Thames Ditton

Thames Ditton
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
Civil parish	n/a
District	Elmbridge
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
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	Esher and Walton
List of places UK England Surrey 51°23′20″N 0°19′52″W / 51.389°N 0.331°W / 51.389; -0.331

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).