65-585: Chessington is an area in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames within Greater London , which was historically part of Surrey . At the 2011 census it had a population of 18,973. The Bonesgate Stream, a tributary of the Hogsmill River , runs through it. The popular theme park resort Chessington World of Adventures , which incorporates Chessington Zoo, is located in the south-west of
130-541: A mill worth 2s, 4 ploughs , woodland worth 30 hogs . It rendered £7. The mansion at Chessington World of Adventures , known today as the Burnt Stub, was originally built in 1348. In the English Civil War it became a royalist stronghold and was razed to the ground by Oliver Cromwell 's Parliamentary forces, giving it its modern name. The site became an inn and was then rebuilt on a grander scale from
195-565: A royal manor dating back to Saxon times. The borough was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 , which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country. Kingston was often described as a royal borough , with its right to that title being formally confirmed in 1927. The old borough did not cover the whole parish of Kingston upon Thames, and separate local government arrangements were later put in place for
260-604: A zoo and theme park with a broader appeal. Within the park there is the Burnt Stub Mansion from the English Civil War . Also one of the main employers in the area. Churches include: 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; Chessington Methodist Church, Moor Lane, in the Kingston circuit; St. Catherine of Siena RC, Leatherhead Road, in
325-749: A brick magazine. At its height in the mid-19th century, the gunpowder mill complex by the bridge employed 156 men. Gunpowder from Ewell is said to have been used in the American Civil War . The Bonesgate Stream is the principal stream of the Hogsmill River. It is 3 miles (5 km) in length and rises in Malden Rushett near the crossroads of the A243 and B280. It flows in a NE direction through farmlands before flowing just east of Chessington. After crossing under Filby Road, it heads past
390-459: A failed playwright and close friend of Fanny Burney . Chessington Road Recreation Ground was purchased on 16 October 1930 for £1,000. At 207 Hook Road is a Blue plaque commemorating the author Enid Blyton , who lived at the address between 1920 and 1924. The former farmhouse Barwell Court (on Barwell Lane) was used as a recording and residential studio during the 1970s through to the 1990s. The former RAF Chessington Hospital, demolished in
455-420: A mile apart with South Western Railway services every half-hour to London Waterloo . Chessington South is the end of the line. The line past Chessington South has fallen into heavy disrepair and leads over a concrete bridge into a patch of full-grown trees. The crossover, signal, and rail electricity at this point are still active, even though a passenger train has never passed over this section. Chessington
520-629: A range of countryside activities with many open spaces including the "Chessington Countryside Walk" in the London Green Belt . Chessington Wood, in the south of the area, contains the source of the Bonesgate Stream, a tributary of the Hogsmill River , in turn a tributary of the River Thames . The areas of Chessington have these names: Chessington World of Adventures (branded, is often referred to simply as "Chessington"),
585-464: A sewage treatment works and green space, save for Kingston and Epsom town centres. It is a habitat of many animals, fish and insects. The 12th-century Clattern Bridge , one of the oldest road bridges in England, crosses the river in the southwest of Kingston town centre. The Coronation Stone , now sited close to the river in Kingston, is believed to have been used for the coronation of Saxon kings in
650-547: Is Richmond Park , one of the oldest of London's royal parks. The borough is home to the highest number of South Koreans in Europe, in the town of New Malden . Kingston has many attractions in and near it, ranging from nature and historical attractions to theme parks . Some of the borough's attractions are: Kingston is the 3rd largest retail centre by employment, in London. Sega Amusements International , responsible for
715-510: Is a small chalk stream tributary of the River Thames . It rises in Ewell and flows into the Thames at Kingston upon Thames on the lowest non-tidal reach , that above Teddington Lock . The river is 10 km (6 mi) long and has a catchment area of about 73 km (28 sq mi). Nearby land was formerly flood-meadows ; following improvements it is now mostly sports grounds,
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#1732773147049780-705: 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 Bonesgate Stream). The Chessington area
