Editing London Borough of Sutton

{{Short description|Borough in London, England}}
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The '''London Borough of Sutton''' ({{audio|En-uk-LBSutton.ogg|pronunciation}}) is an [[Outer London]] [[London boroughs|borough]] in [[London]], [[England]]. It covers an area of {{convert|43|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and is the 80th largest local authority in England by population. It borders the [[London Borough of Croydon]] to the east, the [[London Borough of Merton]] to the north and the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]] to the north-west; it also borders the [[Surrey]] boroughs of [[Epsom and Ewell]] to the west and [[Reigate and Banstead]] to the south. The local authority is [[Sutton London Borough Council]]. Its principal town is [[Sutton, London|Sutton]].

The borough has some of the schools with the best results in the country. A Trust for London and [[New Policy Institute]] report noted that Sutton had the highest rate in London of pupils achieving 5 A* – C GCSEs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/key-facts/overview-of-london-boroughs/ |title=Overview of London boroughs &#124; London's Poverty Profile |publisher=Londonspovertyprofile.org.uk |date=17 October 2013 |access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref> In December 2014 Sutton was described by a senior Government official as the most "normal place in Britain".<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-12-10 |title=Sutton 'the most normal' place in Britain, says benefits chief |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sutton-the-most-normal-place-in-britain-says-benefits-chief-9916655.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> In connection with this, the leader of Sutton Council described the borough as "quietly brilliant", and noted that 91% of residents say it is "a great place to live".<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 December 2014 |title=newsroomsutton.co.uk |url=http://www.newsroomsutton.co.uk/?p=996 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=newsroomsutton.co.uk}}</ref>

Low levels of recorded crime are a feature of the borough, being among the lowest in [[Crime in London|London]]. An Ipsos MORI poll in 2014 found that 97% of residents felt safe in the borough during the day, and 71% felt safe at night, a higher figure than in 2011.<ref>[http://www.newsroomsutton.co.uk/?p=480 Sutton Council press release]</ref><ref>[https://moderngov.sutton.gov.uk/documents/s31459/20.03.14%20Residents%20Survey%20Sutton%20South%20Cheam%20and%20Belmont%20LCA%20Presentation.pdf Council doc presenting results of Ipsos Mori poll]</ref>

The 2014 Family Hotspots Report, on the best places in England and Wales for families to live, placed three areas within the borough among the top 10 places in London. The areas were identified as postcodes SM1, SM2 (Sutton town) and SM3 (Cheam).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familyinvestments.co.uk/downloads/pr/hotspots-report-2014|title=Family Hotspots Report 2014|publisher=Family Investments|access-date=28 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028231924/http://www.familyinvestments.co.uk/downloads/pr/hotspots-report-2014|archive-date=28 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Caufield |first=Chris |date=28 October 2014 |title=Super Sutton: Borough has most entries in top family places to live in London |url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/11563770.Super_Sutton__Borough_has_most_entries_in_top_family_places_to_live_in_London/ |access-date=28 October 2014 |publisher=Sutton Guardian}}</ref> A [[Rightmove]] study in 2015 found that Sutton was the fourth happiest borough in which to live out of 33 in London.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cambridge |first=Ellie |date=10 August 2015 |title=Richmond, Kingston and Sutton in the top five happiest places to live in London |url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/13584771.richmond-kingston-and-sutton-in-the-top-five-happiest-places-to-live-in-london/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Sutton and Croydon Local Guardian |language=en}}</ref> It achieved the same placing in the 2016 survey.<ref>[http://www.itv.com/news/london/2016-08-16/londons-happiest-boroughs-revealed-as-richmond-hits-the-top-spot/ ITV News]</ref>

In 2014, a survey by [[eMoov]] (Property Hot Spot Index) found Sutton to be the easiest place in the country in which to sell a property.<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Anna |date=5 April 2014 |title=Londoners spark suburban housing boom |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/house-prices/10747197/Londoners-spark-suburban-housing-boom.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> It was shown in a national detailed Land Use Survey by the [[Office for National Statistics]] in 2005 that the London Borough of Sutton had the highest proportion of land taken up by gardens, 35.1%, of any district in England.<ref name=ons>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |date=11 February 2003 }} [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]]</ref>

The London Borough of Sutton was one of the four "vanguard areas" selected in 2010 for the [[Big Society]] initiative.<ref name="Big Society">{{cite web| url= http://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=11094| title= What is the Big Society?| publisher= Sutton London Borough Council| access-date= 30 August 2014| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140813133748/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=11094| archive-date= 13 August 2014| df= dmy-all}}</ref>

==History==
The area of the modern borough broadly corresponds to the five [[ancient parish]]es of [[Beddington]], [[Carshalton]], [[Cheam]], [[Sutton, London|Sutton]] and [[Wallington, London|Wallington]], all of which were historically in the county of [[Surrey]].

The parish of Sutton was made a [[Local board of health#Local Government Act 1858|local government district]] in 1882.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1883 |pages=395 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3hYwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA395 |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> The neighbouring parish of Carshalton was made a local government district the following year.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1884 |page=370 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=khYwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA370 |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> Such districts were reconstituted as [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] under the [[Local Government Act 1894]]. Another urban district was created in 1915 covering the two parishes of Beddington and Wallington.<ref name=BWVoB>{{cite web |title=Beddington and Wallington Urban District / Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10135370 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>

The Sutton Urban District was enlarged in 1928 to take in the neighbouring parish of [[Cheam]], at which point the urban district was renamed 'Sutton and Cheam'. It was then incorporated to become a [[municipal borough]] in 1934.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sutton and Cheam Urban District / Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10213502 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> Beddington and Wallington Urban District became a municipal borough in 1937.<ref name=BWVoB/>

The modern London Borough of Sutton was created in 1965 under the [[London Government Act 1963]], covering the combined area of the former [[Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam]], [[Carshalton Urban District]] and [[Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington]]. The area was transferred from Surrey to Greater London to become one of the 32 London Boroughs.<ref>{{cite book | first=Frederic |last=Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England | volume=I: Southern England | year=1979 | publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] | location=London | isbn=0-901050-67-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Diagram of Surrey showing administrative boundaries, 1963 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/241244560 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>

==Districts==
[[File:English Lavender (Portelli sculpture).jpg|thumb|upright|Sculpture representing lavender, gathered in the borough's lavender fields]]
Sutton includes the areas:
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* Bandon Hill
* [[Beddington]]
* [[Belmont, Sutton|Belmont]]
* [[Benhilton]]
* [[Carshalton]]
* [[Carshalton Beeches]]
* [[Carshalton on the Hill]]
* [[Cheam]]
* [[Hackbridge]]
* Little Woodcote
* [[North Cheam]]
* [[Rosehill, London|Rosehill]]
* [[St. Helier, London|St. Helier]]
* South Beddington
* [[Sutton, London|Sutton]] <small>(principal town)</small>
* [[Sutton Common]]
* [[Sutton High Street]] <small>(located within [[Sutton, London|Sutton]])</small>
* [[The Wrythe]]
* [[Wallington, London|Wallington]]
* [[Woodcote Green]]
* [[Worcester Park]]
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==Surrounding area==
{{Geographic Location
|title     = '''Neighbouring areas of Surrey & Greater London'''
|Northwest = [[Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]]
|North     = [[Morden]]; [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]
|Northeast = [[Mitcham]]
|East      = [[Croydon]]
|Centre    = Sutton
|West      = [[Ewell]]
|Southwest = [[Epsom]]
|South     = [[Banstead]]
|Southeast = [[Purley, London|Purley]]
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== Governance ==
{{main|Sutton London Borough Council}}
[[File:Civic Offices, Sutton - geograph.org.uk - 6139673.jpg|thumb|[[Sutton Civic Offices]]: Council's headquarters]]
The local authority is Sutton Council, based at the [[Sutton Civic Offices|Civic Offices]] on St Nicholas Way in Sutton.

===Greater London representation===
Since 2000, for elections to the [[London Assembly]], the borough forms part of the [[Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency)|Croydon and Sutton]] constituency. The seat has only returned assembly members from the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the current member is [[Neil Garratt]].

===UK Parliament===
Sutton is divided into two parliamentary constituencies, [[Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sutton and Cheam]] and [[Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)|Carshalton and Wallington]] with one member of Parliament each:

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| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|[[Luke Taylor (politician)|Luke Taylor]], replaced [[Paul Scully]] in the 2024 General Election
|Sutton and Cheam
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| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|[[Bobby Dean (politician)|Bobby Dean]], replaced Conservative [[Elliot Colburn]] in the 2024 General Election
|Carshalton and Wallington
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==Culture and leisure==

The London Borough of Sutton was once made up of rural villages, associated with [[Feudalism|feudal]] and [[Crown Estate|royal estates]]. The "village feel" persists, and Carshalton, Cheam and Belmont in Sutton continue to be referred to as villages. The historic development of the borough is reflected in the number of heritage areas designated as conservation areas and as areas of special local character.<ref>[https://www.sutton.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=4239&p=0 Borough Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020002421/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=4239&p=0 |date=20 October 2014 }}</ref> Descriptions of a selection of the borough's cultural institutions and attractions are set out below.

