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Kingston is the 3rd largest retail centre by employment, in London. Sega Amusements International, responsible for the production of arcade games outside Japan, has its head office in Chessington, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. [26] Lidl relocated its GB Headquarters to Tolworth in 2020. [27]
The KT postcode area, also known as the Kingston upon Thames postcode area, [2] is a group of 24 postcode districts in England, within 19 post towns. These cover boroughs in south-west Greater London and several boroughs in north-east Surrey .
The council's full legal name is the "Mayor and Burgesses of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames", although it styles itself Kingston Council. [12] [2] The council counts its mayors as forming a continuous series with the mayors of the old municipal borough of Kingston-upon-Thames as first appointed in 1836. [1]
Kingston upon Thames, colloquially known as Kingston, is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, England. It is situated on the River Thames, 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Charing Cross. It is an ancient market town, notable as the place where some Saxon kings were crowned.
The building, which was established as the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, became the administrative headquarters of the enlarged Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council in 1965. [8] In order to accommodate a larger number of staff, it was extended in 1968. [9]
It was alternatively known as Kingston on Thames (spelt with or without hyphens). [1] [2] It was a municipal borough and also held the rarer status of Royal borough. The district was abolished in 1965 and was replaced with the larger London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, with the Royal borough status passed to the new district.
Kingston History Centre is the local history library and archive for the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. It is based in Court 1 of the former Kingston Magistrates Court at Guildhall, High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1EU. The History Centre was previously known at the Local History Room, based at North Kingston Centre, Richmond Road.
Kingston Vale with Kingston Hill is a district in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south London. It is a residential area between Richmond Park , the much smaller Putney Vale , Wimbledon Common , Coombe/Coombe Hill and the Norbiton part of the very old borough .