IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Yorkshire Road, MITCHAM, CR4 1PS

Introduction

This page details the photographs taken nearby to Yorkshire Road, CR4 1PS by members of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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Image Listing (18 Images Found)

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1
Waterlogged path, Mitcham Common
Due to prolonged recent rain.
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 2 Jan 2014
0.12 miles
2
Mitcham Common (3)
The path in front has been saturated by prolonged recent rain.
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 2 Jan 2014
0.13 miles
3
Dogs on the Common
The northern edge of Mitcham Common. A man out for a walk with seven dogs. These three came charging towards me but stopped in their tracks when he shouted. I was impressed, and not a little relieved.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 11 Feb 2020
0.14 miles
4
Public footpath, Mitcham Common
This runs along the edge of the common, separated from a residential area to the right by a tree belt, a ditch and a fence, with occasional access points. One is just ahead.
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 1 Jul 2011
0.16 miles
5
View south from Pollards Hill
Looking towards the chimneys of the former Croydon power station, a site used by the Ikea store.
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 1 Jul 2011
0.17 miles
6
Mitcham Common (2)
Faintly visible on the far left is the TV mast at Crystal Palace.
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 2 Jan 2014
0.17 miles
7
Mitcham Common (4)
At about 3pm, the sun was shutting up shop for the day having been the subject of a hostile takeover by clouds. The ground has been saturated by prolonged recent rain.
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 2 Jan 2014
0.17 miles
8
Mitcham Common
The background hill is man-made, with household refuse being covered by earth. The trees are now well established and the casual observer would have no idea of the history. Back in the 1960s, this area was completely flat and the circus would perform here. Although the funfair was usually held at the western end of Mitcham Common, there were occasions on which it was held here, the eastern edge of the common.
Image: © Peter Trimming Taken: 24 Jan 2023
0.18 miles
9
Commonside East, Mitcham Common
Mitcham Common was once a much larger area of common pasture. The subsequent survival of the Common was helped by the division between four manors. As the boundaries were unclear, no single lord was emboldened to try to control the whole Common. In the early 19th century, gravel winning began in earnest. It became such a problem with gravel pits being started all over the Common that Mitcham Common was protected under the Metropolitan Commons Act of 1891. With the acquisition of mineral rights from the lords of the manors in 1894, the Conservators of Mitcham Common were able to bring the practice of gravel digging to an end. However, the tipping of domestic refuse on Mitcham Common dramatically altered the previously flat profile of Mitcham Common by creating artificial hills. The highest of these is Mill Hill (named after the nearby former windmill) which was completed in 1960 and subsequently landscaped.
Image: © Marathon Taken: 29 Mar 2017
0.19 miles
10
Trees, Mitcham Common (1)
A small ring of trees on a prominence.
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 2 Jan 2014
0.19 miles