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Hyde Walk, MORDEN, SM4 6LR

The boundary between the London Boroughs of Merton (to the left) and Sutton (to the right) runs down the middle of the green.

Several blocks of similar design are along the road, but not all of six houses.

The bridge carries the railway line between Sutton Common and St Helier stations over Love Lane / Forest Road here. The road name changes at the bridge, and the photographer is standing on the Forest Road side. The boundary between the London Boroughs of Merton (to the left) and Sutton (to the right) runs down the road through the bridge. The two white posts by the bridge abutments are boundary markers for the former local government arrangements. The post on the left demarcates the boundary between the former Municipal Boroughs of Sutton & Cheam to the left and Merton & Morden to the right including the bridge, while the one on the right indicates the boundary between Carshalton and Sutton & Cheam again. Resurfacing work and subsidence around the first post has resulted in the loss of the letter M in Merton so the post actually reads "ERTON & MORDEN"! This is the same viewpoint as Noel's Image from July 2005. The only apparent changes are that the graffiti on the bridge has thankfully been painted over and the circular plate at the bridge soffit, possibly a height warning sign, has disappeared.

On the line from Sutton to Wimbledon.

An island platform and a small waiting room are the minimalist facilities that are available at this station on London's extensive southern suburban network. On weekdays there is a half-hourly service of trains to Wimbledon with connections to main line services. A journey to London Waterloo is scheduled at 35 minutes. The station is named after the St Helier inner London overspill housing estate built in the vicinity between 1928 and 1936; the estate itself was named in honour of Lady St Helier, who was a London County Council Alderman between 1910 and 1927.

From the central reservation

View northward, towards Wimbledon: SR Wimbledon - Sutton line. The line and station were opened as recently as 5/1/30, with an electric service from Holborn Viaduct via Tulse Hill, Streatham and Wimbledon to Sutton - now (since 1988) by Thameslink. Steam locomotives normally worked on freight (and milk) and only Wimbledon - St Helier, so beyond here this ex-SE&C C class 0-6-0 (No. 31722, built 1/1901, withdrawn 5/62) had to take on the assistance of an E4 0-6-2T for the 1-in-40 on the final stretch into Sutton. It was a memorable Tour, covering numerous unfamiliar sections of the network in South London.