Morden Hall Park is a large National Trust landscape park on the banks of the River Wandle in south‑west London, about a short walk from Morden tube station. It covers about 125 acres of meadow, woodland, wetland, and formal gardens, and is widely regarded as one of London’s quieter, more “Arcadian” green escapes.
The estate dates back to medieval times, originally linked to Westminster Abbey, and later occupied for generations by the Garth family.
The present Morden Hall – a Georgian house built in the 1770s – stands on what was once a deer‑park moated manor, later transformed into a private country estate.
In the 1870s the tobacco and snuff merchant Gilliat Hatfeild bought the Hall and created the landscaped park around it, effectively designing one of the last private London parks before the area urbanised. In 1941 his son gave Morden Hall and the surrounding park to the National Trust for public use.
The River Wandle winds through the park, split into several channels by old mill leats, and it is crossed by a series of pretty footbridges, including the well‑known white arched bridge that frames the Hall, shown above.
 
Interesting facts...
The mill used to make snuff. It also was also protected by anti tank measures during the Second World War