North Cheam is an area located in the London Borough of Sutton. Cheam is riddled with old village-feel houses; it has a strong character, and a unique blend of history embedded in industry, royalty, and Christianity. The neighbourhood has a high concentration of grammar and private schools, with the London Borough of Sutton having some of the best performing schools in the country. North Cheam has a great variety of public parks for nature lovers, including Nonsuch Park and Cheam Park. Overall, the area offers its residents a quieter version of life, and yet this does not mean there are not a plethora of activities to keep one busy.

Cheam is said to mean ‘village by the tree stumps’. The village was gifted to the Canterbury Christchurch Cathedral by King Athelstan, in the year 1018. It was also counted in the Doomsday book, at which time it was recorded as having 150 inhabitants. In 1847, Cheam rail station was opened, which had a slow effect on the village. Despite this, after WWI residential housing and local shops began to increase rapidly from Cheam to Sutton. The area of North Cheam sprawled to the east of Worcester Park in the 1930s, with a mixture of semi-detached and terraced homes; North Cheam settled into its modern-day position by 1939.

Founded in 1645, Cheam School is the oldest private school in the country. The school has a number of royal alumni, including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Charles, Prince of Wales. It may also be of interest to note that in Cheam, the average household has 6.4 bedrooms.

There is an ongoing battle between Travellers who have encamped on Nonsuch Park, and other areas close to this neighbourhood area, and local residents who are angry at their behaviour.

A proposal has been recently put forward to build a seven-storey block on an empty site now occupied by the demolished 1960s office building, Victoria House. If approved, it would deliver 74 flats and the flats would have their own balconies and access to communal outdoor spaces and play areas. Another proposal has also been submitted to convert Haredon House, a 1960s building in London Road currently used for office and business functions, into 50 flats, with no affordable housing provided. This is the second time that developer Icona Holdings has proposed a redevelopment for the site, this time aiming to delivering 15 less residential units that the initial, rejected proposal. The proposal has also received a great deal of criticism as while it provides a less dense development, its lack of affordable provision has been condemned by local authority and community members. The developers claims that new proposal renders affordable provision unviable but a final decision on the matter has not yet been announced.