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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lambeth-merton-and-wandsworth-london-borough-boundaries-order-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1343",
  "legislation_title": "The Lambeth, Merton and Wandsworth (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lambeth-merton-and-wandsworth-london-borough-boundaries-order-1993",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes changes in the boundary between the following London boroughs—\n(a) Lambeth and Merton;\n(b) Lambeth and Wandsworth; and\n(c) Merton and Wandsworth.\nThe map and table forming part of this Note give a general guide to the areas affected, and their size and population (in total). For full details of the transfers made, the order maps (described in article 2) should be inspected. Any person may inspect them at any reasonable time at the offices of the council for each London borough affected, and also at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.\nConsequential changes are made to local government electoral areas, petty sessional areas and coroners' districts. No parishes are affected. The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/246, amended by S.I. 1978/247) contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.\nTABLE\n(1)\n(2)\nTransfers between—\nDescription of changes—\nLAMBETH AND MERTON Article 3 Transferred from Lambeth— Area: 7 hectares Population: Nil Transfered to Lambeth— Area: 0.5 hectares Population: Nil\nTransfer to unite National Westminster Sports Ground in Merton. Realignment to more defined boundary in Greyhound Terrace. Realignments at Eardley Road Sidings/Abercairn Road/Lonesome Depot.\nLAMBETH AND WANDSWORTH Article 4 Transferred from Lambeth— Area: 33 hectares Population: 440 Transferred to Lambeth— Area: 1.25 hectares Population: Nil\nTransfer to unite the New Covent Garden Market complex in Wandsworth, realigning boundary to the centre of Wandsworth Road, then to the southern side of the railway line, then to the western curtilage of Sainsburys supermarket and nearby works. The transferred areas include parts of Market Towers and of the Flower Market, and the Service Station. Realignment north-west of Market Towers between the centre of Nine Elms Lane and the centre of the River Thames. Minor realignments to more defined boundary at New Covent Garden Market/Hemans Estate/Crimsworth Road/Brooklands Passage/Belmore Street/Deeley Road. Transfer to unite Carey Gardens Estate in Wandsworth. Transfer to unite Pensbury Street and Pensbury Place in Lambeth. Realignments in the vicinity of Portslade Road/Amesbury Tower/Welford Court/St. Rule Street to unite Heathbrook Park in Wandsworth and the Westbury Estate in Lambeth. Transfer of No.s 1 to 13, Lavender Hill (located at the Cedar Road junction with the Hill) to Wandsworth. Transfers to unite Tooting Bec Common in Wandsworth, involving transfer of large areas south of Emmanuel Road and north of Tooting Bec Road.\nMERTON AND WANDSWORTH Article 5 Transferred from Merton— Area: 5 hectares Population: Nil Transferred to Merton— Area: 5.5 hectares Population: 4\nTransfer to unite Wimbledon Stadium and surrounding land in Merton. Transfer of Longley Road Baptist Church and area of railway embankment to Wandsworth. Transfer to Wandsworth of carton factory and parts of properties in Riverside Road. Transfer of electricity substation at Kenlor Road to Wandsworth. Realignment to unite railway embankment to the east of Besley Street in Merton. Realignment to centre of Mitcham Road between Tooting Station and Mitcham Road Police Station. Realignments to clearer boundary at Seeley Road. Realignment to follow western side of Summerstown, then, south of Wimbledon Road, the line of Mead Path. Minor realignments to centre of River Graveney between Seeley Road/Southcroft Road and the railway line south of Fallsbrook Road. Realignments— in vicinity of River Wandle at Haslemere Avenue/Trewint Street/rifle ranges and allotment gardens/public waste disposal site;\nRevelstoke Road/Ravensbury Road; and\nQueensmere Road/Bathgate Road between Wimbledon Park Side and Victoria Drive.",
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