The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London, England. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Surbiton, Chessington, New Malden, Tolworth and part of Worcester Park. It's the oldest of the 4 Royal Boroughs in England. The other boroughs are Kensington and Chelsea and Greenwich also in London, and Windsor and Maidenhead. The borough covers a total area of roughly 14.38 square miles.
Based on population estimates from the middle of 2014, Kingston upon Thames features a permanent population of about 169958 inhabitants. Kingston is 1 of 5 London Boroughs with no London Underground station. It has nine National Rail stations and two centrally located bus stations. In 2008, 64 bus routes served Kingston. In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents made use of to travel to work were driving a car or van, used by 26.1 percent of all residents aged 16-74 and train, made use of by 7.1 per cent, and bus, minibus or coach, used by 7.1 per cent.
Kingston has many attractions in and near it, ranging from nature attractions and historical attractions to theme parks. This contains Richmond Park, which is among the world's largest urban parks, and 3 times the size of Central Park in New York City.