Pollards Hill

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Pollards Hill straddles the boundary of the London Boroughs of Croydon and Merton between Mitcham and Norbury.

Most of the woodland in the area was cleared in the Middle Ages and this became New Barns (Galpins) Farm. In 1905, Tooting Bec Golf Club bought the farm and 100 acres. The club cleared what was left of the woodland on Pollards Hill. The golf club was succeeded by the Pollards Hill Golf Club. The site was later occupied by the Harris Academy Merton.

Pollards Hill itself is 65 metres in height. The hillside slopes sharply in the west. Ena Road, which descends the slope is one of the steepest streets in Greater London.

The streets were designed differently according to each borough, leading to two distinct styles. Recreation Way divides the two areas into east (Croydon) and west (Merton).

Some of the Croydon side was developed at the end of the nineteenth century but the hill was left undeveloped and given to the council in 1913 by former Croydon mayor Sir Frederick Edridge.

Mitcham Borough Council in the west of Pollards Hill had helped to meet the post-World War II housing shortage by building prefabricated ’Arcon’ bungalows at Pollards Hill in 1946.

Four landmark maisonette blocks were built by the Council on Yorkshire Road (1950), Westmorland Square (1950), Hertford Square (1953), Berkshire Square(1953) and Bovingdon Square in 1956.

Many of the prefabs remained until the mid 1960s. They were then demolished to make way for a new, high density, low-rise scheme that was constructed by the London Borough of Merton and Wimpey Homes between 1967 and 1971. These were based around a series of squares, bounded by Recreation Way. The Pollards Hill estate stretches to Mitcham Common. Four of the maisonette blocks have now been demolished.

In the eastern Croydon side, covering the sides of the hill, are larger houses. The roads are lined with pollarded lime trees.

Covering the crown of the hill is Pollards Hill Park, an open area of just over 3 hectares, managed by the London Borough of Croydon.

