New Malden is an area in South West
London
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, England. It is located mainly within the
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Surbiton, Chessington, Malden Rushett, New Malden and Tolworth. It is the oldest of the four royal boroughs ...
and 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 Mer ...
, and is from
Charing Cross
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. Neighbouring localities include
Kingston,
Norbiton
Norbiton is an area within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London. It lies approximately east of Kingston upon Thames town centre, and from Charing Cross. Its main landmarks include Kingston Hospital, Kingsmeadow football stadium ...
,
Raynes Park
Raynes Park is a residential suburb, railway station and local centre near Wimbledon, London, and is within the London Borough of Merton. It is situated southwest of Wimbledon Common, to the northwest of Wimbledon Chase and to the east of ...
,
Surbiton
Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it ha ...
,
Tolworth,
Wimbledon and
Worcester Park
Worcester Park is a suburban town in South West London, England. It lies in the London boroughs of Sutton and Kingston, and partly in the Surrey borough of Epsom and Ewell. The area is southwest of Charing Cross. The suburb's population was ...
. Prior to the creation of
Greater London
Greater may refer to:
*Greatness
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in 1965, New Malden was in the
administrative county
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of
Surrey
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.
History
New Malden was established entirely as a result of the arrival of the railway, when what is now called
New Malden railway station
New Malden railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south London. It is south-west of .
The station is served by South Western Railway, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.
History
The station was opened by the London and ...
was opened on 1 December 1846 on the main line from
London Waterloo
Waterloo station (), also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is connected to a London Underground station o ...
.
Building started slowly in the area just to the north of the station, gathering pace in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with two- and three-bedroom
terraced house
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s. Further out towards
Coombe Hill are larger
detached and
semi-detached
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houses from the 1930s. The name of the road which leads up the hill to Coombe, Traps Lane, is thought to derive from a farm owned by a Mrs Trap. Following the opening of the
Kingston bypass
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in 1927, the farms to its south progressively gave way to suburban development.
Two miles (3 km) to the south is the former village of
Old Malden (from which New Malden gets its name) whose origins go back to
Anglo-Saxon
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times, the name being
Old English
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for ''Mæl'' + ''duna'' = "the cross on the hill".
Under the District Councils Act 1895,
The Maldens & Coombe Urban District Council was created (the plural relating to Old Malden and New Malden). In 1936 Malden and Coombe was granted full Borough status, with its own Mayor, and had the rare distinction of a civic mace bearing the royal insignia of
King Edward VIII.
New Malden suffered damage from German bombing during the Second World War. The first attack took place on 16 August 1940, killing about 50 people and damaging about 1,300 homes. After dropping approximately 150 bombs, German pilots reportedly flew over the railway station at low altitude and machine-gunned passengers as they got off a train that had just arrived at the railway station. Unexploded munitions from this period are still found on occasion.
In 1965, the
London Government Act 1963
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came into force merging the boroughs of Malden & Coombe and
Surbiton
Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it ha ...
with Kingston upon Thames to form the
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Surbiton, Chessington, Malden Rushett, New Malden and Tolworth. It is the oldest of the four royal boroughs ...
.
New Malden is home to the offices of several large organisations, including
Nestlé Purina Pet Foods (before 1997
Spillers
Spillers Ltd was a British company that owned flour milling operations, operated bakeries and also sold pet food and equine feeds.
History
The business originated in 1829 from the establishment of a flour mill in Bridgwater, Somerset, by Joel Spi ...
Pet Foods) - until 2012 when Nestlé moved its UK headquarters to Gatwick, and
Northrop Grumman
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.
Description
New Malden is bounded to the north by the affluent
Coombe Hill and to the south and east by Raynes Park, Worcester Park and Tolworth. New Malden includes
Motspur Park
Motspur Park, also known locally as West Barnes, is a residential suburb in south-west London, in the New Malden district. It straddles the boroughs of Kingston upon Thames and Merton.
Motspur Park owes its identity to the railway station of ...
, home to the training ground of
Fulham FC, and also the
King's College London
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sports ground, home to the training ground of
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is an English professional football club, based in Merton, London, that plays in the EFL League Two, after being relegated from the EFL League One following the 2021–22 season. The club's home stadium is Plough Lane.
The ...
.
* To the west:
Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...
,
Norbiton
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* To the south:
Old Malden,
Surbiton
Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it ha ...
