Teddington

For the village in Gloucestershire, see Teddington%2C_Gloucestershire

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Teddington is a place in London, England in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The town is notable for Teddington Lock, which is the longest lock on the River Thames and marks the upstream limit of tides. The name 'Teddington' doesn't derive from 'Tide's End Town' (as claimed by Rudyard Kipling among others), but from an Old English tribal leader.

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London - England - London Borough of Richmond upon Thames - Teddington Lock - River Thames - Tide - Rudyard Kipling

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Teddington is also home to Bushy Park, the Teddington Studios (a digital widescreen television studio complex and one of the former homes of Thames Television), the National Physical Laboratory (the United Kingdom's national standards laboratory, where the first accurate atomic clock was built as well as the bouncing bomb during WWII), the Teddington Rugby Football Club, and the Teddington Hockey Club (the oldest hockey club of the world).

Related Topics:
Bushy Park - Teddington Studios - Widescreen - Television - Thames Television - National Physical Laboratory - United Kingdom - Atomic clock - Bouncing bomb

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