Seething Wells | |
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Old waterworks building in Seething Wells, viewed from the A307 | |
Location within Greater London | |
OS grid reference | TQ173674 |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SURBITON |
Postcode district | KT6 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
UK Parliament | |
Seething Wells is a neighbourhood in southwest London on the border between Surbiton in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, and Elmbridge in Surrey. The area was historically a waterworks that supplied London with water from the River Thames. Nowadays it is mainly a residential area, with the notable exception of decommissioned filter beds — the Seething Wells Filter Beds — in the northwest part of the area that borders the Thames.