===The Sound Lounge===
[[File:The Sound Lounge, Sutton, Greater London 4.jpg|thumb|The Sound Lounge, Sutton High Street]]

{{main|The Sound Lounge, London}}
The [[The Sound Lounge, London|Sound Lounge]], a [[grassroots]] concert venue, opened in December 2020 in Sutton High Street in the former premises of [[Royal Bank of Scotland]]. It hosts live performances of blues, [[Americana (music)|Americana]], folk and [[American folk music|roots music]]. The venue includes a [[Plant-based diet|plant-based]], [[Carbon neutrality|carbon-neutral]] café, and hosts visual art exhibitions, theatre and dance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krause |first=Riley |date=5 June 2019 |title=Pair have 13,000 reasons why Sutton should be home to new music venue |url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/17685283.pair-13-000-reasons-sutton-home-new-music-venue/ |website=Your Local Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moderngov.sutton.gov.uk/documents/s69963/8%20Sound%20lounge%20presentation.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120184638/https://moderngov.sutton.gov.uk/documents/s69963/8%20Sound%20lounge%20presentation.pdf |archive-date=2021-01-20 |url-status=live|title=Sutton Modern Government document}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Storer |first=Rhi |date=22 August 2020 |title='The risk is enormous': UK live music still in crisis after reopening |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/22/the-risk-is-enormous-uk-live-music-still-in-crisis-after-reopening |website=The Guardian}}</ref> The site also incorporates a vinyl [[record shop]] (one of two branches of the ''Union Music Store'').<ref>{{Cite web |last=Charsley |first=Monica |date=21 April 2021 |title=The Sound Lounge speaks on nerves, excitement and future plans amid reopening |url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/19249569.sound-lounge-makes-comeback-sutton-merton/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Sutton and Croydon Local Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

In July 2021 the venue became the country's first grassroots music venue to be certified as carbon neutral. A wide variety of measures have been put in place to achieve neutrality. In addition to the fully plant-based menu for the café, these include getting all energy from renewable sources, not sending any waste to landfill and maintaining an allotment garden on site for zero-carbon produce for the café.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 July 2021 |title=The Sound Lounge - The First Carbon Neutral Grass Roots Music Venue in the UK |url=https://www.recordoftheday.com/on-the-move/news-press/the-sound-lounge--the-first-carbon-neutral-grass-roots-music-venue-in-the-uk |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Record of the Day}}</ref>

===The Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton===
[[File:Charles Cryer Studio Theatre, Carshalton, Surrey - geograph.org.uk - 485263.jpg|thumb|Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton]]
{{main|Charles Cryer Theatre}}
The Charles Cryer Studio Theatre is situated on the High Street (number 39) in [[Carshalton]] Village.
<ref name="sutthe">{{cite web|url=http://www.suttontheatres.co.uk |title=Secombe Theatre, Charles Cryer Studio Theatre |access-date=4 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305113505/http://www.suttontheatres.co.uk/ |archive-date=5 March 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was opened by [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Edward]] in 1991.
<ref name="house">{{cite web|url=http://events.londonopenhouse.org/building/1045 |title=Open House London 2014 |access-date=4 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006144538/http://events.londonopenhouse.org/building/1045 |archive-date=6 October 2014 }}</ref> As well as drama and musicals, productions included comedy and dance. With material ranging from Shakespeare to Chekov to panto and children's favourites, the theatre's aim was to balance popularity with quality. The theatre also served as a concert venue for local bands and played host to the popular local Rockshot festival. The theatre is named after the man who led the campaign to open the Secombe Theatre, [[Sutton, London|Sutton]], listed below.<ref name="Footlights">{{cite web|url= http://www.overthefootlights.co.uk/20.pdf |title=Over the footlights website, regarding the Secombe Centre Theatre |access-date= 4 October 2014 }}</ref> In August 2016 Sutton Theatres Trust, which owned the theatre, went into administration and it closed.<ref name="Hutchinson">{{cite news |last=Hutchinson |first=David |date=12 August 2016 |title=Sutton theatres close amid financial crisis |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/sutton-theatres-close-amid-financial-crisis/ |newspaper=The Stage |access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> However, at a meeting in October 2018, the local council confirmed that the theatre would be brought back into use, following a successful bid to run the venue (on a 25-year lease) by Cryer Arts Ltd. The company plans a range of events, including music, film and theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/17197130.new-use-for-the-charles-cryer-theatre-is-revealed/|title=New use for the Charles Cryer Theatre revealed|website=Your Local Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=29 October 2018 |title=Agenda for Strategy and Resources Committee on Monday, 29th October, 2018, 7.30 pm |url=https://moderngov.sutton.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=453&MId=5011&Ver=4 |website=Sutton Council}}</ref>

===The Secombe Theatre, Sutton town centre===
{{main|Secombe Theatre}}
[[File:2016-06-04 TheSecombe.jpg|thumb|left|Secombe Theatre, Sutton]]
The Secombe Theatre (named after Sir [[Harry Secombe]]) was in Cheam Road, adjacent to the Holiday Inn Hotel. The theatre was opened by Sir Harry, who lived in Sutton for over 30 years of his life.
<ref name="Gower">{{cite web |url=http://www.explore-gower.co.uk/explore/swansea/swansea-notable-people/sir-harry-secombe |title=Sir Harry Secombe |publisher=Explore Gower |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-date=29 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929230233/http://www.explore-gower.co.uk/explore/swansea/swansea-notable-people/sir-harry-secombe |url-status=dead }}</ref> The theatre was created out of a former Christian Scientist church building originally dating from 1937.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secombe Theatre {{!}} Theatres Trust |url=https://database.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/3128-secombe-theatre |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Theatres Trust}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.overthefootlights.co.uk/20.pdf|title=Sadler's Wells Theatre|publisher=Overthefootlights.co.uk|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> The main auditorium seats 396 (or 343 if the orchestra pit is in use), and there is a large multi-purpose function room attached. The Secombe Theatre is operated in conjunction with the Charles Cryer Studio Theatre, named after the man who led the campaign to open the Secombe Theatre. (The Charles Cryer Theatre is in a converted hall in nearby [[Carshalton]] – see entry above). Productions at the Secombe have ranged in content from modern productions to new twists on older, more established plays. Some productions have been produced locally, while others have come as part of touring groups. From time to time comedians and musicians have appeared at the theatre.<ref name="ukatt">{{cite web |title=Secombe Theatre |url=http://www.ukattraction.com/london/secombe-theatre.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023000042/http://www.ukattraction.com/london/secombe-theatre.htm |archive-date=2007-10-23 |access-date=4 October 2014 |website=UK Attraction}}</ref>

In 2014, because of local council budget cuts, the venue was, along with its sister theatre, the [[Charles Cryer Theatre]] in [[Carshalton]], identified by the [[Theatre Trust]] as one of 33 theatres in the country for inclusion on its "At Risk" register.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29235537 |author=Ian Youngs |title=Theatres Trust lists 33 historic theatres 'at risk' |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=18 September 2014 |access-date=4 October 2014 }}</ref> The risk of closure spurred celebrity intervention in favour of the two theatres: writer, actor, comedian and [[BBC]] presenter [[Tim Vine]], called on Sutton Council to reconsider its proposals.<ref name="sguard">{{cite web|url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/11476659.Comic_legend_Tim_Vine_takes_to_Twitter_to_call_on_Sutton_Council_to_halt_theatre_closure_plans/?ref=mr |title=Comic legend Tim Vine takes to Twitter to call on Sutton Council to halt theatre closure plans |publisher=Sutton Guardian |date=17 September 2014 |access-date=4 October 2014 }}</ref> On 10 November 2014 the local council announced that four organisations submitting outline bids to take over the two theatres had been invited to submit full business cases by 12 December. The council worked with the [[Theatres Trust]] and Sutton Centre for Voluntary Services to help bidders through the bidding process.<ref name="pressoffice">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsroomsutton.co.uk/?p=928|publisher=London Borough of Sutton Press Office|title=Four bids to take over Sutton's theatres invited to submit full business case|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref> On 15 January 2015 the bid by the new "Sutton Theatres Trust" (STT) was given approval by the council's environment and neighbourhood committee to take over the theatres, thus saving them from closure.<ref name="sguard2">{{cite web|url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/11739879.Dramatic_rescue_for_Sutton_s_theatres_as_new_10_year_takeover_deal_gets_nod/?ref=eb |title=Dramatic rescue for Sutton's theatres as new 10-year takeover deal gets nod |publisher=Sutton Guardian |date=21 January 2015 |access-date=22 January 2015 }}</ref> In August 2016 the Trust went into administration and the theatre closed permanently.<ref name="Hutchinson"/>

===Carew Manor, Beddington===
[[File:Carew manor.jpg|thumb|Carew Manor, Beddington Park]]
Beddington Park is the location of Carew Manor which was the home of the Beddington branch of the Carew family. The [[Grade I|Grade I listed]] great hall,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Beddington Place (Great Hall Only), Sutton, London |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101065672-beddington-place-great-hall-only-beddington-north-ward |access-date=17 July 2013 |website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref> with its [[hammerbeam roof]], survives from the Tudor house along with part of the early 18th-century [[orangery]] built around the orange trees planted by [[Francis Carew|Sir Francis Carew]] in the 16th century and claimed to be the first in England. In the grounds is an early 18th-century [[Grade II*]] listed [[dovecote]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Pigeon House to North West of Beddington Place, Sutton, London |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101065674-pigeon-house-to-north-west-of-beddington-place-beddington-north-ward |access-date=17 July 2013 |website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref> Archaeologists discovered a Tudor garden including a [[grotto]] at Carew Manor, believed to have been created by Sir Francis Carew in the 16th century. There are tours of the great hall organised by the London Borough of Sutton Museum & Heritage Service.

===Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington, Sutton===
[[File:St Mary's Church, Beddington - geograph.org.uk - 1212624.jpg|thumb|St Mary's Church, [[Beddington]]]]
The [[Grade II* listed]] 14th-century flint parish church of St Mary's occupies a prominent position in Beddington Park, immediately south of what is now Carew Manor School and which was from the late Middle Ages the seat of the Carew family. It contains an organ screen by [[William Morris]]. The church is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sutton, London |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101065670-parish-church-of-st-mary-the-virgin-beddington-north-ward |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref>
* It has substantial amounts of fabric from the 14th and 15th centuries 
* It was extensively restored and provided with an extremely elaborate and interesting mid-Victorian decorative scheme.
* It has monuments and other fixtures of importance from c. 1200 to the 20th century, including font and Carew tombs.
* The Morris and Co. organ is of special note, and the Last Judgment reredos is unusual.

===River Wandle===
[[File:London Borough of Sutton Beddington Park 5.jpg|thumb|The [[River Wandle]] in Beddington Park]]
[[File:3 Beddington Park, London Borough of Sutton - Boating Lake.jpg|thumb|Beddington Park]]
The [[River Wandle]] is a {{convert|9|mi|km}} long river which flows through four southwest London boroughs, including Sutton. It passes through [[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]], Sutton, [[London Borough of Merton|Merton]], and [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]] where it joins the [[River Thames]]. The river changed from being a mainly rural one lined with a scattering of watermills at the beginning of the 19th century to a heavily built-up one by the 1930s. In the second half of the 20th century the river changed again, as the local authorities made improvements to its visual appearance and restored it as a habitat for wildlife.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wandle |url=https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1405 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150119055055/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1405 |archive-date=19 January 2015 |website=London Borough of Sutton}}</ref> Much of the River is accessible using the [[Wandle Trail]], which passes through Sutton borough at [[Beddington]], [[Hackbridge]] and [[Carshalton]] (including [[Grove Park (Sutton)|Grove Park]] in Carshalton Village).

===Little Holland House, Carshalton===
Little Holland House in [[Carshalton Beeches]] was the home of the artist Frank Dickinson (1874–1961). Dickinson's [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] style interior was influenced by [[John Ruskin]] and textile designer and artist [[William Morris]]. The house contains many of his art works. Admission is free and the house is open 1.30–5.30pm the first Sunday of each month plus Bank Holiday Sundays and Mondays.<ref>{{cite web|title=London Borough of Sutton Heritage, Little Holland House.|url=http://www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/Little_Holland_House.htm|access-date=15 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724101557/http://friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/Little_Holland_House.htm|archive-date=24 July 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Sutton Library, Sutton town centre===
Sutton Library is situated close to the top of the town, near St Nicholas Church and the Holiday Inn Hotel, and is part of a complex which contains the [[Sutton Civic Offices|Civic Offices]], home of Sutton Borough Council, and the Sutton College of Liberal Arts. It is the largest library in the borough. Originally opened in 1975, it was extensively refurbished in 2004 to meet changing customer needs. It was the first public library to appoint a library writer-in-residence; the first to establish a CD and video lending library; and the first to offer a full public library service on Sundays.
The library is arranged over four storeys, and the lending and reference facilities extend to a reader's lounge; café and shop; IT facilities; opportunities to listen to music; and a children's library themed around the world's environments.<ref>[https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2121 London Borough of Sutton – Sutton Central Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192826/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2121 |date=29 October 2013 }}. Sutton.gov.uk. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref>

===Sutton Life Centre, Sutton===
The [[Sutton Life Centre]] is an £8 million community facility designed to improve life chances for younger people and encourage good citizenship. Its key feature – the lifezone – is a virtual street, a room with screens on all walls showing real-life scenes from Sutton's streets. It also has a library, a café, a [[climbing wall]], and community, eco, sports, youth and media zones.<ref>[http://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6924 "Sutton Life Centre"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307135523/http://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6924 |date=7 March 2012 }}, sutton.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2011.</ref> It tries to encourage community engagement and involvement. It was opened on 27 October 2010 by [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] [[Nick Clegg]].<ref name=horsefly>[http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/8477840.VIDEO__Nick_Clegg_opens_Sutton_Life_Centre/ "Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg officially opened Sutton Life Centre"], ''Sutton Guardian'', 27 October 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2011.</ref>

===Honeywood Museum, Carshalton===
{{wide image|P1470257 Carshalton Ponds panorama.jpg|1000px|Panoramic view including the Greyhound Hotel (left) and Honeywood House Museum (centre)}}
[[File:UK London - Carshalton Ponds and Honeywood Centre.jpg|thumb|Honeywood House from a distance]]

Honeywood is a large house at the western end of [[Carshalton]] Ponds. At its earliest it dates from the 17th century but has been much extended and restored, particularly in the period 1896 to 1903 when a large Edwardian wing was added to the south side. It now houses the London Borough of Sutton's main Museum and has a local history collection, including objects that date back to the Bronze Age. The museum has recently been refurbished, reopening in May 2012 with enhanced features. Among others improvements, there are now expanded displays about the river Wandle and its influence on the life of the area, including an interactive map.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/History_of_Honeywood.htm |title=Honeywood Museum History |publisher=Friendsofhoneywood.co.uk |date=1 December 1990 |access-date=26 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528143128/http://friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/History_of_Honeywood.htm |archive-date=28 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Arts Network Sutton===
Arts Network Sutton "promotes, champions, nurtures and acts as a voice for the arts" in the borough. Taking over from the former Sutton Arts Council, it was put in place in April 2014, and launched by the Mayor of Sutton in June. It co-ordinates the arts locally and works together with
regional and national arts bodies, informs the local arts community about arts initiatives,
seeks out funding for local projects and runs events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artsnetworksutton.com/tag/press-release/|title=Press Release|publisher=Arts Network Sutton|access-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222114754/http://www.artsnetworksutton.com/tag/press-release/|archive-date=22 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Public art in Sutton town centre===
[[File:Sutton, Surrey London Heritage Mural edited-4.jpg|thumb|Sutton Heritage Mural]]

{{main|List of public art in Sutton}}

There are a number of examples of [[List of public art in Sutton|public art in Sutton]] town centre, ranging from building-height murals, to sculptures to an [[armillary]]. These are all fully described in the article on the town of [[Sutton, London|Sutton]] itself. Of particular ''borough-wide'' note is one of the murals, which is in the form of a mosaic measuring {{convert|9|m|ft|abbr=off}} in height and {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=off}}approximately) in width, and covering the whole of a three-storey wall in the town square near the [[Waterstones]] bookshop. It was made from vitreous ceramic tesserae (small tiles made of glass and clay), and put in place in 1994. It was commissioned to celebrate Sutton's heritage, and shows several aspects of the borough's heritage and local history in a geometric pattern of nineteen panels. The centre-piece is the depiction of Henry VIII's palace at Nonsuch. Other panels depict armorial bearers from the old local families, as well as industrial and architectural heritage.<ref>[http://www.drostle.com/suttonheritage.html Drostle and Turner fine tiles — Sutton Heritage page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022061046/http://www.drostle.com/suttonheritage.html |date=22 October 2012 }}</ref>

===Whitehall Gallery, Cheam===
{{main|Whitehall, Cheam}}
Whitehall is a timber framed and weatherboarded house in the centre of [[Cheam]] village. It was originally built in about 1500 as a wattle and daub yeoman farmer's house but has been much extended. The external weatherboarded appearance dates from the 18th century. In the garden there is a medieval well which served an earlier building on the site. Now an [[historic house museum]], the building features a period kitchen, and house details from the [[Georgian era|Georgian]], [[Victorian era|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian]] eras.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsofwhitehallcheam.co.uk/Whitehall_History.htm |title=Whitehall History |access-date=2014-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124943/http://www.friendsofwhitehallcheam.co.uk/Whitehall_History.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014 }} Whitehall History</ref> The museum temporarily closed in 2016 to allow for a £1.6m refurbishment of the building. It reopened in 2018 with improved facilities.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://friendsofwhitehallcheam.co.uk/
|title= Friends of Whitehall Homepage
|access-date= 17 July 2018
}}</ref> Jill Whitehead, chair of the council's environment and neighbourhood committee, said: "The redevelopment of the Whitehall Museum is of major significance to the borough as it is one of our oldest and most historic buildings."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/14410570.500_year_old_museum_to_close_for___1_6m_renovation/?ref=eb |title=500-year-old Cheam museum to close for £1.6m renovation (From Sutton Guardian) |newspaper=Suttonguardian.co.uk |date=7 April 2016 |author=Anders Anglesey |access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref>

