Twickenham
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Twickenham ( ) is an affluent suburban district of London, England, on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, since 1965 it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, whose administrative headquarters are in the area.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Twickenham
- UK place.static_image_name
- cmglee London Twickenham aerial.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Aerial view of Twickenham Stadium (centre) and Stoop Stadium (background) from the north in August 2015
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 12.36
- UK place.population
- 62,148
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ1673
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 9.9
- UK place.charingX_direction
- NE
- UK place.london_borough
- Richmond
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- TWICKENHAM
- UK place.postcode_area
- TW
- UK place.postcode_district
- TW1, TW2
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Twickenham
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-Norman
- Norman
- 17th century
- 18th and 19th centuries
- 20th and 21st centuries
- Governance
- Economy
- Population and housing
- Geography
- Nearest places
- Education
- Transport
- Nearest railway stations
- Buses
- Sport
- Arts and culture
- Public art
- Places of worship
- People
- Living people
- Historical figures
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Twickenham ( ) is an affluent suburban district of London, England, on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, since 1965 it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, whose administrative headquarters are in the area.
The population, including St Margarets and Whitton, was 62,148 at the 2011 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Twickenham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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