Merton
The London Borough of Merton is a London borough in London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton and Morden Urban District, all formerly within Surrey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 205,000 residents
- Description: borough in the London Region in England
- Also known as: “London Borough of Merton”, “Merton (unparished area)”, and “Merton, Surrey”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baitul Futuh Mosque and Plough Lane.
Baitul Futuh Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Muffingg, Public domain.
The Baitul Futuh is a mosque complex of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, situated in Morden, London. It is one of the largest mosque complexes in Europe.
Plough Lane
Stadium
Photo: Johnlp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plough Lane, currently known as the Cherry Red Records Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose football stadium, recently named the 42nd best stadium in world football, in Wimbledon, south-west London, which has been the home of AFC Wimbledon since 3 November 2020.
Haydons Road railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haydons Road railway station is in the north-east of the London Borough of Merton in South London. It is the nearest station to the Plough Lane stadium, the home ground of AFC Wimbledon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wimbledon and Lambeth.
Wimbledon
Photo: Jonotennis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wimbledon is a district in south-west London and hosts one of the world's four tennis grand slam tournaments.
Lambeth
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Lambeth is a borough of inner south-west London. Here is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, St. Thomas's Hospital and County Hall.
Wandsworth
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wandsworth is a district of south-west London. Today the smart houses, cafes and bars close to the expansive green lung of Clapham Common are popular with young professionals working in the City, whilst cosmopolitan Tooting is home to a large South Asian community.
Merton
- Categories: London borough and unparished area
- Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yiddish—“Merton” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մերտոն”
- Basque: “Merton”
- Belarusian: “Мертан”
- Bengali: “মেটন”
- Bulgarian: “Камден”
- Catalan: “Merton, Londres”
- Catalan: “Merton”
- Cebuano: “Merton (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Merton”
- Chinese: “Merton”
- Chinese: “默頓倫敦自治市”
- Chinese: “默頓區”
- Chinese: “默顿区”
- Czech: “Merton”
- Danish: “Merton”
- Dutch: “London Borough of Merton”
- Dutch: “Merton”
- Esperanto: “Merton”
- Finnish: “Merton”
- French: “Borough londonien de Merton”
- French: “London Borough of Merton”
- French: “Merton”
- Galician: “Merton”
- German: “GB-MRT”
- German: “London Borough of Merton”
- German: “Morden”
- German: “Wimbledon Park”
- Greek: “Λονδρέζικος Δήμος του Μέρτον”
- Gujarati: “લંડન બોરો ઓફ મેર્ટન”
- Hebrew: “מרטון”
- Hindi: “मर्टन बरो”
- Hungarian: “Merton kerület”
- Icelandic: “Merton”
- Irish: “Buirg Londan Merton”
- Italian: “borgo londinese di Merton”
- Italian: “Merton”
- Japanese: “マートン・ロンドン特別区”
- Japanese: “マートン区”
- Kannada: “ಲಂಡನ್ ಬರೋ ಆಫ್ ಮೆರ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “머턴구”
- Latin: “Merton”
- Latvian: “Mertona”
- Latvian: “Mērtona”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Merton (koān)”
- Northern Frisian: “London Borough of Merton”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Merton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Borough of Merton”
- Norwegian: “Merton”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Meretun se Lundenburgscipe”
- Persian: “منطقه مرتون لندن”
- Polish: “London Borough of Merton”
- Polish: “Merton”
- Portuguese: “Burough de Merton”
- Portuguese: “London Borough of Merton”
- Portuguese: “Merton”
- Romanian: “Burgul londonez Merton”
- Romanian: “Merton”
- Russian: “Мертон”
- Scots: “Lunnon Borough o Merton”
- Serbian: “London Borough of Merton”
- Serbian: “Лондонска општина Мертон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Merton”
- Slovenian: “GB-MRT”
- Slovenian: “London Borough of Merton”
- Slovenian: “Londonski okraj Merton”
- South Azerbaijani: “مرتون لندن منطقهسی”
- Spanish: “Merton”
- Swedish: “London Borough of Merton”
- Tagalog: “Merton”
- Tajik: “Ноҳияи Мертон”
- Tamil: “லண்டன் பாரூக்ஹ் ஆப் மெர்டோன்”
- Telugu: “లండన్ బోరోగ్ అఫ్ మెర్టన్”
- Turkish: “Merton”
- Ukrainian: “Мертон”
- Urdu: “لندن بورو مرٹن”
- Urdu: “مرٹن بورو”
- Vietnamese: “Khu Merton của Luân Đôn”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Llundain Merton”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Llundain”
- Welsh: “Merton”
- Western Panjabi: “مرٹن”
- Wu Chinese: “默顿区”
- Yiddish: “לאנדאנער בארא פון מערטאן”
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