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| london_borough            = Croydon
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'''Pollards Hill''' is a small residential district straddling the [[south London]] boroughs of [[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]] and [[London Borough of Merton|Merton]] between [[Mitcham]], [[Norbury]] and [[Thornton Heath]]. The boundary of the two boroughs is a street named Recreation Way. No roads directly cross the Croydon/Merton divide, and streets were planned according to each borough, leading to differing architectural or building schemes. Pollards Hill lends its name to a ward of the London Borough of Merton.

==History==
[[Mitcham Borough Council]] (MBC) dissolved in 1965 on incorporation into London. It helped to meet the post-[[World War II]] housing shortage, wrought by the [[London Blitz]], by building prefabricated ‘Arcon’ bungalows at Pollards Hill. The first were ready by January 1946, meant to last about 10 years.  Many remained until the mid-1960s. The pre-fabs were mostly demolished in the 1960s, to make way for a new, high density, low-rise scheme that was constructed by [[Merton London Borough Council]] and [[Wimpey Homes]] between 1967 and 1971.

Separately, four landmark maisonette blocks were built by MBC in the 1950s on Yorkshire Road: Westmorland Square (1950), Castleton Road (1956) and between those years Hertford Way and Berkshire Way.

A branch library and community centre were built, which received a design award.((elucidate|date=January 2019))

==Governance==
===Councillors===
Both sides of Pollards Hill elected [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] councillors at the last Council elections in May 2022.  At present in the local government re-warding process used nationally for the regular election of a delegation of councillors, it lends its name to a ward of the [[London Borough of Merton|Merton]].

===UK elections (general elections and by-elections)===
East and west have, since 1992 and 1997, respectively seen their relevant [[List of Parliamentary constituencies in London|two seats in London]], locally dependent wholly on borough, return Labour MPs.  The seats are Croydon North and Mitcham and Morden.  The narrower majority, narrowly, is in the latter; at all elections since 1997 the two seats have seen a greater than 28% Labour majority.

==Geography==
To the east (in Croydon), covering the sides of the hill, are larger houses, stretching towards central [[Norbury]]. The roads are lined with [[Pollarding|pollarded]] lime trees.

To the west (in Merton), at the foot of the hill, is the Pollards Hill [[housing estate|estate]] stretching to [[Broad Green, London|Broad Green]] and [[Purley Way]]. A section of the estate was transferred to the ownership of Moat Homes [[housing association]] in 1998 under a stock transfer from the local authority. Moat has since demolished four maisonette blocks dating from the 1950s and is undertaking a wider regeneration of the stock.

Covering the crown of the hill is Pollards Hill Park, an open area of 7.75 acres (3.14 hectares), managed by [[Croydon Council]], to whom it was donated in 1913. The park is the highest point in the Norbury area and can give views as far as [[Windsor Castle]]. A viewpoint at the top of the park indicates the direction of various landmarks.<ref>((cite book|last=Winterman|first=M.A.|title=Croydon's Parks: An illustrated history|date=1988|publisher= London Borough of Croydon, Parks and Recreation Department|pages=70–71|isbn=0951348108))</ref>

==Education==
In September 2006, [[Harris Academy Merton]] opened on the former site of Tamworth Manor High School. The academy is on the Merton side but right on the [[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]] border. Tamworth Manor High School was originally Pollards Hill Secondary Modern School built in the 1950s, which became a comprehensive school, Pollards Hill High School, in 1968.

==Transport==
The nearest railway stations are [[Norbury railway station]] and [[Streatham Common railway station]] & [[Thornton Heath railway station]]. Bus routes 60, 255 serve the eastern Croydon area & Buses 152, 463 serve the western merton area.

==Demography==
Pollards Hill is home to the largest [[Ghanaians in the United Kingdom|Ghanaian British]] community in the UK on the Merton side according to the 2011 census, with 6% of the population and over 600 people born in Ghana. It has a large [[British Asian]] population on the Croydon side, and the area is home to many other different nationalities.

==Culture and community==
Pollards Hill on the Merton side also contains a wide range of community facilities including a library, community centre, youth centre and a neighbourhood police station, the first in Merton.

In 2005, a community cycling club was set up with help from the Commonside Trust. It won the London Cycling Campaigns' award for Best Community Cycling Initiative in 2006.

== See also ==
*[[List of Parks and Open Spaces in Croydon]]
*[[Mitcham Common]]
*[[Cotelands]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/pollards-hill Croydon Council - Pollards Hill]
*[https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/pollards-hill-history.pdf Croydon Council - Pollards Hill History]

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