Old Malden - Orientation

Orientation

At the heart of Old Malden is Plough Green, a traditional village green, surrounded by:

• The Plough, a 15th century public house, containing a Harvester restaurant;
• a small parade of shops, which includes the Plough Bakery, two Indian restaurants (the Rupali and the Shalimar) and a convenience store;
• an Italian restaurant, the A Roma;
• a pond, home to a family of moorhens and two mallards.

To the west of Plough Green is Old Malden Library.

The Parish Church of Old Malden is St John the Baptist, and can be found just beyond the width restriction in Church Road. There was a church building here at the time of the Domesday Book. The present building comprises the 1611 re-build, the 1875 extension and another extension added in 2004. The Vicar is the Revd Kevin Scott MA who was licensed to the parish in 2003.

Old Malden is served by Malden Manor station to the north and Worcester Park station to the south, both 25 minutes from Waterloo. Malden Road, joining the green and Worcester Park station was flanked by two rows of over forty mature poplar trees until 2010, when most were felled as a safety measure due to internal rotting. Replacement oaks were planted later that year. A minor tributary of the River Thames, the Hogsmill, flows through the west of Old Malden.