London Borough of Sutton

London Borough of Sutton
—  London borough  —
Coat of arms of London Borough of Sutton Coat of arms Council logo
Sutton shown within Greater London
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Status	London borough
Admin HQ	Sutton
Incorporated	1 April 1965
Government
• Type	London borough council
• Body	Sutton London Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Liberal Democrat)
• Mayor	Councillor Gerry Jerome
• MPs	Tom Brake Paul Burstow
• London Assembly	Steve O'Connell AM for Croydon and Sutton
• EU Parliament	London
Area
• Total	16.93 sq mi (43.85 km2)
Area rank	282nd (of 326)
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	194,200
• Rank	85th (of 326)
• Density	11,470/sq mi (4,428.7/km2)
• Ethnicity	80.0% White British 1.9% White Irish 4.3% Other White 0.8% White & Black Caribbean 0.3% White & Black African 0.8% White & Asian 0.6% Other Mixed 2.7% Indian 0.9% Pakistani 0.4% Bangladeshi 1.8% Other Asian 1.4% Black Caribbean 1.8% Black African 0.3% Other Black 0.8% Chinese 1.2% Other
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
Postcodes	{{{postcode_areas}}}
Police force	Metropolitan Police
Website	www.sutton.gov.uk

The London Borough of Sutton ( pronunciation ) is a London borough in South London, England and forms part of Outer London. It covers an area of 43 km² (17 sq mi) and is the 80th largest local authority in England by population. It is one of the southernmost boroughs of London. It is south of the London Borough of Merton, west of the London Borough of Croydon and east of the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames.

History

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam with the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington and Carshalton Urban District which had previously been part of Surrey.

Districts

The borough includes the areas:

• Bandon Hill
• Beddington
• Beddington Corner
• Belmont
• Benhilton
• Carshalton
• Carshalton Beeches
• Carshalton on the Hill
• Cheam
• Hackbridge
• Little Woodcote
• North Cheam
• Rosehill
• St. Helier
• South Beddington
• Sutton
• The Wrythe
• Wallington
• Woodcote Green
• Worcester Park

Parks

Main article: Sutton parks and open spaces

Trees linking Cheam Park with Nonsuch Park, in Cheam

Sutton has 89 parks and open spaces within its boundaries, a total area of 1,500 acres (6.1 km²). The main parks are:

• Beddington Park
• Carshalton Park
• Cheam Park
• Grove Park
• Nonsuch Park
• Oaks Park
• Overton Park, Sutton
• Royston Park

Cultural attractions and institutions

• The Secombe Theatre, Sutton.
• The Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton.
• Sutton Library.
• Carew Manor
• Honeywood Heritage Centre
• Little Holland House
• Whitehall Gallery
• Sutton Life Centre

Governance

Current seat distribution as of May 2010:

Party		Seats
	Liberal Democrat	43
	Conservative	11
	Independent
Total		54

The governance of the borough is by Sutton London Borough Council, which is responsible for the administration of Sutton. The council has had a Liberal Democrat administration since 1986. Prior to that it was a Conservative council. Following the London local elections, 2010, the Liberal Democrats returned 43 Councillors and the Conservatives 11. The Labour Party lost all of its seats on the council.

Lord Tope was the Leader of the Council from 1986 to 1999. Councillor Sean Brennan has been the Leader since October 2002 and Councillor Ruth Dombey is the Deputy Leader. The current Leader of the Opposition is Councillor Graham Whitham. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition is Councillor Tim Crowley.

Sutton is divided into two parliamentary constituencies, Sutton and Cheam and Carshalton and Wallington.

Paul Burstow is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam, replacing Conservative Lady Olga Maitland in the 1997 General Election. He was previously a Liberal Democrat Councillor.

Tom Brake is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Carshalton and Wallington, replacing Conservative Nigel Forman in the 1997 General Election.

The borough shares its London Assembly member with neighboring Croydon. It is a safe Conservative seat with the south of Croydon and parts of Sutton traditionally voting towards the Conservatives. The current Assembly Member is Steve O'Connell a local councillor from Croydon who was elected with an increased majority of 43% from Andrew Pelling's time in the seat. Sutton is represented in the European Parliament by the London constituency.

