[1] The London Borough of Sutton is working to make Hackbridge the "UK's first truly sustainable suburb".

Detailed plans include proposals for new eco-friendly homes, more shops, leisure and community facilities, jobs, sustainable transport and pedestrian/cycle initiatives, improved networks and open spaces.

[4] One of the housing developments is the Barratt-built New Mill Quarter which is providing 440 new homes with commercial and retail space.

It has attracted wide interest over the past decade since it was built, and, among other examples of recognition, it was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize for architecture in 2003.

Hackbridge has a fairly wide range of architecture, but is mainly Edwardian and early 20th century in the central shopping area with surrounding suburbs in Tudorbethan semi-detached style - a number of Post War Modernist social housing schemes have been demolished in recent years.

The former Durand Close Council estate is also being regenerated as a mixed tenure development[8] by the Lavender Housing Partnership over the period 2003–2018.

Beddington Park, through which the River Wandle flows, is a quarter of a mile (400 metres) south of Hackbridge railway station.

It was originally part of the Deer Park attached to Carew Manor, a grand country house built in the Tudor period, which stands to this day.