In recent years, Raynes Park has benefitted from increased investments; this includes a large Waitrose. Raynes Park has London bus services running through Wimbledon to Colliers Wood, Tooting, Streatham and to New Malden and Kingston upon Thames, as well as nightbus services to Wandsworth, Vauxhall, Westminster and Aldwych. Bushey Road connects the Kingston Bypass to Wimbledon Chase and Merton Park. On the south side is Prince George's playing field which plays host to Sunday league football. The field also has other purposes and has in the past held travelling Funfairs and Hindu festival celebrations. Adjacent to the playing field is a sports and leisure centre. The area has a number of other parks and open spaces including Cottenham Park Recreation Ground and Raynes Park Sports Ground. The nearest London Underground tube station is Wimbledon on the District line. Sport and leisure Raynes Park has a Non-League football club Raynes Park Vale F.C. who play at Prince George's Fields. Other leisure facilities in the area include the Raynes Park Residents Lawn Tennis Club, and the Malden Golf Club. The Malden Golf Club was founded in 1893 and the parkland course is set over an area of 120 acres. Wimbledon United CC have fielded a number of Sunday cricket teams with great success at their home ground at Cottenham Park for the past 90 years. Cannon Hill Common is popular for walking, cycling, recreational fishing and angling, dog walking, bird watching and represents a small piece of countryside within the city of London. Since 2010 the MyRaynesPark Festival has taken place annually for a week during the summer, providing arts and cultural events for the local community, with previous guest speakers including Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Tim Vine. Wimbledon Volleyball Club is based at Raynes Park High School. Notable residents Oliver Reed, actor Richard Briers, actor Mike Lindup, Level 42 keyboard player & vocalist Ted Drake, Arsenal & England footballer, Chelsea manager lived in Devas Road Danny Cipriani, England rugby player Chris Powell, footballer Martin Brett (Brett Martini), musician, Voice of the Beehive Graham Stuart, footballer Dave Benson-Phillips, children's television presenter, who lived in Cannon Hill Lane Mavis Cheek, novelist, as a child Tubby Hayes, jazz musician Jay Laga'aia, actor Max Clifford, former publicist References Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Merton