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The London Borough of Merton is a
London borough in South West London. The borough was formed in 1965
by the merger of the former area of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham,
the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton and Morden Urban
District, all formerly within Surrey. The main commercial centres in
Merton are Mitcham, Morden and Wimbledon, of which Wimbledon is the
largest. Other smaller centres include Raynes Park, Colliers Wood,
South Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park and Pollards Hill., The borough derives its name from the historic parish of Merton
which was centred on the area now known as South Wimbledon. In a
borough with a broad socio-economic range between generally affluent
Wimbledon and less affluent Mitcham, the name was seen as a
compromise, after the first proposal from the government to the name
the borough Morden was dropped in favour of Merton., In 2001, the census recorded that 25% of the population of the
borough was from an ethnic minority. The highest ethnic populations
were recorded in wards in the east of the borough (Mitcham,
Eastfields and Pollards Hill). The percentage of population from
ethnic minorities is predicted to rise across the borough within the
next decade., According to the council's comparative assessment of wards made in
2004, the most deprived wards within the borough were in the south
and east where unemployment rates, educational attainment and the
quality of health were worst. The most affluent wards were in the
north and west of the borough., Comparative crime rates appear to be unrelated to the deprivation
ranking of wards. The wards containing Mitcham town centre and the
St Helier Estate are ranked highest for crime within Merton with the
wards containing the smaller commercial centres of Colliers Wood and
South Wimbledon also featuring high in the ranking.
The Borough includes the following areas: Bushey
Mead, Colliers Wood, Copse Hill, Cottenham Park, Lower Morden, Merton Park, Mitcham, Morden, Morden Park, Motspur Park, Norbury (Which is also part of Croydon), Phipps Bridge, Pollards Hill, Raynes Park, St.Helier, South Wimbledon, Summerstown, West Barnes, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park
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