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, rivers and streams, shopping centres, towns, historic monuments and airports.
The area around Kingston upon Thames's best cities can be found at London.
Don't miss The Tower of London's castles if visiting the area around Kingston upon Thames.
The area around Kingston upon Thames boasts some of the best museums including The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Kingston upon Thames include River Thames at London.
There are a number of shopping centres near Kingston upon Thames including Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre.
The area around Kingston upon Thames features a number of interesting towns including Hendon, Greenwich, and Croydon.
Cutty Sark is a great place to visit close to Kingston upon Thames if you like historic monuments.
Kingston upon Thames's best nearby airports can be found at London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport.
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.
