Merton: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Merton on the mapWhat these local examples show
South Wimbledon station and Abbey Recreation Ground share a supported station destination, while Priory Retail Park points towards Colliers Wood. The park reference has a lower mapped daytime road average than the station reference. Their source crime areas also differ. This provides a concrete comparison of station access, green space and retail surroundings without assigning Merton an overall score.
This page covers the official Merton boundary (E09000024), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 5 supported station records, 32 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 21 supported supermarket records, 2 shopping-centre records and 70 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: District, Northern. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. South Wimbledon Underground Station
Station reference · mapped entrance. Coordinates: 51.415309, -0.192005.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUSWN. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 72.54 dB Nighttime: 66 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk South Wimbledon Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 5 min walk Abbey Recreation Ground 2.5 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 3 / 5 · Middle Merton 006B · E01003360 59.9 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 227 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 3 min walk Merton Abbey Primary School Primary · Community school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 10 min walk Sainsbury's Sainsbury's · Mapped supermarket · mapped customer entrance |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 12 min walk Priory Retail Park Shopping centre · centre position |
2. Abbey Recreation Ground
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.411783, -0.194040.
Retained source ID: 15304430. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 54.97 dB Nighttime: 46.49 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 40.86 dB Nighttime: 35.54 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 8 min walk South Wimbledon Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Abbey Recreation Ground 2.5 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 2 / 5 · Lower Merton 009B · E01003356 47.0 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 168 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 6 min walk Merton Abbey Primary School Primary · Community school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 16 min walk Sainsbury's Sainsbury's · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 17 min walk The Broadway Shopping street · 4 different mapped chains · shop position · Clarks, JD Sports, TK Maxx, Uniqlo |
3. Priory Retail Park
Shopping-site reference · centre position. Coordinates: 51.415941, -0.179184.
Retained source ID: w115487596. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 60.95 dB Nighttime: 53.92 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 4 min walk Colliers Wood Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 2 min walk Wandle Park 4.6 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Merton 005G · E01034581 188.4 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 592 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 3 min walk Singlegate Primary School Primary · Community school · Outstanding · legacy overall · 2023-11-15 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 1 min walk Aldi Aldi · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk Priory Retail Park Shopping centre · centre position |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; missing readings do not establish quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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