Kingston-Upon Thames offers riverside walks, pleasant pubs and lots of green spaces.
Although close to London it still retains its own character and the museum gives lots on interesting snippets of information about the town whose coat of arms represent the five mills and three salmon fisheries which spring up here.
This is the ideal place to set sail for a pleasant trip down the river to one of the grandest houses in Britain - Hampton Court Palace, with the famously confusing maze.
The name Kingston (King's Town) originates from Saxon times when many kings were crowned here.
