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, towns, airports, castles, museums, historic buildings, rivers and streams, shopping centres, country parks, nature reserves, historic monuments and bluebell woods.
London is a great place to visit close to Kingston upon Thames if you like cities.
Greenwich, Croydon, Chislehurst, Enfield, Isleworth, and Hendon are great places to visit near Kingston upon Thames if you like towns.
London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport are great places to visit near Kingston upon Thames if you like airports.
The area close to Kingston upon Thames boasts some of the best castles including The Tower of London.
Museums to visit near Kingston upon Thames include The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.
The Tower of London, Millenium Bridge, Sutton House and Breaker's Yard, and Osterley Park and House are some of Kingston upon Thames best historic buildings to visit near Kingston upon Thames.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Kingston upon Thames include River Thames at London.
Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Whitgift Centre, and Brent Cross Shopping Centre are some of Kingston upon Thames best shopping centres to visit near Kingston upon Thames.
The area around Kingston upon Thames boasts some of the best country parks including 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.
Places near Kingston upon Thames feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Morden Hall Park.
The area close to Kingston upon Thames boasts some of the best historic monuments including Cutty Sark.
Bluebell Woods to visit near Kingston upon Thames include 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.
