Hook, London

Hook, London
Hook, London  Hook, London shown within Greater London
Population	19,433 (Chessington North and Hook and Chessington South wards 2007)
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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Hook is a place in south west London, England. It forms part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and is located 13.5 miles (21.7 km) south west of Charing Cross.

Hook was a civil parish which formed part of the Surbiton Urban District of Surrey from 1895. 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 circa 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.

Hook Parade

Hook Parade is a typical shopping parade which includes:

• Greggs The bakers
• Ladbrokes
• Budgens
• Tesco Express
• Boots
• DebRA
• Florist
• Butcher
• Newsagents
• Mr Chips Fish & chips shop
• Library
• Pub
• Pizza Hut Delivery

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 the local churchyard.