Chessington
Coordinates: 51°21′49″N 0°17′59″W / 51.3635, -0.2998
OS grid reference	TQ183641
London borough
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESSINGTON
Postcode district	KT9
Dial code	020
Police
Fire
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Kingston and Surbiton
London Assembly
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

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History

Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Cissan dūn = "hill belonging to [a man named] Cissa". It was home of the former RAF Chessington, Hospital. Chessington Hall has a place in 18th century literary history, as home of Samuel Crisp, who was a failed playwright and close friend of Fanny Burney. Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Old English: ) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India Računarski Fakultet RAF... Chessington Hall was a country house in the village of Chessington, Surrey. ... Fanny Burney For Frances Burney (1776–1828), niece of Frances Burney, later Madame DArblay (1752-1840), see Frances Burney Fanny Burney, later Madame DArblay, (June 13, 1752-January 6, 1840) was an English novelist and diarist. ...

Geography

The areas of Chessington have these names:-

• Chessington North, also referred to as North Parade, immediately adjacent to Chessington North railway station.
• Hook, generally referred to as the central point in Chessington, although historically considered a separate entity. It incorporates the majority of bus routes which pass through the area.
• Copt Gilders, named after the farm which was once on this area.
• Chessington South, previously called Fleetwood, incorporating the majority of buildings south of Chessington Community College and Chessington South railway station.
• Southborough is close to the A3 and nearby Surbiton and Tolworth.

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Sites of interest

• The former Formula one racing team Brabham had their factory in Chessington. The site is now occupied by the Carlin DPR GP2 team.
• Chessington & Hook United F.C., who play football in the Combined Counties League.
• Kingston R.U.F.C. who play in numerous rugby union leagues
• Chessington World of Adventures (branded, and often referred to simply as "Chessington"), a Zoo and theme park with a broader appeal. Within the park, the Burnt Stub Mansion from the English Civil War.
• 207 Hook Road has a Blue Plaque commemorating the author Enid Blyton who lived at the address between 1920 and 1924.

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Churches

• St Paul's C of E, Hook Road, in the Diocese of Southwark
• St Mary's C of E, Church Lane, in the Diocese of Guildford
• St Catherine's RC, Leatherhead Road
• Chessington Evangelical Church, The King's Centre, Coppard Gardens

Education

For education in Chessington see the main Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames article.

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Transport and locale

Nearest places

• Hook
• Malden Rushett
• Tolworth
• Ewell
• Surbiton
• Claygate
• Epsom
• Leatherhead
• Esher

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Rail

Chessington has two railway stations: Chessington North and Chessington South. They are half a mile apart with trains every half hour to London Waterloo. Chessington South is the end of the line. Many people know it as the Chessington World of Adventures Station. Facade of Waterloo Station, London Waterloo is a major train station and transport interchange located in the Waterloo district of London, which was itself named after the Battle of Waterloo in which Napoleon was defeated near Brussels. ... Chessington World of Adventures is a family theme park and zoo located in Surrey, England. ...

The line was originally intended to split at Motspur Park railway station, pass through Chessington and proceed on to Leatherhead, but construction was halted at Chessington South in 1940 as World War II began, and it was then the Green Belt with Ashtead Commons 200+ year protection order that stopped it from continuing. As of 2005 plans were put in place for a tunnel^{[citation needed]}. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 614 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo Taken by Michelle Cooper on the Overbridge at Chessington South Railway Station. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 614 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo Taken by Michelle Cooper on the Overbridge at Chessington South Railway Station. ... Motspur Park railway station is in the London Borough of Merton in South London. ... Leatherhead is a small town in the County of Surrey, England, on the River Mole. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ... It is large wooded area to the north of the village of Ashtead and Town of Leatherhead. ...

The line past Chessington South has fallen into heavy disrepair and leads over a concrete bridge into a patch of full-grown trees. It is interesting to point out that the crossover, signal, and 3rd-rail electricity at this point is still active, even though a passenger train has never passed over this section.

Roads

Chessington is about four miles (6 km) from junction 9 of the M25 motorway. The town is situated on the A243 Leatherhead Road, close to the A3 London-to-Portsmouth trunk route to the north. The un-numbered Bridge Road runs through the area from the A243 toward the adjacent district of West Ewell, in the neighbouring borough of Epsom and Ewell (the boundary being marked crossing the course of the Hogsmill river). The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ... The A3 is a trunk road in Southern England, connecting London to Portsmouth. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ... Epsom and Ewell is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England, covering Epsom and Ewell. ...

Buses

The Chessington area is served by a number of bus routes. For specific route detail consult the Transport for London web site. Amongst the routes serving the area are 71, 465, 467, and local routes K1, K2 and K4. It is also served by the school service 671.

External links

• Local Neighbourhood Information for Chessington & Hook