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 miles20.2 km
- Islington 10.3 miles16.6 km
- City of Westminster 7.9 miles12.8 km
- Bexley 13 miles20.8 km
- Sutton 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Crawley 19.6 miles31.6 km
- Croydon 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Slough 21.7 miles34.9 km
- Harrow 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Watford 21.4 miles34.5 km
- Woking 20.1 miles32.3 km
- Grays 21.3 miles34.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Longthornton Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Norbury & Pollards Hill Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- West Thornton Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Figge's Marsh Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Cricket Green Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Graveney Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Bensham Manor Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Streatham Common & Vale Ward 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Broad Green Ward 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Hackbridge Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Norbury Park Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Beddington Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
Example postcodes in Pollards Hill
CR4 1ZX, CR4 1XD, CR4 1XP, CR4 1HD, CR4 1XB, CR4 1QH, CR4 1HY, CR7 6EZ, CR4 1XA … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 11.1 miles17.9 km
- London Heathrow Airport 14.6 miles23.4 km
- Mitcham Junction 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Mitcham Eastfields Railway Station 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Waterloo Bus Depot 7.3 miles11.8 km
Hotels near Pollards Hill Ad
- Hampton by Hilton London Croydon 4 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Greyhound Hotel 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Hotel 41 5 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Leonardo Hotel London Croydon 4 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Holiday Inn Express London - Croydon 3 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Dog and Fox 3 3.8 miles6.2 km
- The Lodge Hotel - Putney 4 5 miles8 km
- Hilton London Croydon 4 3 miles4.8 km
- Antoinette Hotel Wimbledon 3 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Egerton House 5 6.9 miles11.1 km
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 miles3.7 km
- West Norwood Library Centre Library 2.8 miles4.6 km
- All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Stadium 4 miles6.5 km
- Ritzy Theatre 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Beckenham Library Library 4.4 miles7.2 km
- Caesar's Camp Historic site 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Wimbledon Windmill Museum Museum 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Fishpond Wood Nature Reserve Nature reserve 5.1 miles8.2 km
- New Malden Library Library 5.3 miles8.5 km
- The Oval Stadium 6 miles9.6 km
- Brit Oval Stadium 6 miles9.6 km
- Stamford Bridge Stadium 6.2 miles9.9 km