Borough of Elmbridge Borough of Elmbridge Elmbridge is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its principal towns are Esher, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge and Molesey. The borough shares a long boundary with Greater London—the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to the north, with which the border is formed by the Thames itself, and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to the east. Running anticlockwise from the northwest, Elmbridge borders the Surrey boroughs of Spelthorne, Runnymede, Woking, Guildford and Mole Valley. Elmbridge is almost entirely within the bounds of the M25 motorway. There is only one civil parish, Claygate, while
Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames Edward IV. The borough corporation was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The ancient parish of Kingston-upon-Thames was much larger than the ancient borough. Through the gradual process of splitting off new parishes, the borough and parish became coterminous in 1894. It formed part of the expanded Metropolitan Police District from 1840 and the London Traffic Area from 1924. It was known as a Royal borough through ancient custom and the right to the title was confirmed by George V in 1927. The borough formed part of the London Passenger Transport Area from 1933. It gained an area of