Morden 8 Trees in Morden Park geograph-2376588-by-Ben-Brooksbank

Morden Park is a public park and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1, in the district of Morden Park in the

London Borough of Merton The London Borough of Merton () is a borough in Southwest 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 ...

. Of this, is a Local Nature Reserve. It is owned and managed by Merton Council. It includes Morden Park House (Registry Office).

Landscape

The site includes the Morden Park mound, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and Pyl Brook runs through.

Biodiversity

Some oaks are over 300 years old, and bird species include green and great spotted woodpeckers, coal tits and spotted flycatchers. Grassland areas have wildflowers and a range of butterflies.

Morden Park House (register office)

The park remains the grounds of the eighteenth-century Morden Park House, in the initial category of

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

Grade II which is used as a

registry office A register office or The General Register Office, much more commonly but erroneously registry office (except in official use), is a British government office where births, deaths, marriages, civil partnership, stillbirths and adoptions in England, ...

, specialising in weddings, having also reception event-hire space for those married in religious or other venues. In 1945 the house and park were purchased by Merton and Morden Urban District Council. Access is from Epsom Road, Morden Lane and London Road.

Abandoned formal pitches proposal

In 2008, Merton Council proposed allowing Goals Soccer Centres to build seventeen football pitches of varying types, many of them floodlit, along with a clubhouse with a licensed bar on part of the park. Following public objections, Merton Council abandoned this plan the next year.News article http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/archive/2009/11/30/news_wimbledon/4761303._Victory_for_local_democracy__as_Morden_Park_football_plans_dropped/

References

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