GLA= Merton and WandsworthColliers 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].

History

For a history of this part of the borough, see Merton.

Email this page

About Us | Advertise on This Site | User Agreement | Privacy Policy | Kids' Privacy Policy | Help
About and About.com are registered trademarks of About, Inc. The About logo is a trademark of About, Inc. All rights reserved.
This is the "GNU Free Documentation License" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.