Kingston
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London, England. The primary town is Kingston upon Thames and it consists of Surbiton, Chessington, New Malden, Tolworth and part of Worcester Park. It is the oldest of the four Royal Boroughs in England. The other boroughs are Kensington and Chelsea and Greenwich also in London, and Windsor and Maidenhead. The local authority is Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council.
According to population estimates in the middle of 2014, Kingston upon Thames has a permanent population of around 169958 people. Kingston is one of 5 London Boroughs with no London Underground station. It has nine National Rail stations and a couple of centrally located bus stations. In 2008, 64 bus routes served Kingston. In March 2011, the primary types of transport that residents used 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 several 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 biggest urban parks, and 3 times the size of Central Park in New York City.