845-623: Is almost identical to the coat of arms of the Swedish municipality of Laholm . Both coats of arms can be traced back to the 16th century. The arms of the Norwegian town of Mandal is also similar, but more recent. In 1966 the newly created London Borough added a set crests and supporters taken from the localities merged into it. The crest came from the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe , with that borough's arms hung from
910-461: Is home to many local sports clubs such as The Kingston Wildcats (2nd and youth teams), Genesis Gymnastics Club, Chessington Badminton Club and many others. The Sports Centre has a multi use sports hall, a fully equipped fitness suite and Kingston's only Climbing Wall, Chessington Rocks. The former Formula One racing team Brabham had their factory in Chessington. The site is now occupied by
975-474: Is joined by Tolworth Brook, after which it passes under the South Western main railway line near Berrylands railway station . The Hogsmill leaves the green space area at the railway line and passes Kingsmeadow, Kingston Cemetery and sewage works in the eastern outskirts of Kingston upon Thames , which covers not only that borough but also Epsom and Ewell which had a large sewage farm against the river in
1040-485: Is located on Lion Park Avenue. Chessington houses one of the Europe's leading theme park resorts Chessington World of Adventures . This includes a zoo , a theme park , an aquarium and two four star hotels – the Safari Hotel and Azteca Hotel. In the grounds of the resort lies the historic Burnt Stub Mansion . Chessington Garden Centre is located in the south of the area near Malden Rushett. Chessington offers
1105-509: Is served by a number of daily bus services, such as routes 71 , 465 , 467 , night route 65 and local routes K2 and K4 . It is also served by the school service 671. [REDACTED] Media related to Chessington at Wikimedia Commons Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London . The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Chessington , Malden Rushett , New Malden , Surbiton and Tolworth . It
1170-501: Is the central, northward, feature of Berrylands Nature Reserve ; under Stirling Walk, it falls east under Elmbridge Avenue to meet the Hogsmill. The Environment Agency measure water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at
1235-409: Is the oldest of the four royal boroughs in England. The others are Windsor and Maidenhead , the site of Windsor Castle , and the London boroughs of Greenwich , and Kensington and Chelsea . The local authority is Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council . The neighbouring districts (clockwise from north) are the London boroughs of Richmond upon Thames , Wandsworth , Merton and Sutton , and
1300-501: Is the open limit of gardens between Cotterill and Ellerton Roads, until Ditton Road (where culverted). The brook reappears north of pub/restaurant The Oak on Ewell Road. It follows the rear of Beaconsfield Road and then goes under King Charles Road to reappear in Alexandra Recreation Ground, and then flows north-east bisecting Edith Gardens Nature Reserve ; east under Raeburn Avenue; north under Meldone Close. It
1365-463: The 2015 general election , Davey's seat was taken by Conservative James Berry with a majority of 2,834. Davey's was one of six Liberal Democrat losses in London and 49 overall as the party suffered its worst election results since its formation in 1988. Davey regained the seat in the 2017 general election . The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 census in Kingston upon Thames. Kingston benefits from one of
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#17327731470491430-734: The Carlin DPR GP2 team. The main secondary school in Chessington is a mixed public school called Chessington School , but nearby secondary schools on the northern border of Chessington are the boys' school Southborough High School in Surbiton and Tolworth Girls' School and Centre for Continuing Education in Tolworth. There are also many primary schools, e.g., Lovelace Primary, Ellingham Primary School. There are trains, busses and taxis. Chessington has two railway stations : Chessington North and Chessington South . They are half
1495-733: The Combined Counties League ; and Kingston RFC based on the Hook Road. Kingston RFC play in Surrey division 2 union league. Chessington also is home to Chessington Cricket Club, founded in 1919, play on the Sir Francis Barker recreation ground on Leatherhead Road, the 1st XI currently play in Division 1 of The Surrey Championship . On site with Chessington School is Chessington Sports Centre. The sports centre
