A quick walk, after arrival last night through Canbury Gardens to the Thames and through the market square – looks like this will be a great part of London to explore!
Seemed very appropriate to “Google it” . follow this link Kingston upon Thames
“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 (16.1 km) southwest of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan.[1] 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 since Kingston became part of Greater London in 1965…….” Read more at the above link…