==Listed buildings==
Within the London Borough of Sutton there are 147 [[Grade II]] [[Grade I and II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Sutton|listed buildings]], six [[Grade II*]] listings, one [[Grade I]] listing, 4 'B' listings and 6 'C' listings.<ref>[https://www.sutton.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=344&p=0 DoE list of buildings of special architectural or historical interest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906155741/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=344&p=0 |date=6 September 2014 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
[[File:Sutton population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Sutton in 2021]]
[[File:Ethnic makeup of Sutton by single year ages in 2021.svg|thumb|Ethnic makeup of Sutton by single year ages in 2021]]
The proportion of Black, Asian and ethnic minorities in general living in the borough has almost doubled each decade since 1991: in 2019 Council data put the non white population at 26.8%, and the total White population at 73.2%. [[White British]] is the largest ethnic group at 62.6; this is down 10% from the 2011 census. The Filipino community is the largest foreign-born population in Sutton, closely followed by the Sri-Lankan (Tamil) community.<ref name=LBEthnicPercentages>{{cite web|url=https://data.sutton.gov.uk/population/|title=Population|publisher=London Borough of Sutton}}</ref>

===Ethnicity===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="12" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1971 estimations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Migration and London's growth |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/74375221.pdf#page=94 |publisher=LSE}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1981 estimates<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1985 |title=Ethnic minorities in Britain: statistical information on the pattern of settlement |url=https://jstor.org/stable/community.28327806 |journal=Commission for Racial Equality |language=English |pages=Table 2.2|last1= Equality|first1= Commission for Racial}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991 census<ref>{{cite web |title=1991 census – theme tables |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |access-date=20 January 2017 |publisher=NOMIS |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930205650/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/submit.asp?forward=yes&menuopt=201&subcomp= |title=KS006 - Ethnic group  |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS201EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |title=Ethnic Group by measures |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/d2f0a39a-75b6-4995-b4bd-a5b68ff79027#get-data |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!–
!98.4%
!159,123
!96.2%
!158,902
!94.1%!! 160,351 !! 89.2% !! 149,449 !! 78.6%
!143,145
!68.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 150,515 || 83.7% || 134,854 || 70.9%
|120,014
|57.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 3,664 || 2% || 3,219 || 1.7%
|3,118
|1.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–||  –||  –|| 193 || 0.1%
|130
|0.1%
|-
| style="text-align:left" |White: Roma
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|321
|0.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 6,172 || 3.4% || 11,183 || 5.9%
|19,562
|9.3%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!2,321
!1.37%!! 4,601 !! 2.5% !! 9,120 !! 4.8%
!12,465
!5.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|621
| 0.4% || 2,208 || 1.2% || 5,471 || 2.9%
|7,441
|3.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,179
| 0.7% || 2,054 || 1.1% || 2,742 || 1.4%
|3,450
|1.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|521
| 0.3% || 339 || 0.2% || 907 || 0.5%
|1,574
|0.8%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!6,138
!3.6%!! 9,711 !! 5.4% !! 22,035 !! 11.6%
!36,787
!17.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2,732
| 1.6% || 4,133 || 2.3% || 6,454 || 3.4%
|12,618
|6.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|504
| 0.3% || 1,216 || 0.7% || 2,595 || 1.4%
|6,177
|2.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|375
| 0.2% || 578 || 0.3% || 1,183 || 0.6%
|1,778
|0.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|762
| 0.5% || 1,211 || 0.7% || 2,240 || 1.2%
|3,989
|1.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,765
| 1.0% || 2,573 || 1.4% || 9,563 || 5.0%
|12,225
|5.8%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–!! 3,725 !! 2.1% !! 7,134 !! 3.7%
!10,162
!4.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,205 || 0.7% || 2,298 || 1.2%
|2,777
|1.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 358 || 0.2% || 838 || 0.4%
|1,268
|0.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,274 || 0.7% || 2,286 || 1.2%
|3,068
|1.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 888 || 0.5% || 1,712 || 0.9%
|3,049
|1.5%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Other: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!1519
!0.9%!! 1,380 !! 0.8% !! 2,408 !! 1.3%
!7,077
!3.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–||  –||  –|| 976 || 0.5%
|1,392
|0.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1519
|0.9%|| 1,380 || 0.8% || 1,432 || 0.8%
|5,685
|2.7%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total
!–
!1.6%
!6,289
!3.8%
!9,978
!5.9%!! 19,417 !! 10.8% !! 40,697 !! 21.4%
!66,491
!31.7%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Total
!–
!100%
!165,412
!100%
!168,880
!100%!! 179,768 !! 100% !! 190,146 !! 100%
!209,636
!100%
|}

{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| percentages =
| 1801 |3838
| 1811 |4220
| 1821 |4856
| 1831 |5514
| 1841 |6169
| 1851 |6425
| 1861 |11807
| 1871 |17190
| 1881 |22573
| 1891 |27883
| 1901 |39454
| 1911 |55828
| 1921 |75509
| 1931 |102132
| 1941 |134002
| 1951 |175821
| 1961 |172817
| 1971 |169879
| 1981 |167566
| 1991 |171373
| 2001 |179667
| 2011 |190146
| 2021 |209602
|footnote=Note:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10057346&c_id=10001043&add=N|title=Sutton: Total Population |access-date=6 September 2011 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project }}</ref>
}}

==Big Society==
The London Borough of Sutton was one of the four "vanguard areas" selected in 2010 for the Government's [[Big Society]] initiative. Sutton was chosen because of its reputation for having a strong sense of community, its active voluntary sector and track record of devolving power to its neighbourhoods.<ref name="Big Society"/>

== Education ==
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===Schools===
{{See also|List of schools in Sutton (London borough)}}
The London Borough of Sutton has some schools at both primary and secondary levels which perform exceptionally well. Five of the state secondary schools are [[List of grammar schools in England|grammar schools]].
* The Borough came top of the England GCSE league tables in 2011 on the key benchmark – the percentage of pupils achieving five good GCSEs (A* to C) including English and Mathematics. The national average for 2011 was 58.2%. The average for Sutton, at 74.7%, was more than 15% above this national average. Only three other local authorities achieved an average above 70%.<ref>[http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/yoursay/schools/9503933.SUTTON_TOPS_GCSE_LEAGUE_TABLES/ SUTTON TOPS GCSE LEAGUE TABLES (From Your Local Guardian)]. Yourlocalguardian.co.uk (31 January 2012). Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref>
* In 2013 Sutton's secondary schools bucked the national trend and performed better than in 2012. 83.9% of pupils achieved five A* to C GCSE grades in subjects including Maths and English compared with 75.6% in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/10627865.LIVE__Sutton_GCSE_results_day_2013/ |title=LIVE: Sutton GCSE results day 2013 (From Sutton Guardian) |publisher=Suttonguardian.co.uk |date=23 August 2013 |access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> Sutton's GCSE performance was second across all borough's in England (The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea was first).<ref>{{cite web|author=Anna Davis |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/gcse-league-tables-one-in-three-london-pupils-leave-school-without-five-good-grades-9080236.html |title=GCSE league tables: One in three London pupils leave school without five good grades – Education – News – London Evening Standard |publisher=Standard.co.uk |date=23 January 2014 |access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref>
* Sutton's primary schools were described as 'particularly impressive' by Ofsted in its December 2013 annual schools report 2012–2013. It ranked Sutton's primary schools at joint third in the country and joint first in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/10911141.Sutton_s_primary_schools_hailed_as__particularly_impressive__by_Ofsted/?ref=mr |title=Sutton's primary schools hailed as 'particularly impressive' by Ofsted (From Sutton Guardian) |publisher=Suttonguardian.co.uk |date=2 January 2014 |access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref>
* In July 2016 it was announced that two schools in the borough had been named the best schools in the country in the [[Times Educational Supplement]] (TES) 2016 Awards. Stanley Park High School was named the "Best Secondary School" in the country. Limes College was named the best alternative provision school.<ref>[http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/14591169.Two_Sutton_schools_celebrate_national_awards/?ref=mr&lp=11 Sutton Guardian]</ref> TES described Stanley Park as having achieved "remarkable outcomes for its student body by focusing on igniting their passion for learning." The judges were "impressed by the creative, ambitious and supportive culture fostered at Stanley Park". Limes College was recognised as a place where young people are able to make a fresh start and build for the future, and where staff truly believe that every student can excel.<ref>[http://www.tesawards.co.uk/tessa2016/awardswinners/winners Times Educational Supplement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628153354/http://www.tesawards.co.uk/tessa2016/awardswinners/winners |date=28 June 2016 }}</ref>

