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Disused filter beds (2)
Disused filter beds at the former Thames Water sewage treatment works in Merton (closed in 1971).
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 29 Aug 2011
0.02 miles
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Wandle Park
Wandle Park was once the site of Wandlebank House and grounds. The land was purchased by Wimbledon Corporation for a public park and vested in the National Trust, and the park opened in 1907. In 1910 the Mill Pond Garden was added, purchased by public subscription.
In 2003 the park was redesigned to create more interest, the main feature being the reopening of the old sinuous course of the River Wandle through the park and the creation of a reed bed. The more recent straightened course of the Wandle alongside Wandle Bank still takes much of the flow but the flow in the old course is also substantial. A view of the redesigned river can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2894734
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 1 Aug 2020
0.04 miles
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Wandle Sewage Pumping Station
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 17 May 2021
0.04 miles
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Wandle Pumping Station
This appears to be the only operational building remaining in the disused Thames Water sewage treatment works in Merton. I presume that after treatment was abandoned on this site in 1971 [source: Merton borough website, page later removed], the sewage was pumped to another works (or maybe into the south London trunk sewer for treatment at Crossness?)
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 29 Aug 2011
0.05 miles
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River Wandle, South Wimbledon
Impressively clear water.
Image: © Mike Pennington
Taken: 28 Jul 2015
0.05 miles
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Disused building, Merton STW
A building in the disused Thames Water sewage treatment works in Merton. The high standard of brickwork detailing is typical of 19th / early 20th century municipal engineering.
This site was up for sale with development potential as of 2011, and none of the buildings is listed, so it will probably be demolished before long.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 29 Aug 2011
0.05 miles
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Footpath off Denison Rd
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 17 May 2021
0.05 miles
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Byegrove Road, London SW19
The dwellings in this road are mainly flats whose prices have greatly increased in the last few years.
Image: © David Kemp
Taken: 1 Nov 2017
0.06 miles
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Collier's Wood, pumping station
Wandle Valley Pumping Station, on South Road.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 23 Nov 2013
0.06 miles
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Wandle Valley Pumping Station
Large Thames Water pumping station on the Pickle (river).
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 9 Dec 2012
0.06 miles