Mitcham Common: Path from Golf Club to Beddington Lane

Mitcham Common: Path from Golf Club to Beddington Lane

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Partial / Incomplete Date c.1922
Area Mitcham
Picture Reference Mit_​Parks_​Open_​Spaces_​1-11
Original Format Photo
Notes / History This path from the Golf House to Beddington Lane runs approximately parallel to the railway. Land to the south of Croydon Road became a golf course in the 1890s.

Before the advent of road networks and public transport, pathways such as this would have played a vital part in linking different communities. Most people would have travelled on foot and livestock may also have been herded along these routes.

Sadly a number of the old footpaths on the Common, including a pretty woodland walk, were destroyed as a result of controlled waste-tipping by Mitcham Borough Council during the late 1950s.

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