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NEARBY STREETS
Abbots Road, CR4 Abbots Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Abbotts Road, CR4 This is a street in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Almond Way, CR4 Almond Way is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Angelo Mews, SW16 A street within the SW16 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Avenue Road, SW16 Avenue Road is a road in the SW16 postcode area (Mitcham)
Avon Court Road, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Beatrice Avenue, SW16 Beatrice Avenue is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area
Beckway Road, SW16 Beckway Road is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area (Mitcham)
Beddington Lane, CR4 Beddington Lane is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Beech Grove, CR4 Beech Grove is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Beech Road, SW16 Beech Road is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area (Pollards Hill)
Berkshire Way, CR4 Berkshire Way is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Beverley Road, CR4 Beverley Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Brecon Close, CR4 Brecon Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Briar Road, SW16 Briar Road is a road in the SW16 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Buckingham Road, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Caernarvon Close, CR4 Caernarvon Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Carisbrooke Road, CR4 Carisbrooke Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Castleton Road, CR4 Castleton Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Cheshire Close, CR4 Cheshire Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Chestnut Grove, CR4 Chestnut Grove is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Commonside East, CR4 Commonside East follows the northern edge of Mitcham Common (Pollards Hill)
Conway Gardens, CR4 Conway Gardens is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Cranbourne Close, SW16 A street within the SW16 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Croydon Road, CR4 Croydon Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Dahlia Gardens, CR4 Dahlia Gardens is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Donne Place, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Eighteenth Road, CR4 Eighteenth Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Elgar Avenue, SW16 Elgar Avenue is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area
Elm Gardens, CR4 Elm Gardens is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Ena Road, SW16 Ena Road, descending from Pollards Hill, is one of the steepest streets in Greater London (Pollards Hill)
Fern Avenue, CR4 Fern Avenue is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Forrest Gardens, SW16 Forrest Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area (Pollards Hill)
Forrest Gardens, SW16 Forrest Gardens is a road in the CR7 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Franklin Crescent, CR4 Franklin Crescent is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Galpin’s Road, CR7 Galpin’s Road is a road in the CR7 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Glamorgan Close, CR4 Glamorgan Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Gloucester Court, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Granden Road, SW16 Granden Road was originally called Bulkeley Road
Greenwood Road, CR4 Greenwood Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Hadley Road, CR4 Hadley Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Hazel Close, CR4 Hazel Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Hertford Way, CR4 Hertford Way is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Highdaun Drive, SW16 Highdaun Drive is a road in the SW16 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Highdaun Drive, SW16 Highdaun Drive is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Hill Drive, SW16 Hill Drive is a road in the SW16 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Holly Way, CR4 Holly Way is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Huntingdon Close, CR4 Huntingdon Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Ivy Gardens, CR4 Ivy Gardens is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Kent Close, CR4 Kent Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Lancaster Avenue, CR4 Lancaster Avenue is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Leicester Avenue, CR4 Leicester Avenue is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Lexden Road, CR4 Lexden Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Lincoln Road, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Lindsey Close, CR4 Lindsey Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Lonsdale Gardens, CR7 Lonsdale Gardens is a road in the CR7 postcode area
Manor Road, CR4 Manor Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Manor Road, CR4 Manor Road is a road in the N81 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Manor Road, CR4 Manor Road is a road in the E13 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Marlowe Square, CR4 Marlowe Square is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Matthew Court, CR4 Matthew Court is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Middle Way, SW16 Middle Way is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area (Mitcham)
Middlesex Road, CR4 Middlesex Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Montgomery Close, CR4 Montgomery Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
New Barns Avenue, CR4 New Barns Avenue is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Nineteenth Road, CR4 Nineteenth Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Norbury Court Road, SW16 Norbury Court Road is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area
Norbury Cross, SW16 Norbury Cross is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area (Pollards Hill)
Norbury Rise, SW16 Norbury Rise is a road in the SW16 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Northborough Road, SW16 Northborough Road dates from 1901 with building of it taking place in the years leading up to 1914
Northumberland Gardens, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Oriel Close, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Pollards Crescent, SW16 Pollards Crescent is a road in the SW16 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Pollards Hill East, SW16 Pollards Hill East is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area (Pollards Hill)
Pollards Hill North, SW16 Pollards Hill North is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area (Pollards Hill)
Pollards Hill S, CR7 A street within the SW16 postcode
Pollards Hill South, SW16 Pollards Hill South is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area (Pollards Hill)
Pollards Hill West, SW16 Pollards Hill West is a road in the SW16 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Pollards Wood Road, SW16 Pollards Wood Road is a road in the SW16 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Radnor Close, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Ramones Terrace, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Recreation Way, CR4 Recreation Way is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Recreation Way, CR4 Recreation Way is a road in the SW16 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Robinhood Close, CR4 Robinhood Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Robinhood Lane, CR4 Robinhood Lane is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Sherwood Park Road, CR4 Sherwood Park Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Shropshire Close, CR4 Shropshire Close is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Somerset Gardens, SW16 A street within the SW16 postcode (Pollards Hill)
South Lodge Avenue, CR4 South Lodge Avenue is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Southampton Gardens, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Stanford Way, SW16 Stanford Way is one of the streets of London in the SW16 postal area (Mitcham)
Sussex Road, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Talbot Close, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Tavistock Crescent, CR4 Tavistock Crescent is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Vale Road, CR4 Vale Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Walton Way, CR4 A street within the CR4 postcode (Pollards Hill)
Watneys Road, CR4 Watneys Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Westmorland Way, CR4 Westmorland Way is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Wide Way, CR4 Wide Way is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
Windmill Road, CR4 Windmill Road is a road in the CR4 postcode area (Pollards Hill)
York Lane, CR4 York Lane is a location in London (Pollards Hill)
Yorkshire Road, CR4 Yorkshire Road is part of Pollards Hill (Pollards Hill)


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