Sheen
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- For other uses, see Sheen (disambiguation).
| Sheen | |
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| Location | |
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| OS grid reference: | TQ205755 |
| Latitude: | 51.465577° |
| Longitude: | -0.264369° |
| Administration | |
| London borough: | Richmond |
| County level: | Greater London |
| Region: | London |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Greater London |
| Historic county: | Surrey (1965) |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Metropolitan Police |
| Fire brigade: | London Fire Brigade |
| Ambulance service: | London Ambulance |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | LONDON |
| Postal district: | SW14 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | |
| London Assembly: | South West |
| European Parliament: | London |
| London | List of places in London | |
Sheen is a place in southwest London nearby to Barnes, Roehampton and Putney to the east and Richmond to the west. It is commonly split into three areas, East Sheen, Temple Sheen, and North Sheen.
[edit] East Sheen
East Sheen is a green and leafy mainly residential area, with its main high street being the Upper Richmond Road, which contains many high street shops and facilities. The proximity to Sheen Gate of the vast Richmond Park means that houses in 'parkside' East Sheen are much in demand, and thus very expensive. Other facilities include Palewell Common, which has a playground, playing fields and a pitch and putt course, and East Sheen Common—a separate wooded area adjoining the park. There are a number of local schools, most centrally being Shene School.
Public transport is mainly London buses, as the nearest train station is Mortlake to the north, and the nearest Tube stations are East Putney, Kew Gardens station and Richmond. Buses run to, amongst other destinations, Hammersmith, Richmond, Putney and Tooting.
According to H. G. Wells' book The War of the Worlds, Sheen was destroyed when the fifth Martian invasion cylinder impacted in the midst of the town. It was in these ruins that the book's narrator described the activities of the Martians.
It is part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Indeed the neighbouring area of Richmond was originally called Sheen, before being renamed by King Henry VII after Richmond in Yorkshire.
