South Surbiton is a neighbourhood in the Borough of Kingston-Upon-Thames, in the deeply suburban area of south London. Despite its geographical location, Surbiton is reachable by train from Waterloo Station in just 15 minutes, a record time when compared to other surrounding areas! Oakhill enjoys particularly beautiful green areas with broad boulevards flanked by detached and semi-detached interwar properties. There is a wide array of primary, secondary, and tertiary education centres, making it a particularly attractive home for those with families. And when it comes to religious institutions, Saint Matthews church, built in a Victorian Gothic style, particularly catches the eye.

The first developments in South Surbiton are to be found around Woodlands Road and date back to the early 19th Century. Later on, in the mid and late 19th century, some larger Victorian houses were erected around Ewell Road. One of the most flamboyant buildings from this time is Hillcroft community college built in 1877; however, most of the detached and semi-detached houses date from the interwar era. Penton House (1930s) stands out as the most magnificent example of Vernacular revival in the area.

Although the name Surbiton (Suberton) dates back to the 1179 - that is to say the southern grange or outlying farm - it only became official in 1869 when it was used to substitute the original name Kingston-Upon-Railway. The changing of this particularly catchy name was due to the desire to make a distinction between this neighbourhood and the new train station that opened the same year as part of the Kingston Railway extension.

South Surbiton may feel a bit too homogenous for those used to the diversity of inner- city areas, as three-quarters of the population are white British; however, despite this disproportionate population, the area can be seen as especially tolerant in their views views.

Being part of the Oakhill Conservation Area means that developments are few and far between in this neighbourhood. That said, the recent redevelopment of Oak Hill Road has seen the building of 41 new luxury 1- to 3-bedroom residential units in two large dilapidated Victorian homes and two brand new blocks sympathetically designed to reflect the architecture of the area. The recently completed Lovelace Court has also been a welcome addition, though at a slightly more modest scale of just 9 apartments. Just a couple of hundred metres from the convenient Surbiton Station the development is already attracting new faces to the neighbourhood.