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The 'London Borough of Sutton' is a London borough in outer southwest London.

Contents

History

Districts in Sutton

Cultural attractions and institutions

Notable individuals

Education

List of Primary Schools

List of Secondary Schools

Further Education colleges

Sports facilities and clubs

External links

History

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam with the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Carshalton Urban District which had previously been part of Surrey.

Districts in Sutton

The borough includes the areas:

★ Beddington

★ Beddington Corner

★ Belmont

★ Benhilton

★ Carshalton

★ Carshalton Beeches

★ Carshalton on the Hill

★ Cheam

★ Hackbridge

★ Little Woodcote

★ North Cheam

★ Rosehill

★ St. Helier

★ South Beddington

★ Sutton

★ The Wrythe

★ Wallington

★ Worcester Park
:''see also'' Sutton parks and open spaces
postcode areas
SM1(all) SM2(all) SM3(part) SM4(part) SM5 (all) SM6 (all) SM7(part) CR0(part) KT4(all)

Cultural attractions and institutions

★ The Secombe Theatre, Sutton

★ The Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton.

★ Sutton Library (one of the largest in the UK)

Notable individuals

Notable individuals associated with the borough, are (or have been):
The author H G Wells lived in Sutton twice during his lifetime. Other famous ex- and current residents include Alec Stewart (England Cricketer), Sir Cliff Richard (crooner), Eddie George (former Governor of the Bank of England), John Major, Katy Melua (singer), David Bellamy, Noel Coward, Sir Francis Baring (founder of Barings Bank), James Cracknell (Olympic rower), Quentin Crisp, James Hunt (racing driver), Harry Secombe, Jeff Beck (musician), George Cole, John Galliano (fashion designer), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (poet), Tracy Ullman (comedienne), Windsor Davies (actor) and Graham Tope (member of the London Assembly).

Education

Education is to an extremely high standard in Sutton and the Sutton LEA is reguarly in the top 5 of the whole country. There are several primary schools in and around the borough.

List of Primary Schools

★ Abbey Primary ★ All Saints Benhilton Primary ★ Bandon Hill Primary ★ Barrow Hedges Primary ★ Camden Junior ★ Cheam Common Infant & Juniors ★ Cheam Fields Primary ★ Cheam Park Farm Infant & Juniors ★ Devonshire Primary

★ Highview Primary ★ Manor Park Primary ★ Muschamp Primary ★ Nonsuch Primary ★ Robin Hood Infant & Juniors ★ St. Dunstan's Primary ★ Stanley Park Infant & Juniors ★ The Avenue Primary ★ Westbourne Primary

Tweeddale primary.

List of Secondary Schools

★ Carshalton Boys Sports College ★ Carshalton High School for Girls ★ Cheam High School ★ Glenthorne High School ★ Greenshaw High School ★ The John Fisher School ★ Nonsuch High School for Girls ★ Overton Grange School ★ St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls (Catholic Girls' High School)

★ Stanley Park High School ★ Sutton Grammar School (a boys' grammar school) ★ Wallington High School for Girls ★ Wallington County Grammar School ★ Wilson's School

There are also a number of Private schools including Sutton High School for Girls and Collingwood School

Further Education colleges

★ Carshalton College

Sports facilities and clubs

Association football club Sutton United F.C. are based in Sutton, who play in the Nationwide Conference South.
Carshalton has two football clubs: Carshalton Athletic F.C. (home ground at The War Memorial Sports Ground, Colston Avenue) and Carshalton FC (at Beddington Park).
At the Westcroft Leisure Centre, in Carshalton there are health and fitness facilities including two swimming pools, sports hall, squash court and fitness centre.^[1] Westcroft is also home to Sutton Pumas basketball club.

External links

★ Sutton Council

★ Sutton Theatres

★ Map of Sutton