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Kingston
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London, England. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it consists of Surbiton, Chessington, New Malden, Tolworth and a part of Worcester Park. It's 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 borough covers an overall area of about 14.38 square miles.
According to population estimates from the middle of 2014, Kingston upon Thames includes a permanent population of about 169958 inhabitants. Kingston is one of 5 London Boroughs without any 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 main 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, used by 7.1 per cent, and bus, minibus or coach, utilised by 7.1 per cent.
Kingston has many attractions in and near 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 3 times the size of Central Park in New York City.