<Dl> <Dt> List of places </Dt> <Dd> UK </Dd> <Dd> England </Dd> <Dd> London </Dd> </Dl> <Dt> List of places </Dt> <P> Kingston upon Thames, also known as Kingston, is an area of south west London, England, located 10.4 miles (16.7 km) south west of Charing Cross . It is the administrative centre of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan . </P> <P> Kingston lies approximately 33 feet (10 metres) above sea level . It is notable as the ancient market town in which Saxon kings were crowned . Kingston was part of a large ancient parish in the county of Surrey and the town was an ancient borough, reformed in 1835 . It has been the location of Surrey County Hall from 1893, extraterritorially in terms of local government administration since Kingston became part of Greater London in 1965 . Most of the town centre is part of the KT1 postcode area, but some areas north of Kingston railway station have the postcode KT2 instead . The population of the town itself, comprising the four wards of Canbury, Grove, Norbiton and Tudor, was 43,013 in the 2011 census . </P>

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