Colliers Wood
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| Colliers Wood | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference: | TQ275705 |
| Administration | |
| London borough: | Merton |
| County level: | Greater London |
| Region: | London |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Greater London |
| Historic county: | Surrey |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Metropolitan Police |
| Fire brigade: | London Fire Brigade |
| Ambulance service: | London Ambulance |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | LONDON |
| Postal district: | SW19 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Mitcham and Morden |
| London Assembly: | Merton and Wandsworth |
| European Parliament: | London |
| London | List of places in London | |
Colliers Wood is an area in south London, England in the London Borough of Merton. Colliers Wood station is on the London Underground's Northern Line between South Wimbledon and Tooting Broadway stations.
Colliers Wood takes its name from a wood that stood to the east of Colliers Wood Road approximately where Warren and Marlborough Roads are now located. This wood remained at least until the 1870s.
The Savacentre in Colliers Wood is one of the largest supermarkets in Europe. The market and heritage centre at Merton Abbey Mills is nearby.
The 'Colliers Wood Tower' (aka 'The Vortex'), was voted the ugliest building in London in a 2006 BBC poll [1] and one of the twelve ugliest in the UK in a 2005 Channel 4 poll for its programme Demolition [2].
[edit] History
For a history of this part of the borough, see Merton.
