Van
Hire Kingston
Van Hire – Kingston Upon Thames
The Car Hire Company offers a wide array of transportation services
including car and van hire in Kingston and the surrounding areas
of Greater London. We offer quality van hire services for a value
price.
Collect your van hire from one of The Car Hire Company’s
convenient locations or take advantage of our collection and delivery
service where we deliver right to your doorstep. All our van hires
run on diesel and come with a manual gearbox. The Car Hire Company’s
van hires can be driven all around Great Britain.
History and local information about Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames is a busy riverside, suburban town on the
borders of London and Surrey. The town is situated in the Royal
borough of Kingston upon Thames, in London. Originally an ancient
market town, it is located 10 miles south west of Charing Cross.
Kingston is rich in history. It was occupied in roman times, Saxon
kings were crowned there and the town received its first Royal charter
from King John in 1208. You can still see The Lovekyn Chapel, founded
in 1309 by Edward Lovekyn, It is the only private chantry chapel
in the country to survive the Reformation. Edward IV’s charter
gave the town borough status in 1481. Today the town is a bustling
retail centre with a small number of commercial offices. There’s
a wide selection of bars and restaurants along the banks of the
River Thames.
One of the more unusual sights in Kingston is a sculpture called
‘Out of Order’. This sculpture by David Mach shows several
disused red telephone boxes that have been tipped up to lean against
one another in an arrangement resembling dominoes.
Other things to do in the area include taking a walk across Kingston
Bridge to explore Hampton Court Palace. Watching a game of rugby
at Kingston rugby club, one of the oldest surviving rugby clubs,
originating in 1887 or enjoying an afternoon of rowing on the River
Thames.
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