Notable individuals

Notable individuals associated with the borough, are (or have been):

• Harry Aikines Aryeetey, athlete, attended Greenshaw High School from 2000–2006
• Jeff Beck, musician
• Seb Brown, AFC Wimbledon goalkeeper, attended Cheam High School from 2001-2007
• Angus Calder, writer, historian and academic
• Rob Davis, Lead Guitarist of Mud
• Lord Peter Ritchie Calder, author, journalist and academic
• Sir Nicholas Carew, executed by Henry VIII
• Sir Francis Carew, Elizabethan horticulturalist
• James Cracknell OBE, Olympic rower
• Quentin Crisp, writer, author, raconteur
• Clark Datchler, lead singer of Johnny Hates Jazz
• Lord George GBE DL
• Edward Alan John George, Baron George, GBE, PC, DL (16 September 1938 – 18 April 2009), known as Eddie George, Governor of the Bank of England 1993 to 2003.
• Les Gray, Lead Vocalist of Mud
• Darius Henderson, Forward for Millwall F.C
• Sir John Major KG CH, former Conservative Prime Minister
• Peter Loader, cricketer
• Gary Mason, boxer
• Katie Melua, singer, songwriter, and musician
• David Mitchell (born 1980), cricketer
• Dave Mount, Drummer with Mud
• Cliff Richard, singer, attended Stanley Park Junior School.
• Sir Harry Secombe, singer, comedian and entertainer. Member of the Goon Show cast.
• Cardiacs, Tim Smith (Cardiacs) musician, born Carshalton
• Alec Stewart OBE, England cricketer
• Neil Sullivan-Footballer
• Sarah Tullamore, actress and singer
• Mike Valeriani, artist and photographer
• Tim Vine, actor and comedian

Education

Education is to an extremely high standard in Sutton and the Sutton LEA is regularly in the top 5 of the whole country^{[citation needed]}. There are several primary schools in and around the borough.

List of primary schools

Abbey Primary All Saints Benhilton, CofE ,Primary All Saints, CofE, Carshalton Primary Avenue Primary Bandon Hill Primary Barrow Hedges Primary Brookfield Primary school Camden Junior Cheam Common Infants' Cheam Common Junior Cheam Fields Primary School Cheam Park Farm Nursery and Infants Cheam Park Farm Junior Culvers House Primary School Dorchester Primary

Devonshire Primary Hackbridge Primary School Highview Primary Homefield Preparatory School Manor Park Primary Muschamp Primary Nonsuch Primary Robin Hood Infants Robin Hood Junior Rushy Meadow St. Dunstan's Primary Stanley Park Infants' Stanley Park Junior Westbourne Primary Tweeddale Primary [1] St.Elpheges R.C Infant and Junior School

List of secondary schools

Carshalton Boys Sports College Carshalton High School for Girls Cheam High School Glenthorne High School Greenshaw High School The John Fisher School (boys) Nonsuch High School for Girls

Overton Grange School St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls Stanley Park High School Sutton Grammar School (boys) Wallington High School for Girls Wallington County Grammar School (boys) Wilson's School (boys)

There are also a number of private schools including Sutton High School for Girls and Collingwood School

Further education colleges

• Carshalton College[2]
• Sutton College of Learning for Adults

Climate

Sutton has a temperate climate in common with most areas of Great Britain, it is similar to that of Greenwich in Inner London: its Koppen climate classification is Cfb. Its mean annual temperature of 9.6 °C is similar to that experienced throughout the Weald, and slightly cooler than nearby areas such as the Sussex coast and central London. Rainfall is considerably below England's average (1971–2000) level of 838 mm, and every month is drier overall than the England average.

The nearest weather station is at Gatwick Airport.

Climate data for London Borough of Sutton
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °F	44	45	49	54	61	66	71	71	65	58	50	46	49
Average low °F	34	34	36	38	44	50	53	52	48	44	48	36	42
Precipitation inches	1.2	1.2	1.6	1.2	1.6	1.2	1.6	1.6	2.8	2	2	2.4	1.996
Average high °C	6	7	9	12	16	18	21	21	18	14	10	8	9
Average low °C	1	1	2	3	7	10	12	11	9	7	3	2	9
Precipitation cm	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	7	5	5	6	5.07
Source: Weatherbase

Transport

Sutton has frequent Commuter rail services to central London stations, including Victoria (approx 25 minutes travelling time depending on service), London Bridge and several Thameslink stations, including St Pancras. However, Sutton is one of only five London Boroughs not to have at least one London Underground station within its boundaries. It also has no stations on the new London Overground network, although it is only 10 minutes from West Croydon, which is served by this network. It currently has no connections with the nearby London Tramlink that serves places like Croydon and Wimbledon, although it may become part of this network in the future. The main public transport used in the borough are its local rail from its various regional stations and local buses. The Sutton Rail Users forum was formed to campaign for the introduction of higher-frequency, regular interval services from Sutton to central London. Evening frequency of the direct (ie via Hackbridge) service to and from Victoria was increased in 2010 from two trains an hour to four trains an hour.

