London Borough of Kingston: the first choice for the rich and celebrities, rich in living resources and sitting on the Thames
Today's editor will take a look at the London borough introduction series-- Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Royal kingston district!
[Geographical Location]]
Kingston Royal Kingston is located in the six districts of southwest London Zone 6, belonging to the Royal Borough of Thames (Royal Borough Kingston upon Thames), is now one of the main regional centers planned in outer London.
The postcode of this area is KT1 and KT2, KT1 includes Kingston city center and south; KT2 includes Kingston North and Coombe, also the more popular and popular postcode for investors.
The most popular place in this area is Coombe, including around Warren and George fields; Natural house prices are also the most expensive in Kingston. Of.
Kingston is very close to Wimbledon, Richmond, and Wandsworth.
Although it is located in the sixth district, Kingston has very convenient transportation.
Kingston Railway Station on the South West Train line you can go directly to Clapham Junction and Pa. Turney Putney, the whole journey takes only 20 minutes; And it only takes 30 minutes to reach Vauxhall station and Waterloo station.
[History and Culture]]
historically, Kingston was the birthplace of the Kingdom of England and the oldest royal naming area in the UK (there are only 5 in the UK named "Royal").
The history of this district can be traced back to the Roman era. The Church of All Saints in the center of the town has stood for more than 1,000 years.
A total of 8 Saxon kings have been crowned here in history. The coronation stone is still located in front of the city hall, with cultural heritage and aristocratic atmosphere. Thick.
[Famous Attractions]]
the Thames has always been popular with tourists, and it is also one of Kingston's very important leisure places.
There are various Sailing and Yacht clubs nearby, including Minima Yacht Club, Thames Sailing Club, Kingston roving Club, etc., provide sailing teaching and various water sports, suitable for tourists and residents who love to play with water.
Even if you don't play with water, sitting by the river, watching the blue sky and white clouds, feeding pigeons, drinking coffee, staring blankly or reading, are very comfortable.
In addition, when many tourists come to Kingston, they will come specially to the London designed by famous installation artist David Mach in 1989. The Tumbling Telephone Boxes of Kingston punch in The Telephone bucket.
The theme of the telephone bucket is“Out of Order”, has now become Kingston's most important landmark.
Address: Old London Road, Kingston upon Thames KT2 6QF, England
[Celebrities as Neighbors]]
the population of this area is about 170,000, and the 80% is a native of the United Kingdom.
As a traditional affluent district, ranked by constituency, Kingston's Richmond Park constituency has an average annual income of up to £ 58,400(About 530,000 RMB).
There are many prominent nobles and social elites among the permanent residents.
Celebrities living here include famous actor Joe Cole, who was born in Royal Kingston.
And "Spider-Man" actor "Dutch brother" Tom Holland,
famous actor Katherine Parkinson,
the famous children's writer Jacqueline Wilson(DBE, the high-ranking British imperial knight; His works have been borrowed in Britain in the past 10 years read more than 16 million times),
Sir Terence Conran Terence Conran, a famous designer born in Royal Kingston (founder of the British Design Museum).
[Quality Education]]
this district has always been one of the representatives of the school district housing. The prestigious schools located in this district attract many investors from home and abroad. There is a growing gap in demand for housing and housing for parents of students, with overseas students coming to Kingston University. The number of people attending school accounts for more than 50%.
At the same time, experts suggest that it is best to buy a house in this area in the KT1 postcode area, which is more cost-effective than kt2.
Kingston District is a gold medal school district in the UK. According to the button Trust Education Charity Foundation, the admission rate of Niu Jian in this district is the second in the UK (London No. I). There are two public high schools in Kingston with a promotion rate of more than 25% in Oxford and Cambridge.
At the same time, the key schools owned by families of school-age children in this district rank first in London. Although the sparrow is small, the Kingston district has all five internal organs, with a total of 34 primary and secondary schools.
