neighbouring areas
Postcodes
| SW1 | SW15 | SW20 | SW8 |
| SW10 | SW16 | SW3 | SW9 |
| SW11 | SW17 | SW4 | TW10 |
| SW12 | SW18 | SW5 | TW9 |
| SW13 | SW19 | SW6 | |
| SW14 | SW2 | SW7 |
A residential nugget full of quality Victorian and Edwardian terraced houses, Southfields nestles between Wandsworth Town and Wimbledon.
Living in Southfields
Barely known as an area twenty years ago, Southfields has developed into a residential success with a fine mix of terraced and detached housing. Its popularity can be attributed to excellent tube, train and bus links, and the fact that property prices in neighbouring Putney and Wimbledon have gone through the roof.
Southfields tube station is renowned as the closest underground to Wimbledon tennis and, during the famous fortnight, there are many hanging baskets and floral displays. Near the station are several estate agents, a Post Office, a library, and three High Street banks, attesting to Southfields' growth as prime residential real estate.
East of the tube station on Replingham Road are independent shops and a couple of pubs serving more than twelve hundred terraced houses built in the early 1900s in an area known as The Grid. Many of the three-bedroom houses have loft conversions and extended kitchens and are immensely popular with second-time buyers.
To the west of Southfields tube station is Augustus Road and here there are detached family homes built in the 1920s, '30s and '50s.
One of Southfields' greatest assets is Wimbledon Park, which offers plenty of room to play football, fly a kite or rest and enjoy a picnic. There is also a beautiful lake used for canoeing, a running track, bowling greens, all-weather flood-lit tennis courts, two children's playgrounds and a large tea room.
Southfields is known as Nappy Valley because it is child-friendly with plenty of local nurseries and playgroups.
Transport
Southfields tube station lies on the District line between the terminus at Wimbledon and Earl's Court station where it links to the rest of the London Underground.
Earlsfield railway station is a fifteen-minute walk from Southfields and lies on the mainline between Wimbledon and London Waterloo.
There is a good local bus service to neighbouring Wandsworth Town, Putney, and Wimbledon. For a full list of routes please visit www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/
History and culture
Wimbledon Park was originally designed by Capability Brown and the picturesque lake was formed by damming a small tributary to the River Wandle.
Across the lake it is possible to see the famous spire belonging to St Mary's Church, which is often featured on television during Wimbledon fortnight. Southfields has a number of churches reflecting its Quaker roots and until the 1990s the area was "dry". It may have been one of the reasons why the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community decided to settle in the area following persecution in Pakistan.
Wimbledon Theatre has recently been refurbished and hosts many delightful plays and musicals including a popular Christmas pantomime. Further down Wimbledon Broadway is the Polka Theatre, which puts on shows for young children. Wimbledon has a multi-screen Odeon cinema opposite Centre Court shopping mall, and there are plenty of restaurants in Wimbledon town centre and Wimbledon Village.
For tickets and information regarding shows at Wimbledon Theatre please visit http://www.theambassadors.com/newwimbledon/ or for the Polka Theatre visit http://www.polkatheatre.com/
Further information about Southfields can be found at http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/default.htm
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