The Royal Borough of Kingston is situated in an attractive part of South West London, covering the Kingston and Surbiton parliamentary constituency, and the Southern end of the Richmond Park & North Kingston constituency. It is an important commercial area, including the town centres of Kingston Town, Surbiton, New Malden, Chessington and Tolworth, and hosts twenty designated Conservation Areas. The population of the Royal Borough is approximately 166,000, and the area 9281 acres - fourteen square miles.
Kingston shares its Royal status with only three other Boroughs in the country: Caernarfon, Kensington and Chelsea, and Windsor and Maidenhead. Of these four, Kingston is the oldest Royal Borough.