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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 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 borough covers an overall area of approximately 14.38 square miles.
As outlined by population estimates in the middle of 2014, Kingston upon Thames includes 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 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, utilised by 7.1 per cent, and bus, minibus or coach, utilised by 7.1 per cent.
Kingston has numerous attractions in and near it, ranging from nature attractions and historical attractions to theme parks. This consists of Richmond Park, which is one of the world's biggest urban parks, and three times the size of Central Park in New York City.