,
Tolworth,
Worcester Park
Worcester Park is a suburban town in South West London, England. It lies in the London boroughs of Sutton and Kingston, and partly in the Surrey borough of Epsom and Ewell. The area is southwest of Charing Cross. The suburb's population was ...
* To the east:
Motspur Park
Motspur Park, also known locally as West Barnes, is a residential suburb in south-west London, in the New Malden district. It straddles the boroughs of Kingston upon Thames and Merton.
Motspur Park owes its identity to the railway station of ...
,
Raynes Park
Raynes Park is a residential suburb, railway station and local centre near Wimbledon, London, and is within the London Borough of Merton. It is situated southwest of Wimbledon Common, to the northwest of Wimbledon Chase and to the east of ...
,
West Barnes
* To the north:
Coombe,
Richmond Park,
Wimbledon
The busy
A3 trunk road runs through part of New Malden. A minor tributary of the
River Thames
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,
Beverley Brook, flows through the east of the town, while its western boundary is along the
Hogsmill
The Hogsmill River in Surrey and Greater London, England is a small chalk stream tributary of the River Thames. It rises in Ewell and flows into the Thames at Kingston upon Thames on the lowest non-tidal reach, that above Teddington Lock ...
, another Thames tributary.
The first
parking meter
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s were made in New Malden at Venners Ltd.
Demographics
Korean community
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The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames has one of the largest expatriate communities of
South Koreans in Europe, and is said to be one of the most densely populated areas of Koreans outside South Korea.
According to different sources, as of 2014 there were about 10,000 ethnic Koreans in New Malden proper,
[Fischer, Paul.]
The Korean Republic of New Malden: How Surrey became home to the 70 year-old conflict
" ''The Independent
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''. Monday 23 February 2015. Retrieved on 2 November 2015. and as of the same year the Korean population in the area around New Malden is around 20,000, including about 600 originating from
North Korea
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, giving it the largest group of North Koreans in Europe.
[Parrish, Charlie.]
Why is New Malden home to more North Koreans than any other place in Europe?
''The Telegraph
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Australia
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''. 6 October 2014. Retrieved on 2 November 2015. In the 2001 census, some small areas of New Malden had "Other Asian" (i.e., other than of Indian sub-continental origin, which also included Chinese) populations of "over 25%", though no whole ward reached over 20%. Many of the Koreans living in New Malden work for Korean companies, and they are either permanently settled and formerly expatriate, or they are still expatriates.
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, 6 August 2012. , 9781134156207. CITED: Google Books
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The New Malden area has
Korean language
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churches and nursery schools as well as restaurants and shops with Korean clientele.
New Malden functions as the shopping and cultural centre for a Korean population spread more widely across South-West London and the neighbouring counties. The area has Korean supermarkets, about 20 Korean restaurants and cafes,
[ including those serving ]bulgogi
''Bulgogi'' (불고기; ; from Korean ''bul-gogi'' ), literally "fire meat", is a ''gui'' (구이; Korean-style grilled or roasted dish) made of thin, marinated slices of meat, most commonly beef, grilled on a barbecue or on a stove-top gri ...
.[ It also has a ]noraebang
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(Karaoke bar),[ and many other shops. The Korean language is visible on several shop signs. The original Embassy of South Korea was in New Malden, before moving to 60 Buckingham Gate in ]Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, B ...
.[
Some factors cited in '']The Daily Telegraph
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It was f ...
'' as reasons why the Korean community formed in New Malden included a 1950s joint venture partnership between a chaebol
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and Racal Avionics (formerly Decca Decca may refer to:
Music
* Decca Records or Decca Music Group, a record label
* Decca Gold, a classical music record label owned by Universal Music Group
* Decca Broadway, a musical theater record label
* Decca Studios, a recording facility in We ...
), Lord Chancellor's Walk in Coombe Lane West previously serving as the residence of the Ambassador of South Korea to the United Kingdom, and Samsung Electronics
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having its UK offices in New Malden until they moved to their current location in Chertsey
Chertsey is a town in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, south-west of central London. It grew up round Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 CE, and gained a market charter from Henry I. A bridge across the River Thames first appeared in t ...
, Surrey in 2005. Many Koreans settled in New Malden in the 1970s due to the ambassador's location.[
]
Other
There is a Hindu Temple in the eastern part of Burlington Road with a notable community of predominantly Sri Lankan Tamils
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living in the area. In 2016 New Malden gained twin city status with Jaffna, Sri Lanka and a permanent plaque was erected to celebrate this.
