Motspur Park

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Motspur Park
The suburban shopping parade at Motspur Park dates from the 1930s
Motspur Park Location within Greater London
Population	9,862 (2011 Census. West Barnes Ward)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ225677
London borough	Merton Kingston
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEW MALDEN
Postcode district	KT3
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Kingston and Surbiton Wimbledon
London Assembly	Merton and Wandsworth South West
List of places UK England London 51°25′N 0°15′W / 51.41°N 0.25°W / 51.41; -0.25

Motspur Park, also known locally as West Barnes, is a residential suburb in south-west London, in the New Malden district. It straddles the boroughs of Kingston upon Thames and Merton.

Motspur Park owes its identity to the railway station of the same name, opened in 1925, which has six trains an hour to London Waterloo, and to the adjacent parade of small shops. Three prominent gas holders, which were used to store the consumer gas supply for south-west London, stand just south of the shopping parade and can be seen from a wide area.

Two of London's minor natural watercourses flow through Motspur Park: Beverley Brook runs south to north through the centre and its tributary the Pyl Brook runs parallel to the east in shallow depressions in the land.

The Motspur Park athletics stadium was built by the University of London in 1928 and achieved fame when the world mile record was set there in 1938. It was sold to Fulham Football Club as their training ground in 1999.^[2]