile walk). In places the trail Regional Park Trust SM4 5JD is narrow and uneven for wheelchair users. The Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust is a charitable trust that was The Trail map shows a cycle route and walking route and highlights established in 2013 and has been set up to provide the leadership the fascinating places to visit along its length. and coordination to build a new regional park for Londoners stretching from Croydon in the South, through Sutton, Merton The Trust have worked hard over the years with partners to improve and to Wandsworth in the North. the Trail and we will continue to secure investment to make the Trail safer and more accessible for more people to enjoy. To find out more about the Regional Park, the Wandle River, Our shared vision This guide has been created by Wandle Valley Regional Park its history and our partners, or give us your feedback and ideas, Our shared vision is for the Wandle Valley to be a Trust and First Base, as a result of their shared commitment to please visit our webpage: coherent and vital part of London’s green space network, help raise awareness of and open access to the Wandle Trail. creating a place, rich in heritage, where people are proud www.firstbase.com www.wandlevalleypark.co.uk to live, work and play, that contributes to the economic vibrancy of South London. Wandle Trail 15 miles of largely uninterrupted heritage, flora and fauna 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. Surviving sections of the old Merantun Way. 200, 219 the site of Youngs brewery The name along with that priory wall can still be found y was the longest scene of a of Tooting Graveney derives W in many of the areas gardens, Cyclists take care! continuous brewing recorded n from the Huguenot De s u 6 especially near Liberty Avenue. t Sainsbury’ n in these islands. Several M&S a Gravenel family. r historic listed buildings 4 e 7 M survive alongside the ‘Spread t e 8 e Eagle’ pub opposite with its ANDLE tr Summerstown S high Victorian interior. RIVER W h g i e H an Wandle n L o Meadow t gh r u e o Nature Park l P M 44, 77, 270 Wimbledon 3 Earlsfield Ro Greyhound arratt Lane Earlsfield G Stadium Earlsfield a d Haydons William Morris Merton Abbey Mills Summerley St 7 8 Road 493 Wandsworth forth St O Steer factory site The craft market alongside the Town ld Yo ne Garratt a n's Hill L An Park This site formerly housed Wandle at Merton occupies a rk Road h ay St Lane ug d W o a a range of picturesque old range of Arts and Crafts style n rratt Lane tt o a Ro Ga r Pl d t ree Wandsworth s n St ar n a field G do timber buildings including buildings built by Arthur Liberty w ir y S Fa a H for his printing works and 39, 156, ad a calico printing works was o 639 R rd acquired by William Morris rescued from dereliction. Older fo s n r in 1881 and turned out his buildings like the Liberty Mill u D a e with its working wheel and the G rratt Lan famous printed textiles, Durnsford 2 t hangings and stained glass. curious Colour House nearby are e d Road a re ANDLE o RIVER WANDLE Recreation d t reminders of the rich industrial R The site later housed the RIVER W a S Ground o r e R history here. b Merton Board Mills. gh i King George's p m a H i 1 Park G RIVER h K y rt THAMES o Wa w r s u This illustration is an artist’s interpretation of the Trail and therefore it is not o nd m geographically accurate. Please refer to official Ordnance Survey or equivalent Wa Ar oad d nsford R maps for full wayfinding information. Buckhold Roa Dur Road Merton ge Road y Brid tne Pu Park Hill Park d a East Croydon o R y a l c r a B ane Park L ne r La e rk v Pa o y l F n o d y o r C r e est Croydon v W o y l F n o d y o r C n ow d T Ol Wandle Duppas Hill d Park a o ddon Road ddon R a l l W i H s a Wandle p Park p u D 407, 410 Purley Way Pu rle y W Waddon ay Waddon 24 Ponds d a o R n o d y ro C 23 Bed dington Lane Lane ngton H Beddi illi ers La ne d oa R n o d y o r C 22 The Grange Gardens Mitcham Beddington Junction d Roa Wandle Trail Highlights Cranmer 20 13 Lo 21 ndon Road Beddington Park The Wandle 9 The Pickle Ditch 11 Morden Hall Park d 13 Roa Industrial Museum The former course of the Wandle 50 hectare rump of a large rch d Chu a through Merton survives as a country estate left to the o The Museum’s mission is to R Mi d ll L a ondo n preserve, store, and interpret Green 1km long backwater bypassed National Trust by Gilliat Hatfeild o o n Ro Hackbridge d a R d LE AND n the last heir of a tobacco the heritage and history of t by a mill cut. o a don Road don L n Road the industries and people of o Londo merchant’s family in 1941. G W 15 ER V I Croy A pair of former snuff mills, the River Wandle. R Deen City Farm 10 the stable block, historic Farm and riding stables offering d outbuildings and Morden Hall a o children’s events and educational R itself survive. The Wandle Trail e L NDLE WA on programmes. g Watermeads is well signed through the park, d d i rust RIVER o National T r Hackbridge n open free of charge. b R k o 14 c ad ark a Road P tercress 127, 151 d H on d a n Wa o Lo R 9 80 n o Morden t e Poulter Park l 16 d d i M d ad RIVER WANDLE Phipps Bridge a d Ro R t Ro n d e e e d l e or or a M g tr Ravensbury n S National Trust i 10 t Park e Morden Hall Park h r g c i Bishopsf A N DLE Mitcham 15 Culvers Lodge 17 Carshalton Ponds 19 Carshalton Water Tower 12 RIVER WAN This remnant of the Culvers The springs and ponds in the Estate provides a window to centre of old Carshalton date Unique early C18th 11 The Grove a fascinating family story of back for centuries, probably building in the grounds wealth, commerce, and Victorian explaining why there was an early of Carshalton House. philanthropy. Saxon settlement here Contains wonderful X26 M 127 ord en R delft tiled bagnio 157 oad 12 Ravensbury Mill 14 Watermeads 407 Wilderness Island 18 Honeywood Museum or bath chamber, 93, 470 St He The earliest reference found Nature Reserve 16 North Street Road lier Av orangery and saloon. en An 11 acre Nature Reserve A nature reserve with full public Edwardian house overlooking Morden Hall ue to a mill here is in a rent roll 80, 118, 157, for the Manor of Ravensbury, with wetland habitats access.