Kingston upon Thames, also known as Kingston, is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned. Kingston is situated 10 miles (16.1km) southwest of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Kingston lies approximately 10 metres (33 ft) above sea level. Kingston was part of a large ancient parish in the county of Surrey and the town was an ancient borough, reformed in 1835. It has been the location of Surrey County Hall from 1893, extraterritorially in terms of local government administration since Kingston became part of Greater London in 1965. Most of the town centre is part of the KT1 postcode area, but some areas north of Kingston railway station have the postcode KT2 instead. The population of the town itself, comprising the four wards of Canbury, Grove, Norbiton and Tudor, was 43,013 in the 2011 census.
The constituency consisted of the town of Kingston upon Thames and the surrounding areas.
From 1983 to 1997 it consisted of the following electoral wards of the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames: Burlington; Cambridge; Canbury; Coombe; Grove; Hill; Malden; Manor; Norbiton; Norbiton Park; St James; and Tudor.
Kingston upon Thames, on the south bank of the River Thames has existed for many hundreds of years. Many Roman relics have been found in the surrounding areas. A church has stood on the site of All Saints' Church, in the centre of Kingston, for more than a thousand years. An earlier church was sacked by the Vikings in 1009 AD. Kingston was the site of the coronations of seven Anglo-Saxon monarchs:
Football clubs across the UK are coming together this weekend to pay tribute to a young girl who was killed earlier this week ... He said ... Football clubs taking part include. ... Chessington & HookUnited FC in Chessington, Kingston upon Thames ... .
MayorSadiq Khan made his zone almost four times larger by covering all of Greater London in August 2023, creating the world's biggest pollution charging region ...Kingston upon Thames -1.34% 1.26%-6.49% ... Richmond upon Thames -0.19% 5.20%-6.82% ... .
MayorSadiq Khan made his zone almost four times larger by covering all of Greater London in August 2023, creating the world's biggest pollution charging region ...Kingston upon Thames -1.34% 1.26%-6.49% ... Richmond upon Thames -0.19% 5.20%-6.82% ... .
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From their formation in Kingston upon Thames in 1977, their first single (as Cardiac Arrest) in 1979, through several different incarnations and ten self-released studio albums, Cardiacs persisted ...
The feud between the two married couple neighbours began in 2020 after the Bells were given planning permission for a small extension ...The Bells took a damages claim to Kingston-Upon-ThamesCounty Court, with a hearing taking place in October 2023 ... .
Here is a list of the latest proposed and confirmed council tax rises for 2025/26 by top-tier local authorities in England... It does not include lower-tier district councils ... Kingston-upon-Thames ... Richmond-upon-Thames ... Newcastle-upon-Tyne (NE England) ... .
Almost nine in 10 local authorities in England are planning to hike council tax by at least 4.99 per cent from April, an analysis has shown ...Council leader Simon Hogg said ... tbc ... Kingston-upon-Thames ... Richmond-upon-Thames ... Newcastle-upon-Tyne (NE England).
Keen, from Morden in south-west London, has now been hit with fines and costs of £4,335 over the episode of river rage at Kingston-upon-Thames, south-west London, last July.