Editing Morden (section)

===Today===
[[File:Morden hall park.jpg|thumb|Morden Hall Park]]

Despite London's suburban expansion, a little of the earlier rural nature of Morden has survived; for instance several grand period buildings remain, especially within Morden's parks. The area retains a good provision of parks and green spaces, many of them created from former country estates. The {{convert|125|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[Morden Hall Park]] is of particular note and is run by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] (see below). Its main entrance is only {{convert|0.25|mi}} from Morden Underground Station.

The largest building in the town centre is Crown House, sixties-built and 14 storeys tall; designed in 1959 by A. Green ARIBA and built between 1960 and 1962. The concaved frontage of the building lends it some distinction, as does the "chessboard" style juxtaposition of its light and dark facade features. It incorporated The Crown [[public house]], on which site part of the building covered. The building is home to [[Merton Civic Centre]] and a large adjoining library.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

At around the same time, Morden Underground Station, originally a single storey building, with shops, had three-storey office accommodation incorporated above it.

A further office building with a large supermarket (now a [[Sainsbury's]]) at ground-floor level, was built in the 1980s in the centre of the town shopping centre.{{cn|date=April 2024}}. This replaced an equally large building housing the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society.

The cinema and adjoining garage were demolished and replaced by shops some years ago.{{when|date=April 2024}}