1560-539: The Liberal Democrats won both seats. Jenny Tonge took Richmond Park constituency and in 2005 Susan Kramer became its Liberal Democrat MP with a majority of 3,731 but she was beaten in the May 2010 election by Conservative Zac Goldsmith with a majority of 4,091. Goldsmith retained his seat at the 2015 general election , with a greatly increased majority of 23,015. Goldsmith stood as an Independent candidate in
1625-529: The Surrey districts of Epsom and Ewell , Mole Valley and Elmbridge . Kingston upon Thames, on the south bank of the River Thames has existed for many hundreds of years. Many Roman relics have been found in the surrounding areas. A church has stood on the site of All Saints' Church , in the centre of Kingston, for more than a thousand years. An earlier church was sacked by the Vikings in 1009 AD. Kingston
1690-540: The by-election held on 1 December 2016, but was defeated by Sarah Olney , a Liberal Democrat, after the Conservative Party decided not to put forward its own candidate. Goldsmith regained the seat for the Conservatives in the 2017 general election with a significantly reduced majority of 45 votes. Sarah Olney then regained the seat during the 2019 general election. In 1997 Ed Davey overturned
1755-543: The withy bed and Oaklands Close, then through rugby playing fields and crosses the A309 Esher bypass going north between allotments and Kelvin Grove. It then passes west of Gladstone and Brook Roads through playing fields, then is culverted from the rear of 1 Herne Road. Its culvert is then visible east of Hook Road at Vale Road North, and after, under Waterside Close and Thornhill Road, to turn east under Cotterill Road. It
1820-413: The 10th century. It was used as a horse mounting block until 1850 when it was mounted on a plinth in the town centre. The river has five tributaries: Green Lanes Stream, Ewell Court Stream, Horton Stream, Bonesgate Stream and Tolworth Brook. The source of the Hogsmill River is a chalk spring just outside Bourne Hall Park in Ewell , Surrey . It flows in a northerly direction between Kingston Road and
1885-554: The 18th century by the Vere Barker family in a Neo-Gothic Victorian style. The grounds were turned into a zoo in 1931 by Reginald Goddard. Chessington Zoo became part of the Tussauds Group in 1978 and is now operated as a theme park . Burnt Stub had no public access until 2003 when it became an attraction called Hocus Pocus Hall . Chessington Hall has a place in 18th-century literary history, as home of Samuel Crisp,
1950-570: The 1990s, first opened as RAF Hook around 1938 as a regional barrage balloon depot and was operated by RAF Balloon Command . It became a vital part of Britain's defence against the Luftwaffe in World War II, and originally featured a number of large barrage balloon sheds as well as extensive garages and workshops for the station's support vehicles. Sega Amusements Europe has its head office in Chessington. The Chessington Industrial Estate
2015-519: The A240 (Kingston Road) where it enters Ewell Court. After running after Preston Drive, it enters Ewell Court Park and comes above ground before running through Ewell Court Lake. As it continues through the park towards the meeting point with the Hogsmill it passes the Packhorse Bridge, which was named after the mules that regularly transported gunpowder from the mills, across the river and into
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2080-727: The Bonesgate pub, now called the William Bourne, in Moor Lane on the eastern edge of Chessington. The bridge over the stream is where Moor Lane and Chessington Road meet. The river then heads through open space, flowing under a bridge near Cox Lane Community Centre. The river goes past the edge of the Cox Lane Estate shortly before joining the Hogsmill by Tolworth Court Bridge under the A240 Kingston Road. From
2145-650: The Hogsmill bends to the right near Riverview Road and continues as the boundary past Tolworth Court Bridge with the A240 (Kingston Road) to the junction with the B284 (Worcester Park Road). The river flows beside Worcester Park Road and Old Malden Lane (both the B284) along the edge of a few sports grounds and under the entrance to the Surbiton Raceway go-karting track. The river leaves the boundary as it turns left into
2210-462: The Hogsmill brook during his years living at Tolworth in two essays, "A Brook" and "A London Trout", that were collected in his book, Nature Near London , published by Chatto and Windus in 1883. The Hogsmill has appeared in the art of the Pre-Raphaelite painters, John Millais in his rendition of Ophelia , and William Holman Hunt who painted The Hireling Shepherd on the meadows by
