Cheam | ||||||
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Top to bottom, left to right: Grade II listed Nonsuch Mansion in Nonsuch Park; Olympic gold postbox in Cheam Village for local medal winner; Whitehall during Cheam Charter Fair; Panorama of Nonsuch Park.
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Cheam shown within Greater London | ||||||
Population | 10,285 (2011 Census.Ward) | |||||
OS grid reference | TQ245625 | |||||
London borough | ||||||
Ceremonial county | Greater London | |||||
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Country | England | |||||
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |||||
Post town | SUTTON | |||||
Postcode district | SM2 SM3 | |||||
Dialling code | 020 | |||||
Police | Metropolitan | |||||
Fire | London | |||||
Ambulance | London | |||||
EU Parliament | London | |||||
UK Parliament | ||||||
London Assembly | ||||||
Cheam /ˈtʃiːm/ is a large suburban village in the London Borough of Sutton, England, at the southern boundary of Greater London where it meets Surrey. It is divided into two main areas, North Cheam and Cheam Village, both of which are centred on retail districts.
Cheam has a number of listed buildings, including Lumley Chapel and the 16th-century Whitehall Gallery, and is adjacent to two large adjoining parks, Nonsuch Park and Cheam Park. Nonsuch Park contains the listed Nonsuch Mansion. Parts of Cheam Park and Cheam Village are in a conservation area.
Cheam is bordered by Worcester Park to the north-west, Morden to the north-east, Sutton to the east, Ewell to the west and Banstead and Belmont to the south.
The Roman road of Stane Street forms part of the boundary of Cheam. The course of Stane Street through the area is now followed by the modern road London Road at North Cheam, and designated A24 on road maps.
The village lay within the Anglo-Saxon administrative division of Wallington hundred.