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Wimbledon Common, Merton, Greater London, England, UKi
Regional Level Types
Wimbledon CommonConservation Area
MertonBorough
Greater LondonRegion
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
51° 25' 50'' North , 0° 14' 11'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
New Malden23,818 (2015)3.8km
Earlsfield15,562 (2011)3.8km
Morden48,233 (2017)4.5km
Kingston upon Thames10,001 (2018)4.7km
Mitcham48,311 (2014)5.6km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and IrelandTwickenham8km
RockWatchPicadilly, London 11km
Sidcup Lapidary & Mineral SocietyBexleyheath, Kent27km
Essex Rock & Mineral SocietyShenfield, Essex45km
Sussex Mineral and Lapidary SocietyHaywards Heath, West Sussex49km
Mindat Locality ID:
404285
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:404285:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Wimbledon Common, Borough londonien de Merton, Grand Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Italian:
Wimbledon Common, Merton, Grande Londra, Inghilterra, Regno Unito
Simplified Chinese:
溫布頓公地, 默頓區, 大伦敦, 英格兰, 英国
Dutch:
Wimbledon Common, Merton, Groot-Londen, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Hebrew:
וימבלדון ופאטני קומונז, מרטון, לונדון רבתי, אנגליה, הממלכה המאוחדת
Hindi:
पटनी हीथ, मर्टन बरो, ग्रेटर लंदन, इंग्लैण्ड, यूनाइटेड किंगडम
Irish Gaelic:
Wimbledon Common, Buirg Londan Merton, Londain Mhór, Sasana, An Ríocht Aontaithe
Japanese:
パットニー・ヒース, マートン区, グレーター・ロンドン, イングランド, イギリス
Malay:
Padang Wimbledon dan Putney, London Raya, England, United Kingdom
Portuguese:
Wimbledon Common, Merton, Grande Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido


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Geologic TimeRocks, Minerals and Events
Phanerozoic
 Cenozoic
  Quaternary
   Pleistocene
ⓘ The Anglian Glaciation0.45 ± 0.03 MaGreater London, England, UK
    
   
  Paleogene
   Eocene
ⓘ London Clay depositionEocene
(49 - 56.0 Ma)
Greater London, England, UK

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimbledon_Common
Wikidata ID:Q2551235
GeoNames ID:2633865

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