Schools in the borough were set to receive the fourth largest funding increase in the country in 2015/16.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/11077524.Sutton_schools_to_get___8m_boost___fourth_largest_funding_increase_in_the_country/?ref=eb |title=Sutton schools to get £8m boost – fourth largest funding increase in the country (From Sutton Guardian) |publisher=Suttonguardian.co.uk |date=14 March 2014 |access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref>

In May 2014 it was announced that grammar schools in the borough planned to set aside a number of additional places specifically for Sutton borough pupils. Nonsuch High School for Girls and Sutton Grammar School for Boys had already agreed this new policy at the time of the announcement, while the other three grammar schools in the borough were set to follow suit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/11227875.Grammar_schools_to_save_places_for_Sutton_pupils_in_landmark_move/?ref=eb |title=Grammar schools to save places for Sutton pupils in landmark move (From Sutton Guardian) |publisher=Suttonguardian.co.uk |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref>

===Adult education===
[[Sutton College of Learning for Adults]] (SCOLA), originally named Sutton College of Liberal Arts, is a college offering over 1,000 part-time courses at its borough-wide centres. its main centres are in [[Sutton, London|Sutton]] and [[Wallington, London|Wallington]].

== Environment ==
The London Borough of Sutton is home to a number of notable environmental projects, including the following.
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;BedZED (Beddington Zero Energy Development)
The acclaimed [[BedZED]] (Beddington Zero Energy Development) housing complex is located on London Road, SM6, about 500 yards north of [[Hackbridge]] mainline railway station. It uses a number of innovative technologies to enable it to operate with zero energy use. It was designed by the architect [[Bill Dunster]] to support a more sustainable lifestyle. The project was led by the Peabody Trust in partnership with Bill Dunster Architects, Ellis & Moore Consulting Engineers, BioRegional, Arup and the cost consultants Gardiner and Theobald.

The 99 homes, and 1,405 square metres of work space were built between 2000 and 2002. It is the UK's largest and first carbon-neutral eco-community. The buildings are constructed of materials that store heat during warm conditions and release heat at cooler times, and where possible, they have been built from natural, recycled or reclaimed materials. The first residents moved in (to the Helios Road part of the development) during March 2002.

BedZED receives power from a small-scale combined heat and power plant (CHP). In conventional energy generation, the heat that is produced as a by-product of generating electricity is lost. With CHP technology, this heat can be harnessed and put to use. At BedZED, the heat from the CHP provides hot water, which is distributed around the site via a district heating system of super-insulated pipes. Should residents or workers require a heating boost, each home or office has a domestic hot water tank that doubles as a radiator.

The CHP plant at BedZED is powered by off-cuts from tree surgery waste that would otherwise go to landfill. Wood is a carbon neutral fuel because the CO<sub>2</sub> released when the wood is burned is equal to that absorbed by the tree as it grew.

The development has attracted wide interest and acclaim over the past decade since it was built, and, has won numerous awards. Among other examples of recognition, it was shortlisted for the [[Stirling Prize]] for architecture in October 2003, and won awards from the London Evening Standard and RIBA in 2002.

;Sutton Ecology Centre
[[Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds|The Sutton Ecology Centre]] is located in the Carshalton Village part of Sutton borough.<ref>[https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1627 London Borough of Sutton – Sutton Ecology Centre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203101923/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1627 |date=3 February 2015 }}. Sutton.gov.uk. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref> The Grounds are a 1.3 hectare [[Local Nature Reserve]] and [[Site of Nature Conservation Interest|Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation]], Grade 1. It is owned by Sutton Council and managed by the Council together with the Friends of Sutton Ecology Centre.<ref name=LNR>{{cite web |url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?ID=%20444 |title=Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds |series=Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England |date=7 March 2013 |access-date=29 March 2014 |archive-date=29 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329184530/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?ID=%20444 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271009760%27|title=Map of Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| access-date= 29 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=GIGL>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigl.org.uk/online/site-Details.aspx?sID=SuBI03&sType=sinc|title=Sutton Ecology Centre|publisher=Greenspace Information for Greater London|year=2013|access-date=29 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329191920/http://www.gigl.org.uk/online/site-Details.aspx?sID=SuBI03&sType=sinc|archive-date=29 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

It is an area of mainly open space where visitors can find out about wildlife habitats, alternative energy, recycling, composting, and organic gardening. The centre's activities include running educational visits for schools and community groups, as well as events and volunteer days.

The history of the Ecology Centre is that the grounds were until the late eighties known as the "Lodgelands", named after the old gardens of The Lodge in Carshalton. They were used as a tree nursery until the early 1980s, when they became surplus to requirements. After a prolonged public debate, it was agreed in 1987 to preserve the area as an open space for public use.

;Carshalton Environmental Fair
[[File:Carshalton Environmrental Fair IMG 2633.jpg|thumb|Musician performing at the Carshalton Environmental Fair]]
The Environmental Fair is held in Carshalton Park on August Bank Holiday Monday.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carshalton Environmental Fair|url= http://www.ecolocal.org.uk/}}</ref>
It features over 100 stalls and showcases local sustainability initiatives. It also includes music, performing art, poetry, children's activities, campaign groups, local craft, interactive demonstrations, and a farmers' market. Music is performed from three stages and across the genres from rock to folk. The main stage is a natural open-air amphitheatre. There is food and a bar with real ales. The fair attracts on average around 10,000 people. It is organised by EcoLocal with a team of volunteers.

;Sutton Community Farm
Sutton Community Farm, the only one of its kind in London, is located in the [[Wallington, London|Wallington]] part of the borough. A non-profit social enterprise, it occupies a 7.5 acre small-holding of a type originally given to ex-servicemen following the First World War.<ref>[http://suttoncommunityfarm.org.uk/about-us-sutton-community-farm/our-history/ Sutton Community Farm]</ref>

;Growing the [[green economy]]
The London Borough of Sutton has provided funding to grow the green economy by creating a [[Low-carbon economy|low carbon]] [[Business cluster|cluster]] of [[Sustainable business|green businesses]]. The project includes the establishment of a "Green Business Network", the provision of training, and the creation of employment opportunities for assessors, surveyors, designers and installers.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Case study 1: Growing the green economy, Sutton Borough Council : Local Procurement and Supply Chain Toolkit |url=http://procurementtoolkit.instituteforsustainability.org.uk/6-0-case-studies/case-studies/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724131234/http://procurementtoolkit.instituteforsustainability.org.uk/6-0-case-studies/case-studies/ |archive-date=24 July 2014 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Institute for Sustainability}}</ref>

;Straw-bale café
The café in [[Manor Park, Sutton]] has a range of environmental features, in particular its [[straw-bale construction]]. It was built in 2010 using UK produced straw-bales and natural sustainable materials, a type of construction which means that the building could last for longer than 200 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=10770 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141019182118/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=10770 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 October 2014 |title=A new café made of straw! This exciting eco-friendly building is Manor Park Café |publisher=London Borough of Sutton |access-date=19 October 2014 }}</ref> It was London's first energy-efficient building to use this method of construction.<ref>{{cite web |last=Leanne |first=Fender |date=11 February 2010 |title=Three little pigs and a straw house – is Sutton becoming a fairytale? |url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/5001061.Three_little_pigs_and_a_straw_house____is_Sutton_becoming_a_fairytale_/ |access-date=19 October 2014 |publisher=Sutton Guardian}}</ref>

==Hospitals==
[[File:08 Oct 09 - St Helier's Hospital.jpg|thumb|The art deco entrance of St Helier Hospital floodlit at night]]
[[St Helier Hospital|St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children]] in the London Borough of Merton and London Borough of Sutton is run by Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust along with Epsom Hospital. It is located next to the large St Helier estate and close to the major intersection known as Rosehill. The hospital offers a full range of hospital services including a 24-hour accident and emergency department. The site is also home to the South West Renal and Transplantation Service and the Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, a dedicated children's hospital. St Helier Hospital is a major teaching hospital for St George's, University of London, and is the second main teaching site for the clinical years of the medicine degrees outside of St George's Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=About us |url=https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/about-us |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals |language=en}}</ref>

==Transport==
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===Rail===
Sutton has rail services to central London stations, including [[London Victoria railway station|London Victoria]], [[London Bridge railway station|London Bridge]] and [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras International]]. Sutton borough has access to the [[London Underground]] with the [[Northern line]] in neighbouring Merton borough reachable by bus. The [[London Overground]] network, completed c. 2010, is 5 to 10 minutes away from Sutton at [[West Croydon railway station|West Croydon station]].

