Pollards Hill is a neighbourhood and electoral ward in the London Borough of Merton, sitting on the borough boundary with Croydon. The area occupies a modest hill with green spaces and a local park that give surprisingly broad views across London; housing is largely interwar and post‑war estate stock alongside later private homes, creating a mixed streetscape.
Historically the name evokes pollarded trees and the area developed from former farmland into council housing in the twentieth century. Today it is ethnically diverse with a strong community focus, small local shops and a community centre, and has been the subject of various regeneration programmes and grassroots initiatives aimed at improving housing, services and public space while maintaining a distinct local identity that straddles two boroughs.
Postcode districts covering Pollards Hill
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 12.5 miles
- Islington 10.3 miles
- City of Westminster 7.9 miles
- Bexley 13 miles
- Sutton 3.4 miles
- Crawley 19.6 miles
- Croydon 3.6 miles
- Slough 21.7 miles
- Harrow 15.9 miles
- Watford 21.4 miles
- Woking 20.1 miles
- Grays 21.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Longthornton Ward 0.6 miles
- Norbury & Pollards Hill Ward 0.9 miles
- West Thornton Ward 0.9 miles
- Figge's Marsh Ward 1 mile
- Cricket Green Ward 1.4 miles
- Graveney Ward 1.4 miles
- Bensham Manor Ward 1.4 miles
- Streatham Common & Vale Ward 1.5 miles
- Broad Green Ward 1.5 miles
- Hackbridge Ward 1.5 miles
- Norbury Park Ward 1.6 miles
- Beddington Ward 1.6 miles
Example postcodes in Pollards Hill
CR4 1XB, CR4 1PP, CR4 1PE, CR4 1QP, CR4 1JN, CR4 1HP, CR4 1FJ, CR4 1QE, CR4 1PS … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 11.1 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 14.6 miles
- Mitcham Junction 0.9 miles
- Mitcham Eastfields Railway Station 0.9 miles
- Waterloo Bus Depot 7.3 miles
Hotels near Pollards Hill Ad
- Leonardo Hotel London Croydon 4 2.4 miles
- Holiday Inn Express London Croydon 3 2.3 miles
- Best Western Plus London Croydon Aparthotel 4 1.3 miles
- Flexistay Norbury Aparthotel 3 1.1 miles
- Hampton by Hilton London Croydon 3 2.4 miles
- ibis London Sutton Point 3.5 3.4 miles
- London Croydon Hotel 2 1.3 miles
- Premier Inn London Croydon Town Centre 3 2.4 miles
- Westow House - London Crystal Palace 3 miles
- Antoinette Hotel Wimbledon 4 3 miles
Schools in Pollards Hill
- Harris Academy Merton Secondary
- Harris Primary Academy Merton Primary
- The Sherwood School Primary
- William Morris Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Selhurst Park Stadium 2.3 miles
- West Norwood Library Centre Library 2.8 miles
- All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Stadium 4 miles
- Ritzy Theatre 4.4 miles
- Beckenham Library Library 4.4 miles
- Caesar's Camp Historic site 4.8 miles
- Wimbledon Windmill Museum Museum 4.8 miles
- Fishpond Wood Nature Reserve Nature reserve 5.1 miles
- New Malden Library Library 5.3 miles
- The Oval Stadium 6 miles
- Brit Oval Stadium 6 miles
- Stamford Bridge Stadium 6.2 miles