Property, Houses and Flats to Rent in Coombe, South West London

Property to rent in Coombe SW20

Coombe SW20 is a leafy, charming suburb in the London Borough of Merton. To the west of the A3 (Kingston by-pass) is Coombe Hill, which is in the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. Coombe has the advantage of many local shops and a train station in Raynes Park that provides easy access to London Waterloo and the amenities of both Wimbledon town centre and Kingston-upon-Thames.

Houses to rent in Coombe SW20 range from modest three-bedroom Edwardian properties with a monthly rental of £1,200 to substantial detached family homes offering five or six bedrooms and a monthly rental up to £6,000. One-bedroom flats to rent in Coombe SW20, in a Victorian house conversion, will have a monthly rental in the region of £850. Two-bedroom flats will have a monthly rental of between £1,000 and £1,500.

Amenities for properties in Coombe

Coombe is close to local parks, children’s playgrounds and various tennis and sports clubs such as David Lloyd. Up the hill to the north is the vast expanse of Wimbledon Common and Royal Wimbledon Golf Course. For smart shopping and smart eating there’s Wimbledon Village where you can also hire a horse and go riding on the common. Almost due east of Coombe, is the town of Wimbledon with its Centre Court shopping mall, multi-screen cinema, banks, department stores, and refurbished Victorian theatre.

There are plenty of state and private schools in the area such as St. Matthew’s Church of England primary school, off Coombe Lane, and Raynes Park High School, a co-educational comprehensive. At the top end of the independent schools there is Wimbledon High School for Girls and King’s College for boys.

Transport in Coombe

The railway station in Raynes Park provides an excellent service to Wimbledon, Clapham Junction and Waterloo. At the station in Wimbledon you can change onto London Underground’s District Line for Earl’s Court and Central London. Trains from Raynes Park also go to Epsom and Kingston-upon-Thames. Coombe is served by bus routes: 57, 131, 200, 57 and N87, and the A3 by-pass provides a great route out of London to Guildford and the south-west.

Surrounding areas

While searching for property to rent in Coombe, or for landlords looking at buy-to-let opportunities, you may also wish to consider neighbouring areas such as Raynes Park, Wimbledon and Southfields SW18.