Editing Surbiton (section)

{{Short description|Neighbourhood in Kingston upon Thames, London}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox UK place
| static_image_name        = Victoria rd surbiton.id.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Victoria Road, Surbiton's [[high street]]
| country                  = England
| map_type                 = Greater London
| region                   = London
| area_total_km2           = 7.18
| population               = 45,132
| official_name            = Surbiton
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.394|-0.307|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference        = TQ180673
| london_borough           = Kingston
| post_town                = SURBITON
| postcode_area            = KT
| postcode_district        = KT5, KT6
| dial_code                = 020
| constituency_westminster = [[Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston & Surbiton]]
}}
'''Surbiton''' is a suburban neighbourhood in South West [[London]], within the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]] (RBK). It is next to the [[River Thames]], {{convert|11|mi|km|}} southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Surrey]] and since 1965 it has been in [[Greater London]]. Surbiton comprises five of the RBK's wards: Alexandra, [[Berrylands]], St. Mark's, Surbiton Hill, and [[Tolworth]].<ref name=Boundaries>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingston.gov.uk/neighbourhoods/learn-neighbourhood/4|title=Learn more about your neighbourhood|publisher=[[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]] |website=www.kingston.gov.uk |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>

Founded originally as '''Kingston-upon-Railway''' when the area was first developed in the 1840s,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sampson |first=June |date=1991 |title=All Change; Kingston, Surbiton & New Malden in the 19th century |pages=2–4 |edition=2nd|publisher=St. Luke's Church, Surbiton |isbn=0950995800}}</ref> Surbiton possesses a mixture of grand 19th-century [[townhouse]]s, [[Art Deco]] [[Quadrangle (architecture)|courts]], and more recent residential blocks blending in with [[semi-detached]] 20th-century [[housing estate]]s. With a population of 45,132 in 2016, it accounts for approximately 25% of the total population of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.<ref name=Data>{{cite web |url=https://data.kingston.gov.uk/population/?geography_id=b5b6b1d33ada4b42acd03da18c640b75&feature_id=E09000021 |title=Population |publisher=[[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]] |website=www.data.kingston.gov.uk |access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref> Surbiton extends over an area of {{convert|7.18|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Areas>{{cite web |url=https://ons.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a79de233ad254a6d9f76298e666abb2b |title=Standard Area Measurements (2016) for Administrative Areas in the United Kingdom |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |website=www.ons.maps.arcgis.com |access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>