Amenities
New Malden has its own sports centre, the Malden Centre, which includes a swimming pool, gym and community facilities. It also runs several adult learning courses.
Beverley Park provides a football pitch, tennis courts, children's playground, allotments and open space.
Tudor Williams Ltd, established in 1913 but closed in 2019, was a family run department store
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in the High Street. The company also has shops in Cobham and Dorking and expanded by acquiring department stores Elphicks of Farnham in October 2004, and Knights of Reigate in September 2006. A branch of Waitrose
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is one of a number of other well known stores in the High Street.
The local newspapers are the ''Surrey Comet
The ''Surrey Comet'' is a weekly local newspaper covering the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South West London, and surrounding areas. It is now a free sheet but can also be purchased. It was founded in 1854 and is among the oldest Lo ...
'' which has been in print since 1854, '' Coombe Monthly'', and the ''Kingston Guardian
The ''Kingston Guardian'' was a weekly free local newspaper covering the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South West London, ceasing to be published in September 2016. It was published once a week, on a Thursday, and distributed free of ...
''.
A monthly publication, The Village Voice, covers local history, news, topical articles and advertisements for businesses serving the community.
There is an annual Malden Fortnight, which includes a parade showcasing all the local schools and community groups and various other activities.
Each Christmas the High Street is festooned with Christmas lights with its own switching-on ceremony. The choir from Christ Church School, in New Malden sing Christmas carols to the townsfolk.
For a small town it is more than proportionately blessed with winners of the Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previousl ...
. Research recently published in the Village Voice revealed the existence of a previously unknown third medal winner – see Notable Residents below.
New Malden has its own youth theatre, the Green Theatre Company, established in 1986 in a converted cricket pavilion at Barton Green
Green Theatre Company
The area's last surviving cinema, the Odeon at Shannon Corner on the A3 was replaced by a large retail area including several large stores. The other cinema in the High Street (corner of Sussex Road) burnt down on Boxing Day 1936. There was also a silent cinema on Coombe Road by the station, which became the New Malden Gentlemen's Club in 1923; this closed in August 2010, and is now a Korean karaoke and pool bar.
New Malden also has its own "Dino-Golf" course, 18 holes of dinosaur themed crazy golf overlooking the A3, as well as a floodlit golf driving range.
In recent times New Malden played host to the biggest B&Q, Tesco
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and Currys
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E ...
. This Currys is the biggest electrical store in London. These are situated away from the High Street, which focuses more on smaller, more upmarket shops and restaurants.
New Malden is home to the playing fields of both King's College London
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and the London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 milli ...
, which are available for hire when not in use by university teams.
Notable open spaces
* Wimbledon Common
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* Bushy Park
* Beverley Park
* Blagdon Open Space
* Dickerage Road Park
Education and schools
* Burlington (primary and nursery)
* Christ Church (primary and nursery, Church of England)
* Coombe Boys' School (secondary; "Beverley" prior to 2006)
* Coombe Girls' School
Coombe Girls' School is an all-girls secondary school and co-educational sixth form with academy status in New Malden, South-West London, England. The school is a Leading Edge School, a Training School and specialises in languages. The school a ...
(secondary; mixed-gender sixth form)
* Coombe Hill Junior School (primary)
* Corpus Christi (primary and nursery, Roman Catholic)
* Holy Cross (secondary, Roman Catholic School)
* King's Oak (primary and nursery; formerly, "The Mount")
* Malden Manor (primary and nursery)
* Richard Challoner (secondary, Roman Catholic)
* Sacred Heart (Primary)
* Study School (Primary)
Transport
Rail
New Malden railway station
New Malden railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south London. It is south-west of .
The station is served by South Western Railway, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.
History
The station was opened by the London and ...
has services provided by South Western Railway to London Waterloo
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, Hampton Court
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, Kingston, Richmond
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* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, Californi ...
and Shepperton
Shepperton is an urban village in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, approximately south west of central London. Shepperton is equidistant between the towns of Chertsey and Sunbury-on-Thames. The village is mentioned in a document of 959 AD ...
. It is in London Zone 4. The Old Malden area is well served by trains from Malden Manor railway station, travelling north to London Waterloo and south to Chessington
Chessington is an area in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames within Greater London. Historically part of Surrey, today it is the largest salient of Greater London into that county. At the 2011 census it had a population of 18,973. The ...
