How far from Olympic stadium to Wimbledon?
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"Richard J." wrote in message
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Franklin wrote on 01
August 2010 16:00:07 ...
In a year or two I expect to be visiting the main Olympic stadium.
I'm considering a side trip to visit the civic hall for the
Wimbledon area.
Approximately how far is it and how much time should I allow for
the journey?
What do you mean by "the civic hall for the Wimbledon area"?
Wimbledon is in the London Borough of Merton, whose main
headquarters is at the Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, SM4 5DX,
near Morden Underground station (Northern Line) and about 2 miles
from Wimbledon.
Until 1965, Wimbledon was a borough with a town hall (built 1931) at
the corner of Queens Road and Wimbledon Bridge, near Wimbledon
station. It is no longer a council building; Google Street View
shows a Tesco Metro supermarket in the building.
I think that the old Wimbledon Town Hall was the Merton Council main
offices for a couple of decades after 1965.
It is now the frontage to the Centre Court shopping centre,
accessible directly from the railway station, opened some around
1988-90.
The new council offices in Morden used to be a supermarket (various
names ending as a Safeway) with an office block (Crown House) above
it until at least 1980. Can't remember when that all changed and the
Safeway moved into new premises built on the old Co-op department
store, (which was what I can only describe as the most sparsely
occupied store this side of the Urals).
tim
How many "Mark and Spencer" food halls are in that vicinity?
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