Norbiton
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Norbiton is a place in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London. It lies approximately 1 mile east of Kingston upon Thames's town centre. Its main landmarks include Kingston Hospital and Kingsmeadow football stadium, which is currently used for the home matches of both AFC Wimbledon and Kingstonian F.C.. The headquarters of the Fire Brigades Union is based in Norbiton.
Norbiton is unusual for the borough in that it has a high proportion of current and former council housing. One exception is 'Norbiton village', which comprises spacious Victorian houses.
Being 25 minutes via train to Waterloo station, the suburban population is made up of a large number of London commuters. Perhaps this is why the railway station here was famously used as a location for the British sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. The headquarters of the Fire Brigades Union is located close to the station, on Coombe Road.
It is represented on the local council by veteran Labour Councillor of 35 years Steve Mama, Labour Councillor Sheila Griffin, and Liberal Democrat Councillor Penny Shelton.
The New Cambridge Estate is used as a fictional council estate in The Bill.
A notable resident was Cesar Picton, an African enslaved at the age of six, who lived as a servant (though evidently a very favoured one) at Norbiton Place for nearly thirty years from 1761, before becoming a highly successful coal-merchant in Kingston.
Nearby places:
Nearest railway stations:
- Norbiton railway station
- Kingston railway station
- Berrylands railway station
- New Malden railway station
