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Kingston Town
Kingston upon Thames, London
Kingston Town covers the town centre and riverside, a ward with genuine medieval bones and a modern shopping heart. The character is bustling high street, Thames-side green and a compact historic core. Heritage is a serious strength: sixty listed buildings including the Grade I Clattern Bridge, the Grade I Coronation Stone and the Grade I Church of All Saints, with just over thirty-one percent of the ward inside a conservation area. Public-transport access is good, with Kingston National Rail giving direct trains to Waterloo. Food and retail depth is among the best in the dataset at 268 and 186 venues. Ten Outstanding-rated schools sit within reach. The drawbacks are sharp: safety scores are well below the London average, driven by the night-time economy, green space within the ward is modest at 8.8 hectares, and market affordability is mid-range. Air quality is also only moderate.
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The Coronation Stone, a Grade I listed sarsen block in Kingston Town, is traditionally associated with the crowning of Anglo-Saxon kings in the tenth century.
- Good public-transport access
- 60 listed buildings
- 31.1% covered by a conservation area
- 4 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Fairfield Recreation Ground (5 hectares)
- 472 open venues (272 food and drink, 200 other)
Kingston Town score highlights
- Nature Access Strong access to green space and waterways (score 72/100).
- Heritage Dense with listed buildings and conservation-area coverage (score 69/100).
- Area development Little recent major-development activity (score 20/100).
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Property prices & growth
60/ 100
- Purchase affordability30
- Rent affordability70
- Price momentum (5yr)54
- Activity (turnover)84
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Safety
24/ 100
- Personal safety20
- Property crime31
- Anti-social behaviour20
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Connectivity
57/ 100
Median public-transport access is good (TfL PTAL 4.0 of 8 across this ward).
Air & Quiet
64/ 100
- Air quality58
- Quietness75
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Cultural Signal
42/ 100
- Nightlife21
- Dining36
- Arts & culture21
- Retail & shops29
- Sports & recreation14
- Independent scene79
- Vitality (openings, diversity)81
472 open venues nearby — 272 food & drink, 200 other.
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Education
60/ 100
- Primary schools54
- Secondary schools66
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Heritage
69/ 100
60 listed buildings · 31% under a conservation area
- Clattern BridgeGrade I
- Coronation StoneGrade I
- Church of All SaintsGrade I
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
72/ 100
- Green spaces81
- Waterways75
Largest green space: Fairfield Recreation Ground (5 ha). ~9 ha of green space in total.
Area development
20/ 100
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