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Riverside restaurants, outstanding shopping facilities and direct links to London Waterloo

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The Boaters Inn

The Boaters Inn

Amazing pub, great service and quality of food... good for Sunday family meals.

The Terrace Eatery

The Terrace Eatery

This is a great breakfast and lunch place. Their food is amazing, always fresh and plenty of it! Great cakes too!

Don Corleone Café

Don Corleone Café

Serving tasty food, this place is great to grab a quick and cheap lunch from.

Canbury Gardens Tennis Centre

Canbury Gardens Tennis Centre

Just next to the River Thames - a private tennis club where all ages and abilities are welcome.

Beanberry Coffee Company

Beanberry Coffee Company

A lovely independent coffee shop in the heart of Kingston with a wide selection of beans for all coffee connoisseurs. Their lattes in particular are beautiful.

Rose Theatre

Rose Theatre

Amazing performances and very diverse choice of shows in the centre of Kingston.

The Queen's Head

The Queen's Head

This pub has been refurbished recently and for the better! The Sunday roast was really amazing.

Bentall Centre

Bentall Centre

Superb selection of high street stores all under one roof.

Local Hero

Local Hero

Independently owned coffee shop, tasty food and incredible smoothies.

The Old Moot House

The Old Moot House

See a full-sized big band every Tuesday in the Old Moot House for free!

The Fairfield Recreation Ground

The Fairfield Recreation Ground

Local football clubs play here in season and it's 3 minutes' walk from the town centre - easy access if you want some peace and quiet after a big shop.

Cream's

Cream's

Ice cream every way - milkshakes, sundaes or just on its own, a great place to catch up with your mates.

Bevan's Butchers

Bevan's Butchers

The best butchers in town selling not just meat, but fish, cheeses and tasty deli items too.

Sigma Sport

Sigma Sport

Really popular cycling shop in the heart of Hampton Wick and right by Bushy Park.

Five Guys

Five Guys

The best burger in Kingston, you can eat in or take it away. They also serve hotdogs and over 100 types of soft drinks.

Why not explore the nearby areas of Surbiton, Ham, Teddington, Thames Ditton, New Malden, Twickenham, The Moleseys, Hampton, St Margarets and Raynes Park

"The name Kingston has evolved over the centuries from "Cyninges tun", to "Chingstune", then "Kingeston", "Kyngeston super Tamisiam" and perhaps most familiar "Kingestowne upon Thames in 1589."

Kingston Market is a great place to pick up delicious local produce...

Joe Robinson

Kingston's river side has exploded with restaurants and bars over the past few years.

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Christian Dickson

Imagine waking up to views of the River Thames from your very own waterside home in Kingston.

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What locals say about Kingston

  1. So much for all ages to do, great parks both large and small, Richmond Park feels a world away from London! Great shopping and schools :) And only about 25 mins on the train to central London.

  2. Nice family area, vicinity to the Thames and Richmond park, excellent shopping choices

  3. The proximity to London but the feel of the countryside.

  4. Kingston is a great vibrant town with fantastic travel links. The redevelopment of the market in the town square has been great, There is a vast array of shops, and the recent riverside development has bought some great family friendly chain restaurants to the area. The location on the river is perfect to enjoy an early evening walk.

  5. The shops!

About Kingston

Kingston upon Thames 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 and is now a suburb situated 10 miles (16.1 km) south west of Charing Cross. Kingston was built at the first crossing point of the Thames upstream from London Bridge and a bridge still exists at the same site. Central Kingston is a busy predominantly retail centre, with a small number of commercial offices and civic buildings. It has a great amount of car parks, connected by a one-way system. It is one of the main centres of the south west London bus network, and it is connected to Twickenham, Richmond, Wimbledon, and London Waterloo by National Rail trains. Shopping is well catered for and is generally towards the upper end of expectations, with a good mixture of familiar High Street chains and more select boutiques. The shopping centre includes a shopping mall, "The Bentall Centre". Kingston's main open space is the River Thames, with its lively frontage of bars and restaurants. Downstream there is a walk through Canbury Gardens towards Teddington Lock. Upstream there is a promenade crossing the Hogsmill river and reaching almost to Surbiton. Across Kingston Bridge is a tree lined river bank fronting the expanse of Hampton Court Park.

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Surbiton area guide
Ham area guide
Teddington area guide
Thames Ditton area guide
New Malden area guide
Twickenham area guide
The Moleseys area guide
Hampton area guide
St Margarets area guide
Raynes Park area guide
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