. Motspur Park railway station
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Southbound destinations are Chessing ...
on the New Malden/Raynes Park
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borders also has rail connections to Chessington South
Chessington South railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, England, and is the terminus of the Chessington Branch Line. It is served by South Western Railway, and is down the line from , in Travelcar ...
, Epsom
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, Leatherhead
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and Dorking
Dorking () is a market town in Surrey in South East England, about south of London. It is in Mole Valley, Mole Valley District and the non-metropolitan district, council headquarters are to the east of the centre. The High Street runs roughl ...
.
Bus
There are many routes of London Buses
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going through New Malden, including route 213 route going from Kingston towards Sutton, routes 131 131 may refer to:
*131 (number)
*AD 131
*131 BC
*131 (album), the album by Emarosa
*131 (MBTA bus), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus. For the MBTA bus, see 131 (MBTA bus).
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and N87 going through Kingston Town Centre and Tooting Broadway
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History
Tooting has been settled since pre-Saxon times. Th ...
(and Aldwych
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for the night bus) along with the X26 express bus to Croydon
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and Heathrow Airport
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, route 152 from New Malden towards Pollards Hill
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and route 265 towards Tolworth, Roehampton and Putney. The town also has a series of local bus routes, including K1 which goes to Kingston and New Malden station and K5 to Ham and Morden.
Notable residents
Notable former or current residents include:
* Cyril Barton
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– posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
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during World War II
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* Ian Bazalgette
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– posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
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during World War II
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* Bernard Braden
Bernard Chastey Braden (16 May 1916 – 2 February 1993) was a Canadian-born British actor and comedian, who is best known for his appearances in UK television and radio shows.
Life
Braden was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and educated ...
– TV personality, popular during the 1960s and early 1970s
* – British peer and Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
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* Anthony Caro
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– sculptor, born here in 1924
* Vernon Corea
Vernon Corea (11 September 1927 – 23 September 2002) was a pioneer radio broadcaster with 45 years of public service broadcasting both in Sri Lanka and the UK. He joined Radio Ceylon, South Asia's oldest radio station, in 1956 and later the Sr ...
– Sri Lankan TV pioneer
* Paul Geraghty
Paul Geraghty (born 3 May 1959, in Durban, South Africa) is a British based author and illustrator of children's picture books. He also writes teenage fiction and won the Young Africa Award for his first novel ''Pig''.
Background
His master ...
– author/illustrator
* Tom Holland
Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, three Saturn Awards, a Guinness World Record and an appearance on the ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 Europe list. Some publications h ...
– actor
* Barbara Kelly
Barbara Kelly (5 October 1923 – 15 January 2007) was a Canadian-British actress, best known for her television roles in the United Kingdom opposite her husband Bernard Braden in the 1950s and 1960s, and for many appearances as a panelist ...
– TV personality
* David Kynaston
David Thomas Anthony Kynaston (; born 30 July 1951 in Aldershot) is an English historian specialising in the social history of England.
Early life and education
Kynaston was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and New College, Oxford, ...
– author, historian
* John Martyn
Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums, and received frequent critical acclaim. ...
– singer-songwriter
* Sally Morgan – celebrity psychic medium
* Jamal Musiala
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– footballer, attended Corpus Christi RC Primary School
* Cyril Power
Cyril Edward Power (17 December 1872 – 25 May 1951) was an English artist best known for his linocut prints, long-standing artistic partnership with artist Sybil Andrews and for co-founding the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in London in 1925. ...
– artist
* Diana Rigg
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– actress
* Luke Sital-Singh
Luke Sital-Singh is a British singer-songwriter.
About
Sital-Singh's first EP, entitled ''Fail for You'', was released in 2012.
On 18 July 2012 Sital-Singh was the featured artist on ''The Guardians "New band of the day", with journalist Pa ...
– singer-songwriter
* Colin Southgate
Sir Colin Southgate (24 July 1938 – 26 July 2021) was an English businessman. He served as chief executive of Thorn EMI and chairman of the Royal Opera House.
Early life
Colin Grieve Southgate was born in New Malden, Surrey on 24 July 1938 ...
– businessman
* Stormzy
Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2014, he gained attention on the UK underground music scene through his ''Wicked Skengman'' series of f ...
