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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London.

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames · Charles J. Sharp
The place

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Chessington, Malden Rushett, New Malden, Surbiton and Tolworth. It is the oldest of the four royal boroughs in England. The others are Windsor and Maidenhead, the site of Windsor Castle, and the London boroughs of Greenwich, and Kensington and Chelsea. The local authority is Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Kingston University

    Kingston University London is a public research university located within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South West London, England. Its roots go back to the Kingston Technical Institute, founded in 1899.

    2.2 km · UK university (1992-) · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kingsmeadow

    Kingsmeadow is a football stadium in Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames, London, which is used for home matches by Chelsea Women and Cobham Next Gen. It was formerly the home of Kingstonian and AFC Wimbledon and has a capacity of 4,850 with 2,265 seats.

    1.7 km · football stadium in Kingston upon Thames, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Hampton Court Park

    Hampton Court Park, also known as Home Park, is a walled royal park managed by the Historic Royal Palaces. The park lies between the gardens of Hampton Court Palace and Kingston upon Thames and Surbiton in south west London, England, mostly within the post town of East Molesey, but with its eastern extremity within the post town of Kingston.

    3.6 km · park in South London, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Kingston Railway Bridge

    Kingston Railway Bridge in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, crosses the River Thames on the reach above Teddington Lock. It carries the Kingston Loop Line train service from London Waterloo station, where the majority of services begin and end and which line includes a maintenance depot.

    3.3 km · arch bridge in Kingston upon Thames, London · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames

    All Saints Church is the historic parish church of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London, and is set between the ancient Market Place and the main shopping centre. It forms part of the Diocese of Southwark and together with St John the Evangelist, and St John the Baptist, Kingston Vale, it forms a team of Anglican churches serving residents, businesses, schools and Kingston University.

    2.9 km · church in Kingston upon Thames, London · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Rose Theatre, Kingston

    The Rose Theatre Kingston is a theatre on Kingston High Street in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in London, England. The theatre seats 822 around a wide, thrust stage.

    2.8 km · theatre in Kingston-upon-Thames, London, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St. Nicholas, Thames Ditton

    St Nicholas Church in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, is a Grade I listed Anglican parish church that has parts that date back to the 12th century.

    3.5 km · church in Thames Ditton · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Normansfield Theatre

    The Normansfield Theatre is a Victorian era building in Teddington, England. The theatre is on the site of Normansfield Hospital, which was a self-sufficient Victorian hospital complex run by Dr.

    4 km · theatre in London, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Clattern Bridge

    The Clattern Bridge is a bridge over the Hogsmill River in Kingston upon Thames. It was built around 1175 and is thus one of the oldest intact bridges in England.

    2.8 km · Grade I listed bridge in Kingston upon Thames, London, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kingston upon Thames Crown Court

    Kingston upon Thames Crown Court is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases at 6–8 Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, London.

    2.5 km · judicial building in Kingston upon Thames, England · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Airports
London Heathrow (LHR), 15 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 28 km · London Luton (LTN), 54 km
Stations
Surbiton railway station, 1.7 km · Kingston railway station, 2.9 km · Hampton Wick railway station, 3.4 km · Norbiton railway station, 2.5 km · Motspur Park railway station, 2.9 km
  • Luton, Luton → Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
    56 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · £8–11
  • London, Essex → Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
    18 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · £2–2.5
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
    165 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £20–26
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inWhile the runway is usable by aircraft up to Boeing 737/Airbus A320 size, it is prohibited for airline operators to sell tickets for flights in and out of the airport, thus there are no scheduled or holiday charter flights from the airport.

From Wikivoyage: London/South, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    106 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    306 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    414 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    565 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    601 km

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Around it

Next door to Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is 17 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Kingston upon Thamesprincipal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London2.6 km
  • Surbitonsuburban area of south-west London within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, England1.4 km
  • New Maldensuburb in south-west London, in the boroughs of Kingston and Merton2.2 km
  • Tolworthsuburban area of southwest London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London, England700 m
  • Hookarea in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London3.1 km
  • Berrylandsarea in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London, England, UK500 m