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Tolworth
Kingston upon Thames, London
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Tolworth sits in the south of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, along the A3 Kingston Bypass as it runs out towards Surrey. The name appears in the Domesday Book as Taleorde, with the Evelyn family establishing gunpowder mills here around 1561, but the modern town is a product of the 1927 Kingston Bypass and the suburban expansion that followed. The landmark is Seifert's Tolworth Tower, built in 1964 on the site of a demolished Odeon cinema and, at 265 feet, still outer London's tallest building. The ward has no listed buildings but Bonesgate Open Space and the Hogsmill Valley give 28.7 hectares of total green cover. Around 83 food venues cluster along Tolworth Broadway. Safety sits around the London median, 19 Ofsted-outstanding schools sit within reach, and Tolworth station on the South Western line gives reasonable rail access. The drawbacks: moderate public-transport access limited to rail and buses, no conservation-area cover, very low heritage scores, and air-quality weakened by A3 traffic. Culture scores are modest — Tolworth is a practical commuter suburb rather than a destination.
- Strongest67Property prices & growth
Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover
- Also strong64Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Watch out1Heritage
Little listed-building or conservation-area presence
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 0.1% covered by a conservation area
- 3 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Bonesgate Open Space (1.1 hectares)
- 111 open venues (86 food and drink, 25 other)
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Tolworth Tower, designed by Richard Seifert, was built in 1964 on the site of a demolished Odeon cinema and at 265 feet is outer London's tallest building; its ground-floor supermarket was the largest in southern England when it opened.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
67Better than 92% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability55
- Rent affordability60
- Price momentum (5yr)77
- Activity (turnover)68
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Prices, rent & trends
£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Tolworth: 100 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
44Better than 40% of London
- Personal safety40
- Property crime49
- Anti-social behaviour48
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Connectivity
34Better than 24% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
56Better than 62% of London
- Air quality65
- Quietness45
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
24Better than 52% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining14
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops14
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene50
- Vitality (openings, diversity)69
111 open venues nearby — 86 food & drink, 25 other.
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Education
58Better than 74% of London
- Primary schools48
- Secondary schools70
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For Tolworth: 4 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
1Among the lowest in London
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
64Better than 54% of London
- Green spaces84
- Waterways25
Largest green space: Bonesgate Open Space (1 ha). ~29 ha of green space in total.
Area development
6Better than 61% of London
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- Is Tolworth safe?
- Tolworth scores 44 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — mid-table for London. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Tolworth a good place to live?
- Tolworth scores 40 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are property prices & growth (67) and nature access (64); its weakest is heritage (1). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Tolworth?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Tolworth 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 34 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Tolworth expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Tolworth is mid-priced by London standards: its purchase-affordability score is 11/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Tolworth?
- Tolworth scores 58 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 3 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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