'The car indispensable': the hidden influence of the car in inter-war suburban London

► The history of British inter-war suburbia has tended to ignore the role of the car. ► Private mobilities in suburbia were not dependant on the train. ► Car adoption rates in 1930s London's suburbia were high, but heterogeneous. ► The car provided access to a wider range of everyday destinations. ► Commuting to London by car was taking place by the late 1930s.