Colliers Wood is an area in southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Merton. It is a mostly residential area, but has a busy high street around Colliers Wood tube station on London Undergro
The River Wandle at Merton High Street, with Colliers Wood Tower behind
The Feeny Monument:[clarification needed] memorial fountain inside Wandle Park
The Colliers Wood Tower - unoccupied
Merton Priory was an English Augustinian priory founded in 1114 by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey under King Henry I. It was situated within the manor of Merton in the county of Surrey, in what is
Colliers Wood
…Survey maps show that this wood remained at least until the 1870s but had been cleared for development by the mid-1890s. The twelfth-century ruins of Merton Priory were considered by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport as a possible British candidate for World Heritage status. Henry VI was crowned king of…
Window tracery from Merton Priory, on display in the Museum of London (February 2010)
Remains of a knapped flint wall, a rare survival from Merton Priory
The ruins of the chapter house