Guidebook for Kingston upon Thames
Shopping
You can buy almost anything and even if you don't it a nice place to be. A well designed shopping centre. http://www.kingstonfirst.co.uk/visitkingston/discoverkingston/shopping.aspx
48 locals recommend
The Bentall Centre
271 Wood StYou can buy almost anything and even if you don't it a nice place to be. A well designed shopping centre. http://www.kingstonfirst.co.uk/visitkingston/discoverkingston/shopping.aspx
John Lewis
300 Oxford StGreat department store, great value.
Sightseeing
Made Famous by Henry VIII, well worth a visit if you are into history. You can take the Turk Launch or even walk there along the river bank.
546 locals recommend
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court WayMade Famous by Henry VIII, well worth a visit if you are into history. You can take the Turk Launch or even walk there along the river bank.
The minute you walk in and see the 26m long Diplodicus you know you are in for a treat.
1954 locals recommend
Natural History Museum
Cromwell RoadThe minute you walk in and see the 26m long Diplodicus you know you are in for a treat.
British Museum
Great Russell StreetFor the mummies if nothing else.
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square5 million visitors can't be wrong
Tate Modern
BanksideYou have to go here if you are a culture vulture.
Everything Else
Its got beautiful countryside and some deer, its huge and it has a nice tea-rooms (Pembroke Lodge), good for a cream tea with a view.
932 locals recommend
Richmond Park
Its got beautiful countryside and some deer, its huge and it has a nice tea-rooms (Pembroke Lodge), good for a cream tea with a view.
Food Scene
Great food good value, plenty of other places to eat nearby including the 5 pocket kitchens from just next to the bridge to the Gazebo
7 locals recommend
Carluccio's - Kingston
4 Wood StGreat food good value, plenty of other places to eat nearby including the 5 pocket kitchens from just next to the bridge to the Gazebo