The [[Sutton & Mole Valley Lines]] [[Rail transport in Great Britain|railway route]] south from Sutton links the borough to Sussex and Surrey to the south, and to central London to the north, providing regular, direct services to stations including [[Clapham Junction railway station|Clapham Junction]], London Victoria, [[Dorking railway station|Dorking]], [[Epsom railway station|Epsom]], [[Horsham railway station|Horsham]], [[Wimbledon railway station|Wimbledon]] and [[West Croydon railway station|West Croydon]]. Also running through Sutton is the [[Sutton Loop Line]] which links [[St Albans City railway station|St Albans]] and St Pancras International directly with the stations on the loop. The main station for all these services is [[Sutton railway station, London|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 [[Govia Thameslink Railway]] under the [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]] and Thameslink brands.<ref>[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/SUO.aspx Sutton] National Rail</ref>

===Tram===

The [[Tramlink]] service runs to the north of the borough and a short part of the line falls within it, including two stops: [[Therapia Lane tram stop|Therapia Lane]] and [[Beddington Lane tram stop|Beddington Lane]]. [[Transport for London]] spent several years developing plans for a [[Sutton Link]], which would connect the service to Sutton town centre; however, in July 2020, it announced that plans had been 'paused' following financial negotiations with the Government in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/18615136.kick-teeth---tfl-pause-tram-extension-sutton/|title = TFL 'fails to deliver' as tram extension to Sutton put on hold}}</ref>

===Bus===
[[File:Bus reflection - geograph.org.uk - 1724629.jpg|thumb|Bus by Carshalton ponds]]
A sizeable bus infrastructure which is part of the [[London Buses]] network operates from a main hub on the Sutton one-way system.<ref>[http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/sutton-120915.pdf Sutton Bus Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306005931/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/sutton-120915.pdf |date=6 March 2016 }} Transport for London</ref> Services are operated under contract by [[London General]], [[London United Busways|London United]], [[Metrobus (South East England)|Metrobus]] and Transport UK London Bus. [[London Buses route SL7|Route SL7]] is the longest route in London, operating from Croydon to [[Heathrow Central bus station|Heathrow Airport]] via [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]].

===Road===
Sutton is linked into the national motorway network via the [[A217 road|A217]] and [[M25 motorway|M25]] orbital motorway at Junction 8. The M25 skirts the south of the borough, linking Sutton with other parts of London and the surrounding counties. The [[A24 road (England)|A24]] passes through the northwestern 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 road|A232]] links Sutton with other towns in the borough, also the boroughs of Kingston, Croydon and Bromley.

===Air===
Sutton is located about {{convert|15|mi|km}} from both [[Heathrow Airport]] and [[Gatwick Airport]]. Heathrow is served by [[London Buses route SL7]] and Gatwick by the [[National Express Coaches]] A3 route, which stops outside Sutton railway station. [[Luton Airport]], about {{convert|40|mi|km}} to the north, is connected to Sutton by [[Govia Thameslink Railway|a direct train]]. [[Croydon Airport]] which was partly in the borough of Sutton served as London's main airport in the years prior to [[World War II]] but closed in the 1950s.

===Cycling===
[[File:Cyclists in Cheam VilIage IMG 0830.jpg|thumb|Cyclists in Cheam Village]]
Although hilly, Sutton is compact and has few major trunk roads running through it. It is on one of the [[National Cycle Network]] routes running around [[South London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sRegion=London&map.x=-0.190751345688503&map.y=51.3519798680984&bLarge=&nZoom=3 |title=Areas to cycle in Sutton |year=2008 |access-date=24 May 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The nearby [[North Downs]] to the south, part of which falls within the borough boundary, is an area of outstanding natural beauty popular with both on and off-road cyclists.

===Travel to work===
In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 33.1% of all residents aged 16–74; train, 6.6%; bus, minibus or coach, 6.6%; on foot, 5.6%; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 3.9%; work mainly at or from home, 3.1%; passenger in a car or van, 2.0%; cycling 1.5%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: QS701EW Method of travel to work, local authorities in England and Wales|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs701ew.xls|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=23 November 2013}} Percentages are of all residents aged 16–74 including those not in employment. Respondents could only pick one mode, specified as the journey's longest part by distance.</ref> Data from the 2011 Census states that the cycle mode share for people cycling to work had fallen from 2.1% since 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roads Task Force - Technical Note 4|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/technical-note-04-how-has-cycling-grown-in-london.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805161459/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/technical-note-04-how-has-cycling-grown-in-london.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-05 |url-status=live|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref>

==Parks and open spaces==
[[File:Oaks Park - Apr 2014.jpg|thumb|Trees in flower in [[Oaks Park (London)|Oaks Park]]]]
[[File:Snow in Manor Park Sutton.jpg|thumb|Fountain in [[Manor Park, Sutton|Manor Park]], [[Sutton, London|Sutton]]]]
[[File:Waterfall London Borough of Sutton.jpg|thumb|The waterfall in [[Grove Park (Sutton)|Grove Park]]]]
[[File:The fountain at Butter Hill - geograph.org.uk - 362488.jpg|thumb|The fountain at Butter Hill]]
[[File:Boating lake, Beddington Park - geograph.org.uk - 1212630.jpg|thumb|Boating lake, Beddington Park]]
[[File:Carshalton.jpg|thumb|Leoni Bridge, Grove Park]]
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In total, the London Borough of Sutton has 89 parks and open spaces within it boundaries, representing a total area of {{convert|1500|acre|km2}}.

===Main parks===
Green spaces range from the compact [[Manor Park, Sutton|Manor Park]] in [[Sutton, London|Sutton town centre]] and Sutton Green just to the north of Sutton town centre, through the medium-sized [[Grove Park, Carshalton|Grove Park]], which forms a notable part of the Carshalton conservation area, to the large and historic [[Oaks Park, Carshalton|Oaks Park]] in the south of the borough. In the west is the large [[Nonsuch Park]], the majority of which (including the mansion) lies in the neighbouring borough of [[Epsom and Ewell]].

Just to the north of Sutton town centre there is more extensive green space in the form of Sutton Common, which originally (until the beginning of the 19th century) encompassed the aforementioned Sutton Green. Today, a small portion of Sutton Common is given over to a major junior tennis facility. The common extends both to the east and west of Angel Hill.
Slightly further in the opposite direction out of Sutton lie Banstead Common and Banstead Downs—these start a few hundred yards from the southern end of the town, and extend for an additional mile south in the direction of neighbouring [[Banstead]].

[[Manor Park, Sutton|Manor Park]] was created in 1914 on a site in the town centre opposite the police station. Its grounds include the Sutton War Memorial, which was added in 1921. A fountain was added in 1924. In 2010 its new café of straw-bale construction was London's first environmentally friendly building to use this building method.

Features of interest in the Victorian [[Grove Park, Carshalton|Grove Park]] include a white [[Portland stone]] bridge, known as the ''Leoni Bridge'' where ''Lower Pond'' meets the park. Upper Mill is recent reconstruction of a [[watermill]] that has existed here from Anglo-Saxon times. The cascade is near the footbridge towards the Stone Court corner of the park. The 1.5m fall is now ornamental in design and was reconstructed in the 1960s. Its original purpose was to create a head of water to power Upper Mill.

[[Oaks Park, Carshalton|Oaks Park]] has a long history. It was substantially laid out for the [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby|Earl of Derby]] in the 1770s, but its villa dates back to around 1750 and is in that era's fashionable landscape style, with trees forming a perimeter screen and placed in artful clumps to suggest a natural landscape.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Oaks & Oaks Park, London Borough of Sutton |url=http://www.sutton.gov.uk/leisure/heritage/Carshalton/oaksandpark.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507113955/http://www.sutton.gov.uk/leisure/heritage/Carshalton/oaksandpark.htm |archive-date=7 May 2008 }}</ref>

[[Nonsuch Park]] near [[Cheam]] in the west is the last surviving part of the Little Park of Nonsuch, a deer hunting park established by [[Henry VIII of England]] surrounding the former [[Nonsuch Palace]]. The name "Nonsuch" was given as, it was claimed, there was "none such place like it" in Europe.<ref>[http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-457-1/dissemination/pdf/vol01/vol01_05/01_05_111_113.pdf ''Nonsuch: A Lost Tudor Palace''], [[Philippa Glanville]]</ref>

