Cricket has been played on Mitcham's Cricket Green for more than three hundred years, and the local club claims it as one of the oldest cricket grounds in the world still in use. The players still have to cross the road from the pavilion to the pitch. Mitcham also has a common bigger than many country parks, a fair that dates back to Elizabethan times, and one of the most varied populations in south London. Minibus hire Mitcham customers book is mostly weddings and family events, school trips, sport and runs to Gatwick.
Mitcham sits in the east of Merton borough, between Tooting, Streatham, Morden and Croydon, with the River Wandle along its western side. From our base in SE1, it's about forty to fifty minutes outside the rush hour, via the A24 through Tooting or the A23 through Streatham.
Minibus hire Mitcham for weddings and family events
Mitcham's families come from Tamil, Pakistani, Ghanaian, Polish, Caribbean, Portuguese and many other backgrounds, and weddings here can be large. Ceremonies take place at churches, temples, mosques and Merton's register office at Morden Park House, and receptions at banqueting halls and function rooms across south London.
The minibus picks guests up from family homes, takes them to the ceremony, carries on to the reception and does the runs home at the end of the night. For big weddings, we can run the loop more than once or add vehicles. Engagements, christenings, birthdays and religious festivals bring families together in the same way, and we plan those runs too. Tamil weddings often begin early, with guests due at the temple before seven, and we're happy to plan for that.
School trips and the common
Mitcham has a lot of primary and secondary schools, and they book us for museum visits, swimming, sports fixtures and residential trips. The South Kensington museums are about forty-five minutes away outside the rush hour, and the Horniman Museum about thirty.
Mitcham Common, nearly five hundred acres of grassland, scrub and ponds, is a local nature reserve, and it suits science trips, cross-country running and youth group walks. The old windmill on Windmill Road, by the golf course, is a reminder that the common was once working land. Morden Hall Park, a National Trust estate on the Wandle, is about five minutes away and has a city farm area, a rose garden and old snuff mills.
Cricket on the green
Mitcham Cricket Club plays on the Cricket Green through the summer, and its junior sections travel to fixtures across Surrey and south London. Football, hockey and athletics clubs in the area book us for away fixtures and tournaments too.
The team and the kit travel together, and the driver stays for the game. For a club tour or an end-of-season trip, tell us the destination and the dates and we'll quote. Minibus hire Mitcham clubs book for a full summer of fixtures can follow a set pattern. Matches on the green draw spectators on summer weekends, and visiting teams book us from stations such as Mitcham Junction.
Mitcham Fair
Mitcham Fair, held each August on Three Kings Piece, by the pond on the edge of the common, is a traditional funfair with a history going back centuries. It draws big crowds over several days, and the roads around Commonside East and the Cricket Green are busy.
For groups going to the fair, we'll drop on the edge of the busy area and set a meeting point for the return. If you have an unrelated booking nearby that week, tell us the date.
Gatwick and the airports
Gatwick is about thirty-five to forty-five minutes from Mitcham outside the rush hour, via the A23 and the M23 or the A217 and the M25. Heathrow is about fifty minutes. London City and Stansted are both more than an hour.
For families flying to see relatives abroad, often with a lot of luggage and gifts, a minibus with room for everything is easier than the train from East Croydon or Clapham Junction. The tram crosses Mitcham too, but with cases and children it's hard work. When relatives arrive, send us the flight number and the driver will be in arrivals as they land.
Fair Green and the roads
The town centre around Fair Green and London Road is busy with buses and shoppers, and the roads around it are a one-way system with limited stopping. The A236 across the common and the A217 along the western edge are the main through routes, and both slow at peak times. Pickups in the centre happen on a quieter side road nearby. For home pickups on the estates, give us the address and we'll check the access, because some roads are narrow and lined with parked cars.
For minibus hire in Mitcham, call 020 7183 0567.