The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London, England. The principle town is Kingston upon Thames and it contains 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.
As outlined by population estimates from the middle of 2014, Kingston upon Thames has a permanent population of around 169958 individuals. Kingston is 1 of 5 London Boroughs which have no London Underground station. It has nine National Rail stations and 2 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, used by 7.1 per cent, and bus, minibus or coach, utilised by 7.1 per cent.
Kingston has a lot of attractions in and close to it, ranging from nature attractions and historical attractions to theme parks. This contains Richmond Park, that is one of the world's biggest urban parks, and 3 times the size of Central Park in New York City.