London Car Rental
Tolworth
Car Hire – Car Rental – Tolworth, Surrey
The Car Hire Company offers top quality car rental services to
Tolworth and the surrounding areas. We will deliver to anywhere
inside the M25 London ring road where we will deliver your choice
of car rental right to your doorstep and collect it when you are
done.
Tolworth Local Information
Just a short drive in your car rental from London, is the village
of Tolworth, located in the borough of Kingston Upon Thames. This
mostly residential area was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086,
as Taleorde. Tolworth Farm has been a working farm since the Domesday
Book times, and a manor on the farm was once owned by Peter da Tolworth.
It dates back to Medieval Times! In the 1500s, however, stone from
the farm and manor was taken to build the new Nonsuch Palace nearby
– and the grand manor was downgraded to a farm once more.
Actor Alan Wheatley, an actor from the 1950’s, was made popular
through his portrayal of The Sheriff of Nottingham in the television
series Robin Hood. Born in Tolworth, Wheatley was the first person
to be shot by a Dalek in another popular television series, Doctor
Who, in 1964.
The shopping centre to go to in Tolworth is the Broadway. Located
on Broadway, it is highlighted by a huge tower – Tolworth
Tower – which now houses, amongst other things, a Travelodge
Hotel. The tower is almost 81 metres tall, with the ground floor
of the 22 floors presently home to a Marks and Spencer. Park your
car rental in the ample parking station and spend the day browsing
the shops that line Broadway and perhaps rest with a coffee.
Art-book publisher Taschen has included Tolworth Tower in its book
of ‘Boring Postcards’, so perhaps your day out should
not include a sight-seeing tour of the tower from your car rental!
Radio Jackie has its antenna on top of the tower, and its offices
and studios are located on Broadway too. Radio Jackie is now an
independent local radio station, but began its life as a pirate
station. It broadcasts to south west London and north Surrey.
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