Kingston
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London, England. The principle town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Surbiton, Chessington, New Malden, Tolworth and a part of Worcester Park. It is the oldest of the 4 Royal Boroughs in England. The others are Kensington and Chelsea and Greenwich also in London, and Windsor and Maidenhead. The local authority is Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council.
In line with population estimates during the middle of 2014, Kingston upon Thames features a permanent population of around 169958 people. It has no existing connections with London Overground that serves adjacent Richmond or London Tramlink that serves Wimbledon in the neighbouring borough of Merton. It has nine National Rail stations and two centrally located bus stations. In 2008, 64 bus routes served Kingston. In March 2011, the primary types of transport that residents utilised to travel to work were driving a car or van, used by 26.1 percent of all residents aged 16-74 and train, utilised by 7.1 per cent, and bus, minibus or coach, utilised by 7.1 per cent.
Kingston has many attractions in and close to it, ranging from nature attractions and historical attractions to theme parks. This consists of Richmond Park, which is among the world's largest urban parks, and three times the size of Central Park in New York City.
