Cheam is a smart area of outer London on the boundary with Surrey. It is in the much admired and very leafy London Borough of Sutton. It has at its centre a beautiful village and park. The park contains a mansion called Nonsuch. There are numerous trendy restaurants, gift shops and coffee houses in the village, along with a branch of Waitrose.
Cheam is very much the place to be for stylish people of all ages. It is truly EXCELLENT.
Cheam is very much the place to be for stylish people of all ages. It is truly EXCELLENT.
yuppy househunter: "all the nice areas around London are just sooo pricey..........."
yuppy 2: Move to Cheam; it's lovely and not too dear. It's the next place to be!
yuppy 2: Move to Cheam; it's lovely and not too dear. It's the next place to be!
by .l March 11, 2014
Lovely villagey town in Surrey about 20 miles from London, surrounded by beautiful countryside. Topped off by playing host to a nice little art gallery, the Rt Gallery.
by .l May 05, 2014
An area of outer south London within the London Borough of Sutton. Sutton Council is renowned for its green credentials, as evidenced by being a partner in the energy efficient housing scheme in Hackbridge known as BedZED (=Beddington Zero Energy Development).
Hackbridge is near to a beautiful and extensive park: Beddington Park contains a Grade I listed manor house, and is very picturesque with the River Wandle (a Thames tributary) flowing through it.
Hackbridge is in travel card zone 4, and just one stop from uber cool Carshalton.
Hackbridge is near to a beautiful and extensive park: Beddington Park contains a Grade I listed manor house, and is very picturesque with the River Wandle (a Thames tributary) flowing through it.
Hackbridge is in travel card zone 4, and just one stop from uber cool Carshalton.
Hackbridge is set for even greater things in coming years with more beautifully designed, ecological housing now being built.
by .l May 12, 2014
Really nice large village just outside London in the north of Surrey. It's a mile from Epsom and two miles from Cheam, with which it shares the vast and beautiful Nonsuch Park. It is very picturesque with some buildings dating back centuries, lovely old churches and a small village centre park called Bourne Hall park which also features a library and a large and very pretty pond complete with a fountain. Ewell is also home to the excellent Ewell Castle School.
When in Ewell it's pleasant to visit Bourne Hall to get some books from the library and then have a picnic in Bourne Hall Park overlooking the pond.
by .l April 29, 2014
Mitcham is a - perhaps unexpectedly - rather picturesque small town located within Greater London. It's got some genuinely pretty period architecture - for example see photos below of the town's churches and "White House" (no not that one). The area has perhaps been a tad looked down on in the past (often by people who have never been there). But it's smartening up, and its innate visual appeal - especially in its older parts - makes it a perfectly pleasant, green little area to live in or visit. And local borough council plans for town centre improvements will provide a further spur towards it realising its full potential before long.
Question one: What sort of people would Mitcham appeal to?
-- Those who appreciate pretty buildings and plenty of green open spaces (such as Mitcham Common and Mitcham Fair Green).
Question two:Where is it precisely?
-- It's a mile or two further out of central London than Wimbledon, just within the Surrey side of the London/Surrey border. But officially it IS in London, as it's in a London borough (Merton). It is exactly eight miles from Charing Cross (the official central point of London).
-- Those who appreciate pretty buildings and plenty of green open spaces (such as Mitcham Common and Mitcham Fair Green).
Question two:Where is it precisely?
-- It's a mile or two further out of central London than Wimbledon, just within the Surrey side of the London/Surrey border. But officially it IS in London, as it's in a London borough (Merton). It is exactly eight miles from Charing Cross (the official central point of London).
by .l April 17, 2014
by .l May 09, 2014
High achieving secondary school in the London Borough of Sutton, within the catchment area of most of Cheam and the town of Sutton. It was rated "Outstanding" by OFSTED.
- Cheam High School gets its pupils through their GCSEs and A Levels with flying colours.
- At Cheam High, it's cool to study.
- At Cheam High, it's cool to study.
by .l April 29, 2014