2275-712: The Hogsmill, looking north towards Ewell Court Farm. The doorway (to the soul) in Hunt's The Light of the World is believed to be part of a gunpowder mill on the Hogsmill at Ewell. William the Conqueror is said to have "watered his horse" in the source waters near today's Spring Hotel. Traditionally, this was at the pool in Bourne Hall Park. Part of the course was engineered to be harnessed for watermills near Ewell Court. These joined those of nearby Whitton in
2340-587: The Magistrates Court and the Guildhall before flowing under Kingston High Street and Wadbrook Street. The Hogsmill River meets the Thames beside a restaurant and street and promenade of shops beside the Thames Path footbridge at grid reference TQ177691 , just upstream of Kingston Bridge. The Green Lanes Stream is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) long and starts as a run-off from Stamford Green Pond on
2405-614: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark; and Chessington Evangelical Church, the King's Centre, Coppard Gardens. The town is served by the Surrey Comet newspaper, and up to 2016 had the former free paper Kingston Guardian . Within the town there are various sporting organisations including: Non League football clubs Chessington & Hook United F.C. and Epsom Athletic F.C. , who both play football in
2470-620: The William Bourne pub to Tolworth Court Bridge, the river serves as a boundary between West Ewell (Surrey) and Chessington (Greater London). The source of Horton Stream is in the centre of Horton Country Park, Epsom. It is 3.3 miles (5.3 km) long and its source is near West Park Hospital beside Horton Lane, Epsom. The stream carries on parallel with Horton Lane as it passes near to West Park Farm and Horton Park Farm. After travelling through Horton Country Park, it heads through Horton Golf Course before crossing Chessington Road, West Ewell. It runs alongside Chessington Close before running through
2535-558: The area. Neighbouring settlements include Tolworth , Ewell , Surbiton , Claygate , Epsom , Oxshott , Leatherhead , Esher , Kingston upon Thames , Worcester Park and Malden Rushett . Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Cissan dūn = "hill belonging to [a man named] Cissa". Chessington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Cisedune and Cisendone . It was held partly by Robert de Wateville and partly by Milo (Miles) Crispin. Its Domesday assets were: 1½ hides ; part of
2600-549: The aviation factory near Ham now known as the Hawker Centre. Primary responsibility for education in the borough lies with the local education authority. Free schools : Academy schools : Grammar schools: Independent Schools Kingston has nine South Western Railway stations and two centrally located bus stations , but no London Underground or other Transport for London stations. In 2008, 64 bus routes served Kingston. Coaching interests in Kingston opposed
2665-496: The biggest and most visited shopping areas outside of central London , with a varied selection of high street stores, and a large number of independent boutiques and retailers. The most famous shop in Kingston is Bentalls , started by Frank Bentall in 1867 in Clarence Street, where it (or at least the completely rebuilt Bentall Centre ) stands. Close to Kingston, and located between Kingston, Richmond and Roehampton,
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2730-510: The borough are operated by South Western Railway, who provide regular services to and from London Waterloo . Railway stations in the borough: In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 26.1% of all residents aged 16–74; train, 7.1%; bus, minibus or coach, 7.1%; on foot, 6.9%; work mainly at or from home, 4.3%; bicycle, 2.8%; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 2.5%. The Kingston coat of arms displays three salmon and its shield
2795-515: The confluence with Hogsmill Stream. Ewell Court Stream is 1.7 miles (2.7 km) long and starts near a pond on the edge of Nonsuch Park by the A24 (London Road) in Stoneleigh. After running under the A24, it continues under Briarwood Road. It is visible again briefly in an alley near Stoneleigh railway station. The stream bends left under Stoneleigh Park Road and runs under Walsingham Gardens and
2860-603: The decades around 1900. It crosses under Villiers Road before heading alongside the Kingston School of Art campus of Kingston University and through the Middle Mill Hall of Residence site. It then crosses Springfield Road beside Denmark Road and Grange Road. It also runs under the bridge for the A307 (Wheatfield Way) near College Roundabout beside Kingston College. The river then runs under St. James's Road by
