[3] The historic village was situated somewhat to the north of the current town centre around what is now Wallington Bridge over the River Wandle.

This acted as a spur to the development of the area and in the 1860s Nathaniel Bridges created a prestigious housing estate of gothic revival villas (architect E. L. Brock).

To provide a church for the estate, Bridges sponsored the construction of Holy Trinity, and Wallington became a separate parish in 1867.

Wallington Methodist Church was built in 1908 on a site in Beddington Gardens in the town centre.

Wallington County Grammar School (for boys) was opened on London Road, close to Beddington Park in 1927.

The scale of the operation can be understood from the fact that the Daily News in 1914 was able to state that at nearby Carshalton Beeches "In every direction the low hill sides of the farm beyond Beeches Halt are swept with the bloomy pastel tint of the lavender flowers".

The importance of lavender is remembered and commemorated in a number of ways, for example: Many of Wallington's young men served and lost their lives in the First World War, and in 1922 a memorial was unveiled on Wallington Green by General Edmund Elles to commemorate the fallen.

[6] The inscription reads: 1914 – 1918 To the glorious memory of the men of Beddington and Wallington who fell in the Great War.

[citation needed] There have been two developments of luxury flats opposite the railway station, which were completed circa 2010 and 2013 respectively.

[citation needed] Sutton Community Farm, the only one of its kind in Greater London, is located in Wallington.

A not-for-profit social enterprise, it occupies a 7.5 acre small-holding of a type originally given to ex-servicemen following the First World War.

[7] There is a public library in the centre of Wallington in the "Shotfield" district; it has an outside terrace where coffee and tea are served.

The town saw the opening of a small independent cinema in May 2014 at the Brook Cafe and Bar, along with a recording studio.

Wallington's parish church is located on Manor Road, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

[10][11] The ancient Chapel of Wallington stood on a site to the north of the London Road, behind the brewery in the grounds of the Elm Grove Estate, and was demolished about the year 1791.

[12] The present Church of Holy Trinity was erected in 1866 by Mr Nathaniel Bridges, Lord of the Manor.

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.

National Cycle Route 20 travels in a north–south direction on the edge of Wallington connecting cyclists with Wandsworth on the River Thames and Brighton on the South Coast Wallington has a Non-League football club called Carshalton Athletic and many social clubs.The town has four gold post boxes commemorating local resident David Weir's four gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.