| Thames Ditton | |
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 St Nicholas's church and riverside terrace and trees from across the Thames | |
  Thames Ditton Location within Surrey | |
| Area | 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi) |
| Population | 9,400 (2021 census)[1] |
| • Density | 5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ155675 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | THAMES DITTON |
| Postcode district | KT7 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Thames Ditton is a suburban village on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Apart from a large inhabited island in the river, it lies on the southern bank, centred 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross in central London. Thames Ditton is just outside Greater London but within the Greater London Urban Area as defined by the Office for National Statistics. Its clustered village centre and shopping area on a winding High Street is surrounded by housing, schools and sports areas. Its riverside faces the Thames Path and Hampton Court Palace Gardens and golf course in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its most commercial area is spread throughout its conservation area and contains restaurants, cafés, shops and businesses.
Its railway station, one of two on the Hampton Court branch line, is 0.31 miles (500 m) from the riverside end of the village centre and the village of Weston Green that hived off from it[clarification needed] in 1939.
Thames Ditton joins Long Ditton and Weston Green in occupying the land between Surbiton, Esher and East Molesey. Although reduced to less than one square mile (2.6 km2), it formerly covered more than four square miles (10 km2).
- ^ "Build a custom area profile - Census 2021, ONS". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2024.