2925-417: The eastern edge of Epsom Common. Other smaller streams from the common join the main stream a few metres from the pond as it goes underground. It runs near Manor Green Road and is above the ground in places, for example by the bridges under Christ Church Mount (a crescent road off Manor Green Road). Shortly afterwards, it flows underground again and this is where it runs under Epsom Primary School on Hook Road at
2990-549: The junction with Longmead Road. This is where the stream comes above the ground. It runs parallel with Longmead Road where it runs near to Longmead Industrial Estate and Blenheim High School until the road meets the B2200 (Chessington Road) and the stream runs under it. This is where it flows between the two roads named Green Lanes (the river is named after the roads). It runs into the Hogsmill Open Space before meeting
3055-515: The meeting of the three parishes. The works finally closed in the 1860s. Kingston had three mills; Chapel Mill, or the Old Mill; Middle Mill and the eponymous Hogg's Mill or New Mill. All three were corn mills originally. In later years Middle Mill was used for processing coconut fibres. Chapel Mill was used to crush the coconut kernels to produce oil. Hogg's Mill found further use as a metal polish factory, possibly using crushed coconut shells as
3120-894: The neck of the stag, and the supporters taken from Municipal Borough of Surbiton , with again its arms hanging from the stags' necks. Although not officially 'twinned', The Royal Borough of Kingston has a partner city of Oldenburg in Germany and Gwanak-gu , an administrative subdivision of Seoul , in South Korea . Some road signs announce that Kingston is linked with Delft in the Netherlands but this official link has ended. The Borough of Kingston upon Thames has several football clubs in its area: Other sports: 51°23′N 0°17′W / 51.39°N 0.28°W / 51.39; -0.28 Hogsmill River The Hogsmill River in Surrey and Greater London , England,
3185-824: The north-east which has an SW15 postcode. Areas in the borough include: The local authority is Kingston Council, which is based at Kingston upon Thames Guildhall . Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly , the borough forms part of the South West constituency. The borough includes the whole of the Kingston and Surbiton Parliamentary Constituency and part of the Richmond Park Constituency with both constituencies being created in 1997. The previous constituencies re-arranged to form these two had been essentially Conservative. In 1997
3250-474: The open space and passes near West Ewell Infants School and Ruxley Church before flowing under Ruxley Farm Bridge, the site of the former Ruxley Splash. It passes Riverview Primary School in the residential area of Ruxley Ward before the confluence with the Bonesgate Stream, which here marks the boundary between the boroughs of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey and Kingston in Greater London. After the confluence,
3315-511: The outlying parts of the parish. Surbiton was made an improvement commissioners district in 1855, and New Malden was made a local government district in 1866. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 . New Malden was enlarged in 1895 to take in the neighbouring parishes of Coombe and Malden , at which point the urban district was renamed The Maldens and Coombe. Surbiton
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#17327731470493380-515: The outskirts of Old Malden in an area of woodland and green space. It crosses the Chessington branch railway line a short distance away from Malden Manor railway station. The Hogsmill is now flowing in a NNW direction as it crosses the A3 between Tolworth and Malden junctions. The river delimits New Malden (historically the bulk of "Malden") and Berrylands (historically part of Kingston), beside sport and recreation grounds near Elmbridge Avenue, where it
3445-547: The plan of the London and Southampton Railway to run its line to Southampton near Kingston. The line consequently avoided the town with a station opened in 1838 southwest of the town; it was later resited to the present site of Surbiton station . In 1863 a branch was built from Twickenham to a terminus in Kingston. That line was extended to the main line in 1869 to form the Kingston Loop Line . All rail services in
3510-467: The playing fields of Epsom and Ewell High School. It continues behind Scotts Farm Road before the confluence with the Hogsmill near Ruxley Lane after running under Scotts Farm Road. At 3.75 miles (6.0 km), Tolworth Brook (or Surbiton Stream) is the longest tributary. Its source is on the edge of Claygate from springs at Grapesome Wood on the west side of the A3, It flows under the A3 to skirt Lovelace Primary School, north under Clayton Road between
