United Kingdom · England · London
Cheam, London — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Cheam is a district of London centred on the Church of St Dunstan, with Lumley Chapel and the Cheam Cricket Club Ground close by.
About Cheam
Where to stay in Cheam
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Cheam suits travellers who want a quiet residential base within London rather than a room in the centre. Beds sit near the Church of St Dunstan and Lumley Chapel, along the older streets. The pace is calm.
If you would rather stay out by the Cheam Cricket Club Ground, with the churches at Belmont and Howell Hill close by, than in the busy core, Cheam keeps the noise well away.
About Cheam
What are the main landmarks in Cheam?
Cheam gathers around the Church of St Dunstan, with Lumley Chapel close beside it. Cricket is played at the Cheam Cricket Club Ground. Whitehall is one of the district's older landmarks.
Around the edges sit the Church of St Andrew, St Pauls Howell Hill and the Church of St John at Belmont. Small parishes, plenty of them.
What is the history of Cheam?
Cheam took shape as a parish gathered around the Church of St Dunstan, with Lumley Chapel standing close by. For generations it remained a settlement of churches and open ground rather than a town, and the farmland was only later built over as London spread. The district drew in around its churches at Belmont and Howell Hill.
Fields became streets in time.
Where is Cheam?
Cheam sits within London, its streets running between the churches at Belmont and Howell Hill and gathered around the Church of St Dunstan.
Good for
More areas in London
Updated July 2026