===List of parks===
The main parks in the borough are:
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* [[Beddington Park]]
* [[Carshalton Park]]
* Cheam Park
* [[Grove Park, Carshalton|Grove Park]]
* Lakeside
* [[Manor Park, Sutton|Manor Park]], Sutton town centre
* [[Mellows Park]]
* [[Nonsuch Park]]
* [[Oaks Park, Carshalton|Oaks Park]]
* [[Rosehill, London|Rosehill]] Park East and West
* Overton Park
* Poulter Park [https://archive.today/20130812121124/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=17101 Poulter Park]
* [[Queen Mary's Park]]
* Roundshaw Down
* Royston Park
* Seer's Park
* St Helier Open Space
* The Wandle Walkway
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===Local nature reserves===
Sutton also contains a large number of [[Local Nature Reserve]]s:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_results.asp?N=&C=17&Submit=Search |publisher=Natural England |title=Local Nature Reserves: Search results for Greater London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927113247/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/special/lnr/lnr_results.asp?N=&C=17&Submit=Search |archive-date=27 September 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Anton Crescent Wetland]] has ponds, willow [[Carr (landform)|carr]] and reedbeds, and the ponds never dry out as the rock formation is [[Oxford Clay]]. The pools and mud provide a habitat for birds such as the [[green sandpiper]] and [[common snipe]].
* [[Belmont Pastures]] is a long narrow triangle north of Belmont railway station. It is an old meadow which formerly belonged to Belmont Hospital.
* [[Cuddington Meadows]] is mainly chalk grassland with some scrub. Its most important feature is a variety of unusual flowering plants, including [[greater knapweed]], [[lady's bedstraw]] and [[field scabious]].
* [[Devonshire Avenue Nature Area]] is mainly neutral grassland, but it has areas of chalk grassland, scrub and trees. A notable species is the [[small blue|small blue butterfly]], which is rare in the borough. Plants include the nationally scarce ivy broomrape, and [[kidney vetch]] and [[bird's-foot trefoil]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Devonshire Avenue Nature Area LNR |publisher=London Borough of Sutton |url=https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2399 |access-date=28 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019134833/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2399 |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Roundshaw Downs]] was in the 19th century an area of farmland, becoming in the first half of the twentieth [[Croydon Airport]].<ref name=Sutton>{{cite web|url=https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1827 |title=Roundshaw Downs LNR |publisher=London Borough of Sutton |access-date=17 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413093958/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1827 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> Most of the site is a mixture of chalk and neutral grassland, but there is also some woodland. Areas of unimproved chalk grassland have species typical of this habitat such as [[Briza media|common quaking grass]], [[wild carrot]] and [[Lotus corniculatus|bird's-foot-trefoil]]. A grassland flower species is [[Rhinanthus angustifolius|greater yellow rattle]], which is nationally protected, and Sutton and Croydon are its national strongholds.
* [[Ruffett and Big Woods]] on the edge of the borough near [[Woodmansterne]] are the largest continuous area of woodland in the borough. Ruffett Wood is mainly sycamore, with some ash and hazel. It also has some plant species indicative of ancient woodland, such as [[Hyacinthoides non-scripta|bluebells]]. Big Wood has even more sycamore, as well as two large oaks and a stand of [[Anemone nemorosa|wood anemone]]. The site also has numerous bird species.
* [[Spencer Road Wetlands]] has since 1991 been managed by the London Wildlife Trust. The site has reed swamps with wetland vegetation, woodland, a sedge-bed and a pond. Insects include the [[Archanara geminipuncta|twin-spotted wainscot]] and crescent moths, and there are birds such as grey heron, reed warbler and kingfishers.
* [[Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds]] is in [[Carshalton]] and owned by Sutton Council and managed by it and the Friends of Sutton Ecology Centre. Habitats include ponds, woodland, meadows, marshlands. There are also small demonstration gardens. In the south is the old course of the [[River Wandle]], which in now dry most of the time, but still has [[Iris pseudacorus|yellow flag iris]]. Margaret's Pool has a number of species of dragonfly and damselfly, and the trees surrounding it are sycamore and ash.
* [[The Spinney, Carshalton]], a small L-shaped reserve, is a mixture of woodland and scrub, with the main trees being plane and elm. Breeding birds include [[dunnock]]s, [[Eurasian wren|wrens]] and [[common blackbird|blackbirds]]. Other animals include wood boring beetles and foxes.
* [[Wandle Valley Wetland]] has open water and seasonal pools, scrub and wet woodland. There are frogs, toads and newts, together with [[brown hawker|brown hawker dragonflies]] and birds including blackcaps and wrens.
* [[Wilderness Island]], near Carshalton, is a {{convert|2.7|hectare|acre|adj=on}} island between two arms of the [[River Wandle]] and was once the site of a pleasure garden. It features a fish pond, woodland, and meadows. Trees include the [[black poplar]], and there are birds such as the woodpecker, kingfisher and grebe. There is a variety of butterflies including the [[speckled wood (butterfly)|speckled wood]] and [[holly blue]], and the rare [[hornet moth|hornet clearwing]] moth.

===Lavender fields===
There are two historic lavender fields in the borough: at Oaks Way, Carshalton Beeches is a non-profit community project that manages three acres of lavender. The other, a 25-acre commercial site in Croydon Lane called Mayfield, is popular with tourists. It is located just within the Carshalton South and Clockhouse ward within the London Borough of Sutton.<ref>[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/8459.html Carshalton South and Clockhouse ward map]</ref> This area was once famous as the "Lavender Capital of the World". From the 18th to the early 20th centuries the North Downs of Surrey, with its chalky free-draining soil, ideal for lavender growing, were at the centre of worldwide production of lavender. It was a very prosperous part of the local agriculture. Blue fields could be seen all over Mitcham, Croydon, Wallington, Banstead, Carshalton and Sutton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mayfieldlavender.com/lavender-revival/|title=Mayfield Lavender|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530101538/http://www.mayfieldlavender.com/lavender-revival/|archive-date=30 May 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The scale of the operation can be understood from the fact that the ''Daily News'' in 1914 was able to state:

{{cquote|At Carshalton Beeches in every direction the low hill sides of the farm beyond Beeches Halt are swept with the bloomy pastel tint of the lavender flowers.}}

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==Sports facilities and clubs==
[[File:Westcroft centre Carshalton London Surrey.JPG|thumb|Westcroft centre Carshalton]]
[[Association football|Football]] club [[Sutton United F.C.]] are based in Sutton at [[Gander Green Lane]] and play in the {{English football updater|SuttonUn}}. [[Sutton Common Rovers F.C.|Sutton Common Rovers]], who play in the {{English football updater|SuttonCR}}, also share the ground with Sutton United. Carshalton has two football clubs: [[Carshalton Athletic F.C.]] (home ground at The War Memorial Sports Ground, Colston Avenue, and play in the {{English football updater|CarshalA}}) and Carshalton FC (at Beddington Park).

Wallington has a [[Non-League football]] club [[Crescent Rovers F.C.]] who play at the Wallington Sports & Social Club.

'''[[Sutton and Epsom RFC]]''' is a [[rugby union]] club based at Rugby Lane, in [[Cheam]], London, having been formed in 1881. The Club run six Men's teams and two women's sides, plus they have one of the largest and best run mini and junior rugby sections in the country

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]].

Sutton Cricket Club<ref>[http://www.suttoncricketclub.com/ Sutton Cricket Club]</ref> 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'.

Round Towers GAA, Senior Gaelic Football Club,<ref>[http://www.roundtowers.com/ Round Towers GAA, Senior Gaelic Football Club]</ref> Sean Treacy's Hurling Club<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030404095058/http://www.seantreacys.com/ Sean Treacy's Hurling Club]</ref> and Croydon Camogie Club.<ref>[http://www.croydoncamogieclub.com/ Croydon Camogie Club]</ref>

Rosehill boasts an ETTA premier level Table Tennis Club, Rosehill TTC<ref>[http://www.rosehillttc.co.uk/ Rosehil TTC]</ref> who play in the Sutton & District League and the Thames Valley League.

Cheam Hockey Club is a [[field hockey]] club that competes in the [[London Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheamhockeyclub.co.uk/|title=Cheam Hockey Club |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/clubs/cheam-hc|title=England Hockey - Cheam Hockey Club |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref>

At the '''Westcroft Leisure Centre''', in [[Carshalton]] there are health and fitness facilities including two swimming pools, sports hall, squash court and fitness centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=L.B. Sutton – Westcroft Leisure Centre.|url=http://www.sutton.gov.uk/leisure/leisurecentres/westcroft.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501071714/http://www.sutton.gov.uk/leisure/leisurecentres/westcroft.htm|archive-date=1 May 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> There is also a children's play area called Kid's Kingdom. Westcroft is also home to Sutton Pumas basketball club.

In 2012 Westcroft underwent a major renovation costing £11 million, bringing improved swimming facilities, a dance studio and beauty treatment rooms. There are eight courts in the sports hall, providing facilities for activities including badminton, gymnastics, trampolining, basketball, football, netball and volleyball.

In addition, Carshalton Library moved to the Westcroft centre, as part of the renovation.

There are also two public basketball courts in the Rosehill district of Sutton borough.

The Sutton and Epsom Weightlifting Club meet at Sutton Arena near to St Hellier's Hospital to the North of Sutton.

