Merton Abbey Mills
The River Wandle flowing north towards Wandsworth drove watermills and provided water for a number of industrial processes in Merton.[2] Liberty & Co. had been involved with the site since the 19th century, as their popular ranges of fabrics for dress and furniture were nearly all made there by Littler and Co.During World War II part of the site was used to construct gun-turrets for the Bristol Blenheim fighter-bomber.[3] Today Merton Abbey Mills is a crafts market and the site of a summer theatre and music festival called Abbeyfest.A water-mill still turns in the summer, and the "colourhouse", a mid-18th century industrial building,[3] is now a children's theatre.