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Worcester Park is a suburb of London, England and a ward in the extreme north west of the London Borough of Sutton. It is 10.2 miles (16.4 km) south west of Charing Cross. It has a population of 9,874 people. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The London Borough of Sutton is a London borough in outer southwest London. ... The Victorian Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ...

The Worcester Park post town, which is coterminous with the KT4 postal district, is somewhat larger than the Worcester Park ward of the London Borough of Sutton and includes parts of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London and Epsom and Ewell in Surrey. A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... KT4 is the postcode for Worcester Park in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. ... The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a London borough in south-west London. ... Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... Epsom and Ewell is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England, covering Epsom and Ewell. ... This article is about the English county. ...

Demographics

Around 90% of Worcester Park residents are White, with 1.9% mixed race, 4.8% Asian or British Asian, 1.3% Black and 2% Chinese or of another ethnic group. [1] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The terms multiracial, biracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestors are not of a single race. ... Asian people[1] is a demonym for people from Asia. ... The term British Asian is used to denote a person of Southern Asian ancestry or origin, or sometimes Western Asian origin, who was born in or was an immigrant to the United Kingdom. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Transport

Bus

Worcester Park is well served with regular bus services to Kingston and Sutton on the 213 bus route that runs up Central Road. There are also buses to Heathrow Airport and Croydon on the hourly X26 coach service. A local "Hopper" bus service to Sutton and Sutton Hospital runs via Sainsbury's supermarket in North Cheam. The 151 bus route also runs into Worcester Park and terminates at Worcester Park Rail station before returning though Sutton to Wallington. Epsom Coaches operate a Bus service within the Epsom & Ewell area for local services to and from Epsom.

School Buses

The 627 and the 613 run every morning between 7:30 and 8:00. The 627 is from Worcester Park station to Wallington. However the 613 travels from the Station to Sutton Garage.

Rail

Worcester Park railway station is in Zone 4, served by the National Rail services of South West Trains and is on the boundary with the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The Worcester Park line runs from London (Waterloo) via Wimbledon through Worcester Park to Epsom and Guildford. The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo A typical National Rail station sign showing the double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). ... South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South... The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a London borough in south-west London. ...

Sport and recreation

Bowls

• Auriol Park in the Borough of Epsom & Ewell^[1]

Football

• Auriol Park in the Borough of Epsom & Ewell^[1]

Swimming

• Indoor pools at Epsom, Sutton, North Cheam
• Between 1934 and 1980 the nearest open air swimming pool was Surbiton Lagoon

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History

Worcester Park takes its name from the 4th Earl of Worcester, who was appointed Keeper of the Great Park in 1606. (The area was once part of a Great Park surrounding the Nonsuch Palace of Henry VIII.) Worcester (pronounced ) is a city in the West Midlands of England. ... Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (bef. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace that was built by Henry VIII in Surrey, on the location of Cuddington, near Epsom (the church and village of Cuddington were destroyed to create the plot for the palace). ... “Henry VIII” redirects here. ...

Blakesley School

Wall surrounding the Blakesley School site

Blakesley School was a private primary school run by the Headmaster Eric Dudley. It closed in the summer of 1958, when the land was sold for housing. It occupied the land at grid reference TQ214654 bordered by the portion of Delta Road which was then not surfaced, Delta Close (then a gated track and public right of way leading from Delta Road to Salisbury Road), and Grafton Avenue, again not surfaced, heading towards the church. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1080x720, 338 KB) Taken by Tim Trent The brick wall is said to date back to Henry VIII. The picture is taken in Worcester Park from the Grafton Road end of Delta Road. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1080x720, 338 KB) Taken by Tim Trent The brick wall is said to date back to Henry VIII. The picture is taken in Worcester Park from the Grafton Road end of Delta Road. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... In the United Kingdom, rights of way are paths on which the public have a legally-protected right to travel. ...

It occupied a substantial plot of land and was a "modern manor house" style building. The surrounding wall is said to go back to Henry VIII's reign^{[citation needed]}.

Parker's Field

Possibly belonging to T Parker & Sons, Landscapers, who were based at what is now a housing estate at grid reference TQ221662 beside Worcester Park Station, Parker's Field was the best toboggan run until the top half was built on in the 1970s (despite being Green Belt), when it became unusable. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...

Rowe Hall

The Scout hut next door to Cuddington Primary School in Salisbury Road at grid reference TQ215650 was built in 1958 and named Rowe Hall in honour of a long serving scout mistress, "Miss Rowe", who was a teacher at Blakesley School. This hut was erected after the previous building was destroyed by arsonists and still serves the 2nd Cuddington (Rowe) Scout Group. It has been suggested that Gimmie 5 be merged into this article or section. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Worcester (Park) House

Main article: Worcester Park House

In the 1950s, the ruins of a splendid ornamental lake with a multi-arched bridge (at grid reference TQ211654) and balustrade were still visible in the woodland at the foot of the hill in "Parker's Field" (situated between Grafton Road and Old Malden Lane, and behind the still rather ramshackle stables in Grafton Road). Worcester Park House, built in 1607[1], whose ruins are in Surrey, in the United Kingdom was one of the residences of the 4th Earl of Worcester, who was appointed Keeper of the Great Park in 1606. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...

The house itself was not visible, nor were there any ruins apart from the lake and some mounds of bricks to be found. The lake itself had drained into the river Hogsmill, but no source of incoming water was visible. The lake dried up in the late 1940s following the rechanelling of the river. An English river which flows from its source in the spring line village of Ewell (a corruption of The Well) in Surrey to join the River Thames at Kingston-upon-Thames. ...

Close to the bridge remnant to the southwest of the bridge was a ruined domed structure, all that remains of an ice house. However it was filled with soil and other débris which prevented any investigation. A mobile structure used in ice fishing may also be known as an icehouse Categories: Buildings and structures stubs ...

Locals presumed the house to be named "Worcester Park House", and have suggested that Blakesley School was the original house, while historical sources suggest "Worcester House"^[2]. However the map of 1871 shows a building labelled "Worcester Park House" to be alongside the lake, to the west of it, on land that was, in the 1950s, overgrown with trees.

Notable residents

• Jimmy Hill - Footballer for Fulham Football Club and BBC TV Football commentator lived either at 12 or at 14 Kinross Avenue
• John Major - British Conservative Party Prime Minister lived in Longfellow Road and went to Cheam Common School

• Daley Thompson - British decathlete lived near "The Plough" public house
• Kenneth Wolstenholme - the BBC's original TV football commentator lived at 75 Salisbury Road
• Gary Borrowdale - Coventry City FC defender
• HG Wells - Author - lived in The Avenue

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Notes

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References

• Sutton London Borough Council information about Worcester Park

External links

• 2nd Cuddington Scout Group
• 4th Worcester Park Scout Group
• Worcester Park Community
• Worcester Park Baptist Church