Morden/Colliers Wood

Anybody in this neighborhood?  Do you like it or hate it?  I like Wimbledon and it's not very far away at all, but would like to have your input if you know the neighborhood.

pm paula1219

I have family that live in Sutton, and I always stay with them when I'm in London- as far as I can tell, it's a nice and relatively quiet suburban area, but has the advantage of London transport and the tube.  And it's not a bad place to live...or so my cousins tell me, anyway!

Carolyn, I just responded to your pm. Give me a call if you want more info.

i'm curious as to how this location is as well...

I live at the "bottom end" of Morden, right by Morden Hall Park, not a terrible location really, convenient to buses to Wimbledon, the tram to Wimbledon.  It has a small neighborhood feel here, kind of grubby by Swedish standards, but the price I am paying for sharing a 2-bedroom flat (£250 a month, I have the smaller bedroom) is reasonable.  Drawback, such as it is, is that I am on the bottom end of the Northern Line, notorious for delays, etc. and sometimes getting into the City can be an experience, but generally when I go up for work, I jump onto the tram for Wimbledon and then get the Capitol Connect service into the City, which is very convenient.

About how long does it take you to get into the city (where do you go)? If I were to go to Oxford Circus from there during "rush hour" do you know approximately how long it will take? I'm not familiar with the trams there, only the tube. Is the tram expensive?

You can't get the tram all the way into the city.  It's just a little connector line between a lot of bedroom communities and ends at Wimbledon.  What you would probably want to do if you were in Morden would be take the Northern Line, Charing Cross train (there are two on the Northern line, Charing Cross or Bank) and transfer to the Central line at Tottenham Court Road, which is the most direct way.  If you were closer to Wimbledon, you'd probably want to take the train from there to Vauxhall and change onto the Victoria line to Oxford Circle.  A week's pass costs £33.20, a month is about £128, a year's season ticket is about £1,300, which gets you unlimited travel on the tubes, buses, tram, Docklands Light rail and the commuter trains within Zones 1-4, I THINK Wimbledon is actually in Zone 3, could be wrong, but it would be a bit cheaper.

Since you're going to a job already, you want to get your employers to make you a season ticket loan so you can get the best deal, which is the annual pass.  Then they usually just deduct 1/12th of the cost from your monthly pay.