Kingston lunchtime briefing: weather report and our trivia quiz answer

By Ellie Brown - Local Democracy Reporter 7th Oct 2021

It's going to be cloudy in Kingston today. Pictured: the sign for the Ginger Bee cafe on Queen's Promenade, a hidden gem  (Image: Ellie Brown)
It's going to be cloudy in Kingston today. Pictured: the sign for the Ginger Bee cafe on Queen's Promenade, a hidden gem (Image: Ellie Brown)

Welcome to the Kingston Nub News briefing, bringing you local weather, travel news and events in our town today.

The answer to yesterday's trivia quiz is at the end so skip there if that's why you're here!

Local weather report

Kingston will be cloudy today but temperatures are due to be warmer with highs of 19° in the afternoon. Sunset now before 6.30pm as those short winter days grow closer. Reminder that the clocks go back this month.

There are also 2 flood alerts in place near Kingston - from the stretch of Teddington Lock to Putney and a separate one for Trowlock Island.

Footpaths and low lying roads expected to flood around 4.15pm today and water could cover the area for one to two hours before and after. Cyclist commuters and walkers may want to take a different route.

Today's sunrise: 07:11

Today's sunset: 18:26

Traffic and travel

Motorists: Roadworks and temporary traffic signals in Tolworth, New Malden and Worcester Park.

Specifically:

- the A240 Ewell Road from Red Lion Road to Elgar Avenue

- the A2043 Kingston Road near the library in New Malden

- the Manor Drive at Manor Way in Worcester Park.

Trains: Twickenham lines will be closed all weekend for engineering works and Weybridge, Woking, Guildford, Winchester and Andover will also be closed all day Sunday for maintenance work. See the SWR website for details of replacement buses.

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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

Event of the day

Book club at Kingston Waterstones

The first book club of the year at the bookshop and anyone welcome to come along. The group will be discussing Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You. Takes place in the Waterstones Cafe at 7pm.

Also check out Kingston Arts Festival for a great selection of local events this weekend celebrating our borough's creative talent.

Other useful links:

The latest Kingston properties including our picks of the week.

Kingston area jobs

Motoring news from the BBC's Ginny Buckley.

Kingston trivia quiz ANSWER

Yesterday we asked, True or false: Kingston upon Thames has one of the oldest bridges in the UK.

Now Nub News can reveal the answer is TRUE but it may not be the bridge you're thinking of!

Hidden away on the high street, Kingston's Clattern Bridge over the Hogsmill river dates back to 1175.

While not as old as Exmoor's Barle Bridge - believed to have been built in 1066 - Clattern Bridge is still much more ancient than Kingston's Thames bridge which was constructed in the early 1800s.

Clattern Bridge was possibly named after the 'clattering' of horses hooves over it and replaced an even older Saxon bridge when it was constructed. The Council widened it in the 1850s.

There's a fascinating story behind the bridge and you can read all about it here.

     

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