Colliers Wood

Colliers Wood
The River Wandle at Merton High Street, with Colliers Wood Tower behind
Colliers Wood Location within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ275705
London borough	Merton
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SW19
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Mitcham and Morden
London Assembly	Merton and Wandsworth
List of places UK England London 51°25′09″N 0°10′04″W / 51.4191°N 0.1677°W / 51.4191; -0.1677

Colliers Wood is an area in south west London, England, in the London Borough of Merton. It is a mostly residential area, but has a busy high street around Colliers Wood tube station on London Underground's Northern line. The high street is part of the A24, a major road route roughly following the Northern Line, running from London through Tooting and other areas. The Colliers Wood ward had a population of 10,712 in 2011.^[1]

Colliers Wood shares its postcode district of SW19 with Wimbledon. It merges into Merton Abbey. Colliers Wood has three parks: a recreation ground, the National Trust-owned Wandle Park, which covers an area of approximately 11 acres (45,000 m²), and the more informal Wandle Meadow Nature Park. Colliers Wood United F.C. is a semi-professional football club founded in Colliers Wood but now based in nearby New Malden.