Editing Roehampton (section)

==Depiction in fiction, film and television==
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Roehampton is an important location in [[H. G. Wells]]' novel ''[[The Sleeper Awakes]]''. Roehampton, along with five other locations in London, including [[Wimbledon Park]], [[Upper Norwood|Norwood]], [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]] and [[Shooter's Hill]], form a series of rudimentary airports known as "Flying Stages". The Flying Stage at Roehampton is the scene for a major battle in the plot.

The Alton Estate has featured as a film and television location. ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]'' (1966) used some of the estate as its backdrop for a bleak dystopian society of the future. [[Thames Television]]'s film division [[Euston Films Limited|Euston Films]] used the Danebury Avenue area of the estate to film the opening scenes of ''[[Sweeney 2]]'' (1978), the sequel to the film ''[[Sweeney (1977 film)|Sweeney!]]'' (1977).