Surbiton
Sign in to saveSurbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has been in Greater London. Surbiton comprises five of the RBK's wards: Alexandra, Berrylands, St. Mark's, Surbiton Hill, and Tolworth.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Victoria rd surbiton.id.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Victoria Road, Surbiton's high street
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Greater London
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 7.18
- UK place.population
- 45,132
- UK place.official_name
- Surbiton
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ180673
- UK place.london_borough
- Kingston
- UK place.post_town
- SURBITON
- UK place.postcode_area
- KT
- UK place.postcode_district
- KT5, KT6
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Kingston and Surbiton
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Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has been in Greater London. Surbiton comprises five of the RBK's wards: Alexandra, Berrylands, St. Mark's, Surbiton Hill, and Tolworth.
Founded originally as Kingston-upon-Railway when the area was first developed in the 1840s, Surbiton possesses a mixture of grand 19th-century townhouses, Art Deco courts, and more recent residential blocks blending in with semi-detached 20th-century housing estates. With a population of 45,132 in 2016, it accounts for approximately 25% of the total population of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Surbiton extends over an area of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Surbiton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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