National and international travel

Sutton is linked into the national motorway network via the A217 and M25 orbital motorway at Junction 8. The M25 skirts the south of the borough, linking Sutton with other parts London and the surrounding counties. The A24 passes through the north western part of the borough, through North Cheam and onto Epsom, Dorking, Horsham, Worthing, Bognor Regis and Chichester. This follows, in part, the course of Stane Street, an old Roman road linking London and Chichester. The A232 links Sutton with other towns in the borough, also the boroughs of Kingston, Croydon and Bromley.

Sutton railway station

The Sutton and Mole Valley Lines railway route south from Sutton links the borough to Sussex and Surrey to the south, and to central London to the north: providing direct services to Dorking, Epsom, Horsham, Leatherhead, Wimbledon, Croydon and Wandsworth. Also running through Sutton is the Sutton Loop Thameslink line which links Luton and St Pancras International directly with the stations on the loop. The main station for all these services is Sutton railway station to the south of the town. The station is the largest and busiest in Sutton. Passenger rail services through Croydon are provided by Southern, First Capital Connect and South West Trains. A pilot scheme launched by the Strategic Rail Authority, Transport for London and three train operators is designed to encourage more passengers to travel off-peak. In full partnership with the South London Boroughs which includes Sutton, SWELTRAC, SELTRANS and the transport users group, the scheme promotes the advantages of off-peak travel following improvements to safety, travel connections and upgrading of station facilities. The Thameslink Programme (formerly known as Thameslink 2000), is a £3.5 billion major project to expand the Thameslink network from 51 to 172 stations spreading northwards to Bedford, Peterborough, Cambridge and King's Lynn and southwards to Guildford, Eastbourne, Horsham, Hove to Littlehampton, East Grinstead, Ashford and Dartford. The project includes the lengthening of platforms, station remodelling, new railway infrastructure (e.g. viaduct) and additional rolling stock.

Sutton is located about 15 miles (24 km) from both London Heathrow Airport and London Gatwick Airport. Heathrow is served by London Buses route X26 but there is no major direct public transport connection with Gatwick. Luton Airport, about 40 miles (64 km) to the north, is connected to Sutton by a direct train. Croydon Airport which was partly in the borough of Sutton served as London's main airport in the years prior to the second world war but closed in the 1950s.

Local travel

The hilly topography of Sutton and the lack of underground services in South London is a reason for the extensive suburban and inter-urban railway network. Sutton is in the commuter belt to London as part of suburbia. There are several busy local rail routes running along the borough's towns, connecting it with London Bridge, St. Pancras International and London Victoria. These local routes mainly run on the Sutton Loop and Sutton & Mole Valley Lines. As well as the main station of Sutton, there are several suburban stations at Hackbridge, West Sutton, Carshalton and Cheam and more.

A sizeable bus infrastructure which is part of the London Buses network operates from a main hub on the Sutton one-way system. London General, owned by the Go-Ahead Group, is one of the largest bus operators to serve Sutton along with Metrobus, Abellio London, Transdev London, Quality Line, and National Express London. Unlike other places in the country, London's transport infrastructure is regulated and therefore is not subject to price wars between different companies with TfL setting a standard price for bus services which is currently £1.20 with an Oyster card and free for all under 12's. Services include buses to central London, Croydon, Wimbledon, Kingston and a number of other civic centres in the south. London Buses route X26, the longest route in London, provides services between Heathrow airport and Croydon via Kingston.

• 80 (Belmont Prions - Hackbridge) via Sutton and Morden
• 93 (North Cheam - Putney Bridge) via Wimbledon
• 127 (Tooting Broadway - Purley) via Wallington
• 151 (Worcester Park - Wallington) via Sutton
• 154 (Morden - West Croydon) via Wallington and West Croydon
• 157 (Morden - Crystal Palace) via Wallington and West Croydon
• 164 (Sutton - Wimbledon) via Morden
• 213 (Sutton - Kingston) via New Malden
• 280 (Tooting - Belmont) via Sutton and Mitcham
• 293 (Epsom Hospital - Morden) via North Cheam
• 407 (Sutton - Caterham) via Croydon
• 410 (Wallington - Crystal Palace) via South Norwood
• 413 (Morden - Sutton) via Lower Morden
• 420 (Sutton - Redhill) via Tadworth
• 463 (Coulsdon - Pollards Hill) via Wallington
• 470 (Epsom - Colliers Wood) via Sutton
• 612 (Wallington Green - Selsdon) via Purley
• 613 (Worcester Park - Glenthorne School) via Sutton
• 627 (Worcester Park - Wallington High School for Girls) via Sutton
• S1 (Mitcham - Banstead Victoria) via Sutton
• S3 (Sutton Hospital - Malden Manor) via Sutton
• S4 (St. Helier - Roundshaw) via Sutton
• X26 (Heathrow Airport Central - West Croydon) via Kingston
• N44 (Aldwych - Sutton) via Wandsworth

