Kingston breakfast briefing: public meeting to discuss major plans for town centre tonight

By Ellie Brown - Local Democracy Reporter

20th Oct 2021 | Local News

Kingston's Bushy Park (Image: Sue Lindenberg)
Kingston's Bushy Park (Image: Sue Lindenberg)

Morning Kingston and welcome to our breakfast briefing for Wednesday 20 October.

Read on for the weather this week, traffic news plus our unmissable event of the day.

Sunrise and weather

Today's weather: Overcast changing to sunny intervals by late morning. It could rain around 2pm so watch out for this, rain also expected from 9pm on. Highs of 17° around lunchtime falling to 14° in the evening. Low pollution and UV.

Today's sunrise: 07:33

Today's sunset: 17:58

Traffic report

Delays in and around Kingston borough.

- New Malden: Delays of eight minutes and delays increasing on A2043 Kingston Road Northbound between Shrubland Grove and B282 Burlington Road. Average speed ten mph.

- Hampton Hill: Delays of three minutes and delays easing on A312 Uxbridge Road Northbound between Broad Lane and Windmill Road. Average speed five mph.

- Epsom: Delays of seven minutes on A24 High Street Northbound between Farm Lane and High Street. Average speed ten mph.

- Richmond: Delays of six minutes on A316 Chertsey Road Eastbound between Chertsey Road and A3004 St Margarets Road (St Margarets Roundabout)

New road closures in Worcester Park.

- The Manor Drive: Road closed both ways from The Hollands to Avondale Avenue, due to gas main work

- Church Road B284: Road closed both ways from The Manor Drive to Barrow Hill due to construction.

New roadworks.

- Petersham: Temporary traffic signals due to construction on A307 Petersham Road at Sandy Lane.

Event of the day: The Kingston Society are hosting a Public Meeting to discuss major plans for Kingston

The Kingston Society are restarting their monthly meetings and tonight will be hearing from 2 guest speakers about their plans for areas in Kingston town centre including the old Surrey County Council meeting and Memorial Gardens.

Meeting takes place at the Judge Lecture Theatre in the grounds of Tiffin Boys' School on Queen Elizabeth Rd. Starts at 7.30pm, tickets £2 for non-members or you can join the society for £10 on the night.

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Supermarket opening times:

Waitrose & Partners: 8.30am–8pm

Tesco Express: 6am-11pm

Aldi: 8am–10pm

Sainsbury's: 7am–9pm

Asda: 8-9pm

Kingston Food Centre: 6:30am–11pm

Longdan Express: 10am–8pm

Sainsbury's Sury Basin: 7am–10pm

Kingston businesses: join our Local List today and tell people in our town about your work. Just click the "Nub It" button then follow the prompts and we'll do the rest.

More on Kingston

- The best Kingston area properties

- The latest Kingston upon Thames job listings

- Motoring news from our columnist Ginny Buckley

[h2]Kingston trivia quiz answer[h2]

Yesterday we asked you: "All Saints Church is believed to be where early Saxon Kings of England were crowned.

But just how many royals received their title in Kingston?"

Today we can reveal that up to seven kings are believed to have been crowned in our town, including the first King of England Æthelstan in 925.

The kings are thought to have received their crown on a coronation stone found in a chapel of All Saints Church 300 years ago.

Read more about Kingston's royal history on the Nub News website.

What other Kingston trivia should we look into? Let us know!

     

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