Open Space
Mitcham is home to a vast area (460 acres) of South London's open green space in the form of Mitcham Common. There are several ponds and a few buildings on the Common. The buildings comprising the Windmill Trading Estate have existed in one form or another since 1782, when the estate was established as workhouses for the poor. Companies to have utilised the buildings include Hooper's Telegraph Works. Recently the Estate has been replaced by a mixed-tenure of housing apartments. The Mill House Ecology Centre and the Mill House Pub are located near the site of an old windmill, the remnants of which still exist. Also see separate article on Mitcham Common.
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