10 Facts About Carshalton

Carshalton is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton.

Carshalton is part of the Carshalton and Wallington parliamentary constituency formed in 1983.

The development of Carshalton got into its stride in the early 1890s when the Carshalton Park Estate was sold for housing development.

One, at Oaks Way, Carshalton Beeches is a not-for-profit community project that manages three acres of lavender.

Little Holland House in Carshalton Beeches was the home of the artist and designer Frank Dickinson .

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In common with the London Borough of Sutton as a whole, Carshalton has many green spaces, with three of its main public parks worthy of particular note.

Present day Carshalton Park is situated south of the High Street, in the area bounded by Ruskin Road, Ashcombe Road and Woodstock Road.

In 2014 a public house in West Street in Carshalton Village reached the Top Four of all pubs in the UK, according to CAMRA.

In Carshalton Beeches, half-a-mile to the south-east of the Village, there is a further shopping area, situated along a 300-yard stretch of the otherwise residential Beeches Avenue.

At the Westcroft Leisure Centre in Grove Park, Carshalton, there are health and fitness facilities including two swimming pools one being a teaching pool.