– rapper, singer and songwriter
* Dave Swarbrick
David Cyril Eric Swarbrick (5 April 1941 – 3 June 2016) was an English folk musician and singer-songwriter. His style has been copied or developed by almost every British and many world folk violin players who have followed him. He was ...
– fiddler of Fairport Convention
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, was born in the town
* Max Wall – actor, comedian and entertainer
* Eileen Way
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She was i ...
– actress, activist
* Jamie Woon
Jamie Woon (born 29 March 1983) is a British singer, songwriter, and record producer signed to PMR Records. He gained widespread acclaim in 2010 for his single " Night Air", which was co-produced by Burial, following his previous independent re ...
– singer-songwriter
New Malden also has links to a third recipient of the Victoria Cross
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, Humphrey Osbaldston Brooke Firman VC, whose parents lived in Coombe at the time of his death. A plaque bearing his name was unveiled on the war memorial in the High Street during April 2008 and a road in a new housing development near the High Street has been named Firman Close.
In popular culture
* In the BBC TV
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series ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
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'', New Malden features twice in the list of excuses Perrin made to his boss for his late arrival at work; one of the claims made is that a badger ate the signal box there.
* The house on the corner of Dukes Avenue/Howard Road featured in the exterior shots of 1970s ITV
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ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
series '' Bless This House'', which featured comedian Sid James
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Born to a mid ...
.
* In 2004, Tesco reported that the New Malden store was the biggest consumer of fruit and vegetables in the country, in relation to items of fruit purchased per customer. It is thought that the Korean diet contributes significantly to this.
* In the BBC One
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television series '' Little Britain'', character Marjorie Dawes hosts weekly FatFighters meetings at a community centre in New Malden.
* Mentioned in a mid-1990s MasterCard advert – "New York? The furthest he's ever been is New Malden!"
* Mentioned briefly on the radio traffic report in the BBC television series '' Outnumbered''.
* Mentioned in Stephen Fry
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's autobiography ''Moab is my Washpot''. "I suppose some rat faced weasel from New Malden will be interviewed at any minute to give the other side of the hunting debate" (page 45)
* The Duke of Cambridge pub, now a Krispy Kreme
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Krispy Kreme was founded by Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), who bought a yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans c ...
doughnut store, was acquired during the early 1960s by the notorious Kray twins who ran it as a bar and club; the then current world heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston
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attended the reopening night.
* Malden features in an episode of ''Monty Python's Flying Circus
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'', in which the "North Malden Icelandic Saga Society" change the script to the BBC's production of the Icelandic legend "Njorl's Saga" to incorporate references to Malden in an effort to attract investors. (Episode 1, Series 3)
* In the BBC sketch-comedy series ''Tracey Ullman's Show
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'' comedian Tracey Ullman
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's OAP character Kay Clark lives with her 103-year-old mother in New Malden.
* At the start of series 3 of the British ''spy thriller
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'' television series, ''Killing Eve
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,'' Sandra Oh
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's character, Eve Polastri, is living and working in a Korean restaurant located in New Malden. The location is clearly identified on screen as New Malden.
* In ''BBC One
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sitcom
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Not Going Out
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series 10 episode 3, '' Lee Mack
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's character visits and buys various items from an adult shop, to spice up his love life with wife Lucy (Sally Bretton). The shop used (and renamed 'Untold Pleasures' for this episode) is the Private adult shop at 203 Kingston Road, New Malden.
Sports
Cricket
*Kingstonian Cricket Club
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(1989)
See also
* Koreatown, Los Angeles
Koreatown ( ko, 코리아타운) is a neighborhood in central Los Angeles, California, centered near Eighth Street and Irolo Street.
Koreans began immigrating in larger numbers in the 1960s and found housing in the Mid-Wilshire area. Many ope ...
* Spring Branch, Houston
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, the centre of the Korean community in Houston, Texas
* Oseyo
Oseyo is a supermarket chain specializing in Korean foods, as well as other Asian products.
Overview
The company currently has ten branches in the United Kingdom, eight of which are located in London.
The first store was opened on Tottenham C ...
-H Mart
H Mart ( ko, H 마트 or ) is an American supermarket chain of Asian supermarkets operated by the Hanahreum Group, headquartered in Lyndhurst, Bergen County (버건군), New Jersey. The chain has 84 stores throughout the United States, operat ...
Notes
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Areas of London
Districts of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Districts of the London Borough of Merton
Koreatowns
Ethnic enclaves in the United Kingdom
District centres of London