Part of Mitcham Common provides views towards Croydon in one direction, London in another, and here the view is towards Crystal Palace. The twin TV masts are visible in the distance.
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Arthurs Pond
one of several ponds found on the common. Thousands of years ago the River Thames flowed where Mitcham Common is now and as the flow of the river gradually altered it left behind beds of gravel, which were later quarried. Some of the ponds on the Common are the remmnants of these gravel quarries.
the Common is part of Mitcham's more rural face, away from the hustle and bustle of the town centre.
