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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 includes Surbiton, Chessington, New Malden, Tolworth and a part of Worcester Park. It's 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 borough covers a total area of roughly 14.38 square miles.
In line with population estimates in 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 2 centrally located bus stations. In 2008, 64 bus routes served Kingston. In March 2011, the main types of transport that residents utilised 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, that is one of the world's largest urban parks, and 3 times the size of Central Park in New York City.