The history of Southfields has been researched and documented in Neil Robson's 1999 book Roomy Villas.

The building is in a distinctive Art Nouveau style, with green ceramic tiles and the slogan 'Nourish and Flourish' on the exterior.

Some houses have been converted into flats in the past, although conversions are no longer permitted on The Grid owing to a change in policy by Wandsworth Borough Council.

However, in the 1990s, the covenants were apparently judged either to be ineffective or non-existent and two pubs were opened in adjoining premises on the south side of Replingham Road (one since closed, in late 2011).

[citation needed] The equivalent North Field lay between West Hill and the River Thames and survives in the short road named Northfields which runs to the east of Wandsworth Park.

The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is the Labour Party's Fleur Anderson, who was elected in 2019 with a majority of 4,774.

Wimbledon Park has an athletic track and a landscaped lake that is home to a number of water sports.

A five-minute walk takes spectators from Southfields Tube down Wimbledon Park Road to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

The former cinema premises on Wimbledon Park Road, most recently used as a snooker club were demolished following a successful planning application from the owners of the site, despite a three-year campaign by a local group to convert the building back to a local cinema, which would have been named The Southfields Plaza.