Among them, 24 schools (accounting for 70%) have been rated as Outstanding by the British Ministry of Education, of which 9 schools are among the same level in the UK among the best 10% in the school (accounting for 26%).
It should be noted that public schools in Britain take district admission the policy means that as long as the permanent address is within a certain distance from the school, students are eligible for admission.
In the compulsory education stage, all school-age students in the area can study for free, so the school district houses near such high-quality public schools have become more and more more and more sought after.
(The following list of schools in Kingston District is compiled by British Leju)
at the same time, the famous Kingston University Kingston University is also located in this area. It was founded in 1899 and has a 122 history. Shi.
Ranked 53rd in the 2019QS World University Rankings UK Domestic Rankings and TOP100 in the 2019QS World Young University Rankings (Top100).
In the ranking of British universities published by the 2018 "Guardian", Kingston University's ranking of architecture majors rose to 22 in the UK.
Prior to this, the school also won the famous "NEON" award with the Studylab project, which is to encourage students to work in buildings and rooms. Breakthrough in internal design, photography and film production.
The familiar singer Eason Chan also graduated from Kingston University and was awarded an honorary Degree of Arts.
Eason Chan came to the UK to study at the age of 12. He studied here at the university and studied architecture and orthodox music courses. He had already passed the British Emperor before graduation. Grade 8 Vocal Certificate from Home Conservatory of Music.
He once revealed in an interview that, british education is one of the best education systems in the world; Her own daughter is ready to come to England study abroad.
[Investment Hot]]
[Policy Support]]
the Mayor of London's Outer London plan, which includes a £ 5 million funding for Kingston's renovation of the city center, has Bentalls department store, John Lewis department store and the high-quality Waitrose supermarket are the largest shopping center in southwest London.
At the same time, there are various markets from Monday to Saturday.
There are also many chain restaurants here, including Carluccio's, Pizza Express, Wagamama and Jamie's, which are well known to the British. Italian, etc.
It is very convenient to eat, drink, live and travel here.
[High Cost Performance]]
Kingston District has many historical Victorian buildings. The most expensive places in this district are Kingston Hill and Coombe Lane West district.
The average house price of a detached villa starts at about £ 2 million. North Kingston is also a popular area for investors, where the semi-detached Vidor the average house price in Leah house is about £ 600,000 ~ £ 750,000 (about RMB 5.4 million -6.76 million).
Tudor houses on Henry VIII road were almost sold out, and the average price of the three-room house near Fern Hill primary school was about above £ 650,000 (about RMB 5.86 million), the average price of a four-bedroom semi-detached villa is about £ 1 million (about RMB 901) million).
Two to three-bedroom semi-detached villas in the south of Kingston, with an average price of about £ 475,000 to £ 750,000 (about RMB 4.28 million -676 million).
The average price per square foot of apartments in this area is about £ 460 ~ £ 500 (about RMB 4290-4507 yuan), and semi-detached villas per square foot. The average foot price starts at about £ 550 (about RMB 4958).
[Great Appreciation Potential]]
the Crossrail 2 planned by the government has decided to set up a site in kingston. After the completion of the site, the room for additional value-added of house prices is very huge;
1.5 billion pounds of capital injection, including 0.4 billion pounds of Eden Walk shopping center upgrade;
as a thousand-year-old royal town in London, there is an extremely shortage of developable land in the area, and the scarcity is the most expensive;
experts expect house prices to grow by about 12% and rents to grow by more than 16% in the next five years.
Many owners said that houses in this area are also well rented; Even during the epidemic, the Bank of England cut its benchmark interest rate and loans to houses the amount has also been reduced.
[Good Public Security]]
kingston ranked third in London in Rightmove's annual survey of residents' happiness.
This ranking is based on the following parameters: public security, community spirit, residents' friendliness, necessary education and medical resources service satisfaction process degree, green space quality and cultural activities.
In addition, the official data of the British government pointed out that the crime rate in this district is also at a low level in London. Living here can be said to be a sense of security explosion. Shed!
Author: Car
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