3575-472: The previous Conservative majority of more than 10,000 in Kingston and Surbiton, to win by 56 votes after three recounts. He retained the seat in 2001 with a majority of 15,676 over the Conservative candidate David Shaw . In 2005 Davey's majority was 8,961, and in the May 2010 general election he again retained the seat with a slightly reduced majority, beating the Conservative candidate Helen Whately . In
3640-532: The production of arcade games outside Japan, has its head office in Chessington , Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Lidl relocated its UK Headquarters to Kingston in 2020. Sopwith Aviation Company had a factory in the Canbury Park area of Kingston, where the famous Sopwith Camel was produced during World War I . The Hawker Hurricane was designed in a site in Kingston town centre and built in
3705-439: The production of gunpowder; which continued for some time after the Napoleonic Wars to help supply the American Civil War . The mills closed in 1875 as they couldn't meet new safety legislation. Dynamos were later installed in one of the old mill buildings to generate electricity for Ewell Court House. There were also two flour mills in Ewell, the Upper and Lower mills, both also used for paper making at one time. The latter
3770-459: The quantity and varieties of invertebrates , angiosperms and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated good or fail. Water quality of the Hogsmill in 2019: In January 2014 , the Hogsmill burst its banks on the edge of Bourne Hall in Ewell Village, causing several local roads to flood. Richard Jefferies (1848–1887), best known for his nature-writing, wrote about
3835-451: The residential areas of Ewell Court and West Ewell and is joined by the Green Lanes Stream. After a short distance of green space, the river runs as a boundary between Poole Road Recreation Ground and Ewell Court Park and flows behind Ewell Athletics Track. It reaches another confluence, this one being with the Ewell Court Stream, flowing in just downstream from Ewell Court Lake as it continues into West Ewell. The Hogsmill runs further through
3900-416: The secret ingredient. All have been demolished, although the Old Mill House still exists and is a Grade II listed building . The coconut fibre industry ceased by 1880 and the Middle Mill site was sold to Kelly & Co, Printers (printers of the famous Kelly's Directory ,) and became a significant employer in Kingston. Kelly's moved out in 1932 to Andover. The site was redeveloped by Kingston University in
3965-469: The sports field beside the railway track. The Hogsmill passes the sites of the Lower and Upper Mills, and Ewell Court Mills, where gunpowder was produced in the 18th and 19th centuries, and gently bends to the left before flowing under the Mole Valley railway line between Ewell West and Stoneleigh at the start of the Hogsmill Open Space which follows the river until the borough boundary with Kingston . The river continues its course in green space between
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#17327731470494030-486: Was also enlarged in 1895, absorbing the parishes of Hook and Tolworth , and again in 1933 when it absorbed Chessington . Both urban districts were incorporated to become municipal boroughs in 1936, at which point The Maldens and Coombe was renamed Malden and Coombe. The modern borough was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963 , covering the combined area of the former municipal boroughs of Kingston-upon-Thames , Malden and Coombe and Surbiton . The area
4095-429: Was supposed to have provided the flour for Queen Victoria's bakers. The Upper Mill was the last working corn mill on the river, still working in 1951 when visited by Jack Hillier. It is now the headquarters of the Samaritans . Another group of gunpowder mills were established at Worcester Park by William Taylor in 1720. They were variously known as the Malden Mills, Long Ditton Mills or Tolworth Mills, being located on
4160-414: Was the site of the coronations of seven Anglo-Saxon monarchs : The Coronation Stone , on which they are said to have been crowned stands outside the local council offices, the Guildhall. A coin from the reign of each of those kings is set into the base of the stone. The town of Kingston upon Thames was an ancient borough , having been formally incorporated in 1441, with a long history prior to that as
4225-407: Was transferred from Surrey to Greater London to become one of the 32 London Boroughs. Kingston's royal borough status transferred to the enlarged borough. Most of the borough continued to have Surrey postal addresses until postal counties were abolished in 1996. Districts mainly use the KT postcode , except from the parts of Ham in the borough which use the TW code, and the Kingston Vale area in
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