Although hilly, Sutton is compact and has few major trunk roads running through it. It is on one of the National Cycle Network route running around South London. The North Downs, an area of outstanding natural beauty popular with both on and off-road cyclists, is so close to Sutton that part of the park lies within the borough boundary, and there are routes into the park almost from the civic centre.

Construction of the East London line extension to West Croydon is now complete. There were plans to extend the service to Sutton but it was decided that trains would become too busy by the time it reached Croydon, that it was abandoned. Although there are still hopes that Sutton will be connected to the London Overground scheme through Orbirail and TfL's interest in bidding for the South London Lines operated by Southern until 2009 when a new South Central franchise will be awarded. Parliamentary approval to construct a railway line from Wimbledon to Sutton through what were then undeveloped rural areas had been obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910. The main supporters of the scheme were the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR), the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) and the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now London Underground's District Line). All held shares in the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built. World War I prevented any work taking place and by the early 1920s continuing financial support from the MDR meant that it had effectively taken control of the company. Through its ownership of the MDR, the London Electric Railway (LER, precursor of London Underground) was able to obtain approval to use part of the route for an extension of the City and South London Railway (C&SLR, now the Northern Line) from Clapham Common through Morden to Sutton. The route would have seen Underground Northern Line trains running on surface tracks from Morden past the nearby Underground depot and on to the Network Rail alignment close to Morden South. The Southern Railway (SR, successor of the L&SWR and the LB&SCR after the 1923 Grouping of railways) objected to this encroachment into its area of operation and the loss of its passenger traffic to a more direct route. The two companies reached an agreement that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far as Morden in exchange for the LER giving up its rights over the W&SR route. The SR subsequently built the line, one of the last to be built in the London area. It opened on 5 January 1930.

Sports facilities and clubs

Football club Sutton United F.C. are based in Sutton, who play in the Blue Square Bet Conference South. The U's are the last non-League club to have defeated a club from England's top division in the FA Cup (1989, 2-1 v Coventry City)

Sutton Cricket Club is based in Cheam Road, Sutton, (entrance in Gander Green Lane.) The Club’s 1st XI plays at the highest level of the sport available to it, the England & Wales Cricket Board’s, ‘Surrey Championship Premier Division.’ The club’s 2nd and 3rd teams also play at the highest level available to them, the, ‘Surrey Championship 2nd XI and 3rd XI Premier Divisions.’ Sutton Cricket Club also provide league cricket for 4th and 5th XIs on Saturdays and for three XI’s on Sundays, two of which are dedicated to youth development. The club has a colts section with over 150 participants, and owns a second ground in Holmwood Close, Cheam. A cricket week is held at the Cheam Road ground every season, in addition to the club playing at least one mid-week friendly fixture every week.

Rosehill boasts an ETTA premier level Table Tennis Club, Rosehil TTC play in the Sutton & District League and the Thames Valley League. The Croydon Pirates despite their name play just inside the borough of Sutton, at Waddon and are one of the most successful teams in the British Baseball Federation.

Carshalton has two football clubs: Carshalton Athletic F.C. (home ground at The War Memorial Sports Ground, Colston Avenue) and Carshalton FC (at Beddington Park). At the Westcroft Leisure Centre, in Carshalton there are health and fitness facilities including two swimming pools, sports hall, squash court and fitness centre. Westcroft is also home to Sutton Pumas basketball club. There are also two public basketball courts in the Rosehill section of Sutton

Town twinning

• Gagny in France
• Gladsaxe in Denmark
• Minden in Germany
• Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Germany
• Tavernelle in Italy

External links

Official

• London Borough of Sutton
• Sutton Chamber of Commerce - building local business

News and travel

• News, sport and information
• Local news and travel
• South West London on Wikitravel

Culture

• Visit Sutton
• Sutton Theatres
• Culture and leisure in Sutton

Community

• Sutton Salvation Army

Maps

• 51.3696371°N 0.1987839°W / 51.3696371; -0.1987839 Geo Links for London Borough of Sutton
• 51°20′N 0°10′W^{[citation needed]} Geo Links

Open data about London Borough of Sutton

• OpenlyLocal.com page for London Borough of Sutton