Teddington, TW11

Teddington is a suburb of south west London, England and part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

It is notable for Teddington Lock, which is the longest lock on the River Thames and marks the upstream limit of tides. The name 'Teddington' derives not from 'Tide's End Town' (as claimed by Rudyard Kipling among others), but from an Old English tribal leader.

For many years a small village of farms and orchards, Teddington expanded greatly after the arrival of the railway service to Waterloo station in 1864. The centre is surrounded by a close-knit network of Victorian and Edwardian streets, and has a fine Carnegie library. The Victorian residents attempted to build a massive church, St Alban's, modelled on the Notre Dame in Paris; however, funds ran out and only the nave of what was to be the "Cathedral of the Thames Valley" was ever completed. Today it is the Landmark Centre, a popular venue for concerts and exhibitions.

Shopping on the High Street and Broad Street is a mix of independent and chain stores. Aside from two office developments close to the railway station, the centre of Teddington is largely untouched by large, modern buildings; however, larger houses and ample gardens are frequently giving way to denser developments of flats and townhouses.

Teddington is also home to Bushy Park, one of the Royal Parks. During World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower planned the D-Day landings at his Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in Bushy Park. Teddington Studios (a digital widescreen television studio complex and one of the former homes of Thames Television), the National Physical Laboratory (the United Kingdom's national standards laboratory, where the first accurate atomic clock was built and bouncing bomb designs tested during WWII), the Teddington Rugby Football Club, the Teddington Hockey Club (which claims to be the oldest hockey club in Britain) and Lensbury the sports and social club of Royal Dutch Shell.

Nearest places :
Twickenham
Richmond upon Thames
Hampton Hill
Hampton Wick
Strawberry Hill

Nearest parks :
Local Royal Parks
Bushy Park
Richmond Park

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