Editing Chessington (section)

==Locality==
[[File:St Mary's Church Chessington - geograph.org.uk - 1735432.jpg|thumb|255px|St Mary's Church, Chessington]]
[[File:Chessington Hook Lane.jpg|thumb|Hook Road, Chessington]]
The areas of Chessington have these names:
* Chessington North, also referred to as North Parade, immediately adjacent to [[Chessington North railway station]]. 
*[[Hook, London|Hook]], generally referred to as the central point in Chessington, although historically considered a separate entity. 
* Copt Gilders, named after the farm which was once in this area.
* Chessington South, previously called Fleetwood, incorporating the majority of buildings south of [[Chessington School]] and [[Chessington South railway station]].
* Southborough is close to the A3 and nearby [[Surbiton]] and [[Tolworth]].
* [[Ace of Spades (junction)|The Ace of Spades]], the area surrounding the roundabout linking Hook Road with the A3/Kingston Bypass.

[[Chessington World of Adventures]] (branded, is often referred to simply as "Chessington"), a [[zoo]] and [[amusement park|theme park]] with a broader appeal. Within the park there is the Burnt Stub Mansion from the [[English Civil War]]. Also one of the main employers in the area.

Churches include: St Paul's C of E, Hook Road, in the Diocese of Southwark; [[St Mary the Virgin's church, Chessington|St Mary's C of E]], Church Lane, in the Diocese of Guildford; Chessington Methodist Church, Moor Lane, in the Kingston circuit;  St. Catherine of Siena RC, Leatherhead Road, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark; and Chessington Evangelical Church, the King's Centre,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thekingscentre.org.uk/|title=Home – The King's Centre|work=thekingscentre.org.uk}}</ref> Coppard Gardens.

The town is served by the ''[[Surrey Comet]]'' newspaper, and up to 2016 had the former free paper ''[[Kingston Guardian]]''.

===Sport===
Within the town there are various sporting organisations including: Non League football clubs [[Chessington & Hook United F.C.]] and [[Epsom Athletic F.C.]], who both play [[association football|football]] in the [[Combined Counties League]]; and Kingston [[rugby union|RFC]] based on the Hook Road. Kingston RFC<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kingstonrfc.com |title=Kingston Rugby Club |work=kingstonrfc.com}}</ref> play in Surrey division 2 union league. Chessington also is home to Chessington [[Cricket]] Club, founded in 1919, play on the Sir Francis Barker recreation ground on Leatherhead Road, the 1st XI currently play in Division 1 of The [[Surrey Championship]].

On site with Chessington School is Chessington Sports Centre. The sports centre is home to many local sports clubs such as The [[Kingston Wildcats]] (2nd and youth teams), Genesis Gymnastics Club, Chessington Badminton Club and many others. The Sports Centre has a multi use sports hall, a fully equipped fitness suite and Kingston's only Climbing Wall, Chessington Rocks.

The former [[Formula One]] racing team [[Brabham]] had their factory in Chessington. The site is now occupied by the [[Carlin DPR]] [[GP2 Series|GP2]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carlin.co.uk/about.php|title=Carlin – Tomorrow's F1 stars today|work=Carlin|access-date=20 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822064801/http://www.carlin.co.uk/about.php|archive-date=22 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>