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Kingston
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 4 Royal Boroughs in England. The others are Kensington and Chelsea and Greenwich also in London, and Windsor and Maidenhead. The local authority is Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council.
Based on population estimates in the middle of 2014, Kingston upon Thames includes a permanent population of about 169958 individuals. Kingston is 1 of 5 London Boroughs which have 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 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, made use of by 7.1 per cent, and bus, minibus or coach, used by 7.1 per cent.
Kingston has lots of attractions in and near it, ranging from nature attractions and historical attractions to theme parks. This contains Richmond Park, that is among the world's biggest urban parks, and three times the size of Central Park in New York City.