Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames is a Town in the county of Greater London.
Retail in Kingston upon Thames
There are great places to visit near Kingston upon Thames including some great cities, castles, museums, historic buildings, rivers and streams, shopping centres, towns, country parks, nature reserves, historic monuments, airports and bluebell woods.
Kingston upon Thames is near some unmissable cities like London,
There are a number of castles near to Kingston upon Thames including The Tower of London.
There are a number of museums near Kingston upon Thames including The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.
Kingston upon Thames has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like The Tower of London, Millenium Bridge, Sutton House and Breaker's Yard, and Osterley Park and House.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Kingston upon Thames include River Thames at London.
Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre are great places to visit near Kingston upon Thames if you like shopping centres.
The area around Kingston upon Thames features a number of interesting towns including Hendon, Greenwich, Croydon, Chislehurst, Enfield, and Isleworth.
Country Parks to visit near Kingston upon Thames include Fryent Country Park, South Norwood Country Park, Morden Hall Park, Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Scadbury Estate Country Park, Stanmore Country Park, and Whitewebbs Country Park.
Don't miss Morden Hall Park's nature reserves if visiting the area around Kingston upon Thames.
Historic Monuments to visit near Kingston upon Thames include Cutty Sark.
There are a several good airports in the Kingston upon Thames area like London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport.
There are a several good bluebell woods in the area around Kingston upon Thames like Stanmore Country Park.
Kingston upon Thames History
There are some historic monuments around Kingston upon Thames:
Places to see near Kingston upon Thames
History of Kingston upon Thames
The first surviving record of Kingston is from AD 838 as the site of a meeting between King Egbert of Wessex and Ceolnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury. Kingston lay on the boundary between the ancient kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia, until in the early tenth century when King Athelstan united both to create the kingdom of England. Probably because of the town’s symbolic location, several tenth-century kings were crowned in Kingston, Ãthelstan in 925, Eadred in 946 and Ãthelred in 978. Other kings who may have been crowned there are Edward the Elder in 902, Edmund in 939, Eadwig in 956, Edgar in about 960 and Edward the Martyr in 975.
