Hook, London

Hook
Hook Hook shown within Greater London
Population	18,973 (Chessington North and Hook and Chessington South wards 2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	TQ183641
London borough	Kingston
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESSINGTON
Postcode district	KT9
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Kingston and Surbiton
London Assembly	South West
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Coordinates: 51°21′49″N 0°17′59″W / 51.3635°N 0.2998°W / 51.3635; -0.2998

Hook is a suburban area in south west London, England. It forms part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and is located 12 miles (19.3 km) south west of Charing Cross. Neighbouring settlements are Hinchley Wood, Long Ditton, Surbiton, Tolworth and Chessington.

Hook was a civil parish which formed part of the Surbiton Urban District of Surrey from 1895.^[2] The urban district became a municipal borough in 1936 and in 1965 its former area was transferred to Greater London. The former area of the Hook parish, together with that of the Chessington parish, form a protrusion of Greater London with the Surrey districts of Elmbridge to the west, Mole Valley to the south and Epsom and Ewell to the east.

An RAF barrage balloon depot opened in Hook c. 1938 and was later known as RAF Chessington, latterly used as a hospital until demolished and redeveloped for housing in the 1990s.

Hook forms part of the Chessington post town.

Surviving old buildings

Only three listed buildings exist in the entire post town of Chessington, two of which are on Hook Road, just north of Chessington itself, on the east side. The first is at number 325: a 19th-century CE two-storey home featuring central doorway with moulded architrave and bracketed hood with fluted Ionic columns. The second, at number 435, is a two-storey house inscribed 1669 but with later alterations. It has two-part baffle- (or lobby-) entry, and has been refaced with brick but is probably timber-framed behind; its sides and back are weather-boarded and it has a steeply pitched, pantiled roof with central chimney.^[3] Many former 18th- and 19th-century houses on this old Kingston-upon-Thames to Dorking and Horsham route have been redeveloped or were destroyed during World War II, including The Blitz, as shown in the street numbering.

Notable people

Harry Hawker, record-breaking Brooklands-based test pilot and racing driver lived in Hook Road until his death in a flying accident at Hendon Aerodrome and is buried in St Paul's churchyard.

References

↑ Census Information Scheme (2012). "2011 Census Ward Population Estimates". Greater London Authority. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
↑ Vision of Britain - Hook civil parish (historic map)
↑ National Heritage List Online edition accessed 2012-04-16.

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Districts	Berrylands Chessington Coombe Hook Kingston upon Thames Kingston Vale Malden Rushett Motspur Park (part) New Malden Norbiton Old Malden Seething Wells Surbiton Tolworth

Attractions	Chessington World of Adventures Coronation Stone Kingston Museum Out of Order sculpture Rose Theatre Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University The Queen's Promenade, River Thames

Bridges and tunnels	Kingston Bridge Kingston Railway Bridge

Parks and open spaces	Bushy Park Canbury Gardens Richmond Park

Constituencies	Kingston and Surbiton Richmond Park

Rail stations	Berrylands Chessington North Chessington South Kingston Malden Manor New Malden Norbiton Surbiton Tolworth Worcester Park

Places of worship	All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames St John's Church, Kingston upon Thames

Sport	AFC Wimbledon Kingstonian F.C. Surbiton Hockey Club Kingston Rowing Club

Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

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International	Knightsbridge West End

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Neighbourhoods (principal)	Abbey Wood Alperton Anerley Barnes Barnsbury Battersea Beckton Bermondsey Bow Brent Cross Brockley Canonbury Charlton Chelsea Chessington Chipping Barnet Chislehurst Clerkenwell Elmers End Gidea Park Gunnersbury Hackbridge Hackney Harold Wood Highams Park Highbury Highgate Hillingdon Hook Holloway Hoxton Ickenham Isle of Dogs Isleworth Islington Kensal Green Kew Lambeth Manor Park Marylebone Mortlake Northolt Nunhead Poplar Roehampton Rotherhithe Seven Kings Seven Sisters Shoreditch Southwark Stepney St Helier Surrey Quays Tottenham Upper Clapton Walworth Wapping West Ham Worcester Park

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