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==Norbiton today==
Norbiton's housing stock largely consists of large [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian]] family houses, plus small localised brownfield redevelopments of 1960s, 1980s and modern flats. It contains more council and [[social housing]] than most other areas of Kingston – one of the largest such sites, the Cambridge Road estate, was used as a fictional [[council estate]] in TV drama ''[[The Bill]]'', as well as the BBC sitcom ''[[Some Girls (TV series)|Some Girls]]''. In 2020 plans were agreed to regenerate the Cambridge Road estate, including demolishing 865 existing homes and building 2,170 new ones.<ref>{{Cite news|last= Jenkinson |first=Orlando |date=20 March 2020 |title=Residents back Cambridge Road estate regeneration |url= https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/18321736.residents-back-cambridge-road-estate-regeneration/ |access-date=4 May 2018|work=[[Surrey Comet]]}}</ref> Homes on the renewed estate will obtain [[District heating|heating]] by a process that turns treated sewage into clean energy, the first such scheme in England.<ref>{{Cite news|last= Ambrose |first=Jillian |date=26 February 2021 |title=Thames Water hopes to harness human 'poo power' to heat homes |url= https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/26/thames-water-hopes-to-harness-human-poo-power-to-heat-homes |access-date=4 May 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

As Norbiton is only 25 minutes by train from [[London Waterloo railway station|Waterloo station]], the suburban population includes a large concentration of London commuters. [[Norbiton railway station]] was used as a location for the British sitcom ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]''. The headquarters of the [[Fire Brigades Union]] is located close to the station, on Coombe Road.

[[Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames|Kingsmeadow]] football stadium in Norbiton was bought by [[Chelsea FC]] in 2016 and has been used for the home matches of [[Chelsea F.C. Women]] since 2017. It was previously used as a home ground by [[Kingstonian F.C.]] (1989–2017)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ames|first=Nick|date=25 April 2017|title=Kingstonian leave Kingsmeadow: collateral damage in a modern football parable?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/apr/25/kingstonian-kingsmeadow-lost-stadium-chelsea-afc-wimbledon|access-date=4 May 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> and by [[AFC Wimbledon]] (2002–20).<ref>{{Cite news|last=White|first=Jim |date=7 February 2020|title=After 29 years 'without a home fixture', AFC Wimbledon fans have lent enough money to rebuild Plough Lane|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/02/07/29-years-without-home-fixture-afc-wimbledon-fans-have-leant/ |access-date=4 May 2018|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

In the 2018 Kingston borough elections, both council seats in Norbiton ward were gained by the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] from [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]], leaving Labour with no seats on the council.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 May 2018|title=Kingston local election results 2018|url=https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/16206533.kingston-local-election-results-2018/|access-date=4 May 2018|work=[[Surrey Comet]]}}</ref>