NORBITON

'Norbiton' is a place in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London. It lies approximately 1 mile east of Kingston upon Thames's town centre. Its main landmarks include Kingston Hospital and Kingsmeadow football stadium, which is currently used for the home matches of both AFC Wimbledon and Kingstonian F.C..
Norbiton's housing stock largely consists of large family Victorian and Edwardian houses, plus small localised brownfield redevelopments of 1960s, 1980s and modern flats. It contains more council and social housing than most other areas of Kingston - one of the largest such sites, the New Cambridge Estate, is used as a fictional council estate in TV drama ''The Bill''.
Being 25 minutes via train to Waterloo station, the suburban population is made up of a large number of London commuters. Perhaps this is why the railway station here was famously used as a location for the British sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. When Queen Victoria visited distinguished residents in the Coombe Hill area, the royal train always stopped at Norbiton station – the only station in the area where the platform is at ground level. The headquarters of the Fire Brigades Union is located close to the station, on Coombe Road.
A notable resident was Cesar Picton, an African enslaved at the age of six, who lived as a servant (though evidently a very favoured one) at Norbiton Place for nearly thirty years from 1761, before becoming a highly successful coal-merchant in Kingston.
Norbiton is represented on the local council by veteran Labour Councillor of 35 years Steve Mama, Independent (and former Labour) Councillor Sheila Griffin, and Liberal Democrat Councillor Penny Shelton.

Contents

Education

Transport and locale

Nearby places

Nearest railway stations

Education

:''For education in see the main Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames article.''

Transport and locale

Nearby places

★ Ham

★ New Malden

★ Teddington

★ Petersham

★ Berrylands

★ Roehampton

★ Surbiton

★ Wimbledon

Nearest railway stations

★ Norbiton railway station

★ Kingston railway station

★ Berrylands railway station

★ New Malden railway station