Editing Kingston upon Thames (section)

=== Recent developments ===
Following the construction of the Kingston Relief Road (commonly known as the "Kingston one-way system") in 1989,<ref name=":8" /> major shopping streets in the town centre and the historic Market Place were [[pedestrianised]].<ref name=":7" /> Two major commercial developments were also built in Kingston town centre - with [[John Lewis Kingston]] department store opening in 1990<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 August 2014|title=The Grand Opening of John Lewis Kingston, 1990|url=https://johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/content/branch_finder/branches_i-n/kingston/the_grand_opening_of_john_lewis_kingston|access-date=12 August 2021|website=John Lewis Memory Store|language=en|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211152736/https://johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/content/branch_finder/branches_i-n/kingston/the_grand_opening_of_john_lewis_kingston|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Bentall Centre, Kingston upon Thames|Bentall Centre]] shopping centre opening in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|last=Peacock|first=Grenville|date=30 July 1993|title=Obituary: Rowan Bentall|newspaper=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-rowan-bentall-1488052.html|accessdate=26 April 2014|archive-date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002316/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-rowan-bentall-1488052.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the early 2000s, the Charter Quay development south of Kingston Bridge completed the [[Thames Path|riverside walk]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Charter Quay|url=https://cqra.org/about-charter-quay|access-date=12 August 2021|website=Charter Quay|language=en-GB|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812152557/https://cqra.org/about-charter-quay|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as adding bars, restaurants and the [[Rose Theatre, Kingston|Rose Theatre]], which opened in 2008 with [[Peter Hall (theatre director)|Sir Peter Hall]] as the director.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rose Theatre, Kingston|url=https://rosetheatre.org/about-us/about-us|url-status=dead|access-date=12 August 2021|website=rosetheatre.org|language=en-GB|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812152557/https://rosetheatre.org/about-us/about-us}}</ref> Also, in 2001, the old Kingston bus garage and bus station, closed the previous year, was demolished and the site redeveloped as the Rotunda complex, with an [[Odeon Cinema]], restaurants and tenpin bowling.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 March 1999|title=Rotunda rolled out|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6482319.rotunda-rolled-out/|access-date=15 December 2022|website=News Shopper|language=en|archive-date=15 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215120714/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6482319.rotunda-rolled-out/|url-status=live}}</ref>