== 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 [[Humid temperate climate|Köppen climate classification]] is ''Cfb''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} Its mean annual temperature of 9.6 [[Celsius|°C]] is similar to that experienced throughout the Weald, and slightly cooler than nearby areas such as the Sussex coast and [[central London]].<ref name="temperature">{{cite web|year=2001 |url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/tmean/17.gif |title=Mean Temperature Annual Average |publisher=[[Met Office]] |access-date=22 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828101340/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/tmean/17.gif |archive-date=28 August 2013 }}</ref> Rainfall is considerably below England's average (1971–2000) level of 838&nbsp;mm, and every month is drier overall than the England average.<ref name="rainmean">{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/areal/england.html |title=Met Office: averages 1971–2000 |access-date=22 August 2007 |publisher=Met Office |year=2007 |work=Met Office website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605024000/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/areal/england.html |archive-date=5 June 2011 }}</ref>

The nearest weather station is at [http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EGKK.html Gatwick Airport].<ref>{{Cite web |title=LONDON/GATWICK AIRPORT, UNITED KINGDOM Weather History and Climate Data |url=http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N51W000+2100+03776W |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.worldclimate.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LONDON/GATWICK AIRPORT, UNITED KINGDOM Weather History and Climate Data |url=http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N51W000+4104+03776W |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.worldclimate.com}}</ref>

==Town twinning==
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Sutton's [[Twin towns and sister cities|twin towns]] are as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-09-04 |title=London Borough of Sutton - Town twinning |url=https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=962 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904195642/https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=962 |archive-date=4 September 2014 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Sutton.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 January 2017 |title=How Much Do You Know About Your Borough's Twin Towns? |url=https://londonist.com/2015/09/which-london-borough-has-the-most-twin-towns |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Londonist |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Gagny]], France
* [[Gladsaxe]], Denmark
* [[Minden]], Germany
* [[Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf]], Germany

In addition, there is a friendship link with:
* [[Tavarnelle Val di Pesa|Tavarnelle]], Italy

The [[Sutton twin towns mural]] on a building in Sutton town centre is made up of individual paintings of all the twin towns. It was created in 1993. The building is at the junction of Sutton High Street and Sutton Court Road.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sutton.gov.uk/suttonpress/index.aspx?articleid=13521|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140825233230/http://www.sutton.gov.uk/suttonpress/index.aspx?articleid=13521|url-status=dead|title=London Borough of Sutton press office|archivedate=25 August 2014|access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 June 2011 |title=Murals for twin towns to get new lease of life |url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9075012.murals-for-sutton-twin-towns-to-get-new-lease-of-life/ |website=Sutton and Croydon Local Guardian}}</ref>

== Notable individuals ==
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[[File:Joan armatrading.jpg|thumb|upright|Joan Armatrading in the 1970s, when she lived in Sutton]]
[[File:Hans Holbein d. J. 059.jpg|thumb|Sir Nicholas Carew, courtier]]
[[File:Tracey Ullman 1990.jpg|thumb|upright|Tracey Ullman grew up in the borough]]
[[File:Tim Vine Karaoke Circus crop.jpg|thumb|Tim Vine]]
* [[Tom Abbott]], broadcaster for [[Golf Channel]] and [[NBC]]
* [[Martin Adams]], BDO Darts World Champion
* [[Joan Armatrading]], singer-songwriter & musician, lived in Sutton in the 1970s.
* [[Harry Aikines-Aryeetey]], athlete, attended [[Greenshaw High School]]
* [[Austenasia|Terry and Jonathan Austen]], [[micronation]] creators
* [[Ben Barnes (actor)|Ben Barnes]], actor, attended [[Homefield Preparatory School]].
* [[Jeff Beck]], musician – rock guitarist: one of the three noted guitarists to have played with [[the Yardbirds]] (the other two being [[Eric Clapton]] and [[Jimmy Page]]).
* [[David Bellamy]], broadcaster and botanist, attended [[Sutton Grammar School]].
* [[Sally Bercow]], wife of the former [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]], [[John Bercow]].
* [[Johnny Borrell]], guitarist, singer and frontman of the band [[Razorlight]].
* [[Seb Brown]], [[Sutton United F.C.|Sutton United]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]], attended [[Cheam High School]]
* [[Paul Burstow]], MP for Sutton and Cheam was born in [[Carshalton]], and was educated at [[Carshalton College]]
* [[Angus Calder]], writer, historian and academic
* [[Rob Davis (musician)|Rob Davis]], Lead Guitarist of [[Mud (band)|Mud]]
* Lord [[Peter Ritchie Calder]], author, journalist and academic
* [[Nicholas Carew (courtier)|Sir Nicholas Carew]], sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, Master of the King's Horse, executed by Henry VIII
* [[Francis Carew|Sir Francis Carew]], grandson of the above, of [[Beddington]] Park, Elizabethan horticulturalist
* [[Noël Coward]], actor and playwright lived in Lenham Road, Sutton until the age of six
* [[John Clinch (cricketer)|John Clinch]], cricketer
* [[James Cracknell]], Olympic gold medallist in [[rowing (sport)|rowing]]
* [[Quentin Crisp]], writer, author, [[raconteur]]
* [[Clark Datchler]], lead singer of [[Johnny Hates Jazz]]
* [[Sir John Fellowes, 1st Baronet]] (c. 1671–1724), of the [[South Sea Company]]
* [[Edward Alan John George|Eddie George]] later Lord George (1938–2009) (16 September 1938 – 18 April 2009), Governor of the Bank of England 1993–2003.
* [[Brett Goldstein]], actor/writer born in Sutton in 1980.
* [[Les Gray]], lead vocalist of [[Mud (band)|Mud]]
* [[Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke|Lord Hardwicke]], (1690–1764) [[Lord Chancellor]]<ref name="cars">{{cite web |year=1912 |editor=H.E. Malden |title=Parishes: Carshalton |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43049 |access-date=29 November 2012 |work=A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research}}</ref>
* [[Darius Henderson]], footballer
* [[Catherine Holman]], actress
* [[James Hunt]], [[Formula One]] winning racing driver.
* [[Penelope Keith]], actress, and famous for her role in [[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The ''Good Life'']], was born in Sutton.
* [[Ruth Kelly]], former Labour Party member of parliament and Transport Secretary, attended [[Sutton High School (London)|Sutton High School]].
* [[Jaden Ladega]], actor, was born and raised in Sutton.
* [[Rebecca Litchfield]], photographer.
* [[Peter Loader]], cricketer
* [[Bradley McIntosh]], member of the band [[S Club 7]], attended Greenshaw High School.
* [[John Major|Sir John Major]], former Conservative [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
* [[Gary Mason (boxer)|Gary Mason]], boxer
* [[Katie Melua]], singer, songwriter, and musician
* [[David Mitchell (cricketer)|David Mitchell]] (born 1980), cricketer
* [[Simon Conway Morris]], [[palaeontology|palaeontologist]], specifically research of [[Burgess Shale type fauna]]
* [[Dave Mount]], drummer of [[Mud (band)|Mud]]
* [[Joshua Pascoe]], Played Ben Mitchell in Eastenders
* [[Peter Alfred Penfold]], diplomat, attended [[Sutton Grammar School]].
* Dr [[John Radcliffe (physician)|John Radcliffe]], royal physician and MP see [[Radcliffe Camera]], [[Radcliffe Infirmary]] and the [[Radcliffe Observatory]]<ref name="cars" />
* [[Michael Reeves (director)|Michael Reeves]], film director and screenwriter, best known for the 1968 film ''[[Witchfinder General (film)|Witchfinder General]]''
* Sir [[Cliff Richard]], singer and songwriter, ''attended Stanley Park Junior School''
* [[Rebecca Romero]], Olympic cycling champion
* [[Joanna Rowsell Shand]], Olympic gold medallist in women's pursuit cycling
* [[Dora Russell]] (born Dora Black, 1894–1986), author, feminist and progressive campaigner, attended [[Sutton High School (London)|Sutton High School]].
* [[Sir William Scawen]], merchant who purchased Carshalton manor
* Sir [[Harry Secombe]], singer, comedian and entertainer. Member of the [[Goon Show]] cast.
* [[Jack Simmons (historian)|Jack Simmons]], historian
* [[Tim Smith (Cardiacs)|Tim Smith]], frontman of [[Cardiacs]]
* [[Alec Stewart]], cricketer
* [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]], co-founder of the [[Rolling Stones]].
* [[Neil Sullivan]], footballer
* [[Sarah Tullamore]], actress and singer
* [[Tracey Ullman]], stage and television actress, comedian, singer, director, and screenwriter, grew up in Hackbridge.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
* [[Tim Vine]], actor and comedian
* [[David Weir (athlete)|David Weir]], multi-Olympic gold medallist, Paralympic athlete
* [[Helen Young (weather forecaster)|Helen Young]], BBC Weather Presenter and former BBC Weather Centre Manager lives here.
* [[Zacron]], born Richard Drew, designer of the ''[[Led Zeppelin III]]'' album cover.

==See also==
* [[Grade I and II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Sutton]]
* [[Smarter Travel Sutton]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.sutton.gov.uk/ London Borough of Sutton]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100619154705/http://openlylocal.com/councils/4-London-Borough-of-Sutton OpenlyLocal.com page for London Borough of Sutton]

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