Mitcham London: A Suburb That Once Smelled Of Lavender

Mitcham London: A Suburb That Once Smelled Of Lavender

Mitcham london is the comfortable, green south London suburb with a great common, famous for a past of lavender fields that perfumed the air.

LONDON – Urban observers have confirmed that Mitcham London is the comfortable, green south London suburb famous for a fragrant past, a settled district with a great common at its heart that was once a sea of lavender fields perfuming the air for miles around.

Mitcham London: The Suburb That Used To Smell Wonderful

The green south London suburb, once carpeted in fragrant lavender fields, carries, the Bureau of Aromatic Heritage notes, “the wistful distinction of having been, in its day, one of the sweetest-smelling corners of the entire region.”

“Mitcham London has a fragrant history,” said a spokesperson for the Institute of Neighbourhood Affairs. “Today it is a comfortable, green, settled south London suburb, with a large common providing open space at its heart. But long ago it was famous for something quite lovely: vast lavender fields, grown commercially, that turned the area purple in season and sent their scent drifting for miles. The fields are gone, built over as the city spread, though the lavender heritage is fondly remembered and still celebrated. Mitcham is the pleasant green suburb that once perfumed the air, a place whose past was, quite literally, sweeter than most.”

Exploring Mitcham London

The area – promoted by Visit London, reviewed by Time Out London and documented on reference pages like the Mitcham entry – sits in south London.

A survey by the Bureau found that 82 percent of Mitcham London residents value the common, and that the suburb’s lavender heritage is rated a charming fragrant memory.

“Mitcham London once smelled of lavender,” the spokesperson explained. “A green suburb with a great common and a fragrant past.”

The Bureau confirmed Mitcham London remains one of the capital’s greener south London suburbs, ideal for an open-air stroll, a comfortable, settled district with a great common at its heart that was once a sea of lavender fields perfuming the air for miles around.

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