The Wrythe is a suburban ward in the London Borough of Sutton, lying between Sutton town centre and Carshalton Beeches. Its name comes from a small local stream and the area is largely residential, with a mix of inter‑war semi‑detached housing, later council estates and pockets of green space and recreation grounds that give it a quieter, village‑like feel within outer London.
Locally there are small parades of shops, community centres and decent transport links into Central London by rail and bus, making it popular with commuters. Traces of earlier market gardening and light industry survive in street patterns and building types, and the ward has a socially mixed population with active neighbourhood groups and local schools anchoring community life.
Postcode districts covering The Wrythe
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 13.6 miles
- Islington 12.2 miles
- City of Westminster 9.5 miles
- Bexley 14.8 miles
- Sutton 1.3 miles
- Crawley 17.9 miles
- Croydon 4 miles
- Slough 21.1 miles
- Harrow 16.7 miles
- Watford 22.2 miles
- Woking 18.3 miles
- Grays 23.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Hackbridge Ward 0.6 miles
- Carshalton Central Ward 0.8 miles
- St. Helier West Ward 0.8 miles
- St. Helier East Ward 0.8 miles
- Wallington North Ward 1 mile
- Sutton North Ward 1 mile
- Sutton Central Ward 1.1 miles
- Sutton Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Ravensbury Ward 1.3 miles
- Sutton South Ward 1.5 miles
- Cricket Green Ward 1.6 miles
- Sutton West & East Cheam Ward 1.6 miles
Example postcodes in The Wrythe
SM5 2HD, SM5 2DT, SM5 2NH, SM5 2RN, SM5 2ES, SM5 2QU, SM5 2JW, SM5 2FP, SM5 2NJ … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 13.2 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 14 miles
- Carshalton Railway Station 0.5 miles
- Hackbridge Railway Station 0.7 miles
- Waterloo Bus Depot 9.2 miles
Hotels near The Wrythe Ad
- ibis London Sutton Point 3.5 1.3 miles
- Aparthotel Adagio London Sutton Point 3.5 1.3 miles
- Dukes Head Hotel 3 0.9 miles
- Holiday Inn London Sutton 4 1.4 miles
- Premier Inn London Sutton 3 1.3 miles
- Leonardo Hotel London Croydon 4 3.1 miles
- Greyhound Hotel 0.7 miles
- Holiday Inn Express London Croydon 3 3 miles
- Orchid Hotel, Epsom Surrey, Sure Collection by Best Western 3 3.8 miles
- Antoinette Hotel Wimbledon 4 3.3 miles
Schools in The Wrythe
- Harris Junior Academy Carshalton Primary
- Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base Primary
- Rushy Meadow Primary Academy Primary
- Victor Seymour Infants' School Primary
Local points of interest
- Selhurst Park Stadium 4 miles
- New Malden Library Library 4.2 miles
- All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Stadium 4.5 miles
- Caesar's Camp Historic site 4.6 miles
- Fishpond Wood Nature Reserve Nature reserve 4.8 miles
- West Norwood Library Centre Library 5 miles
- Wimbledon Windmill Museum Museum 5.1 miles
- University for the Creative Arts - Epsom University 5.1 miles
- Kingsmeadow Stadium 5.2 miles
- Epsom Racecourse Recreation 5.7 miles
- Pot Wood Forest 5.9 miles
- Beckenham Library Library 6.2 miles