That is Kingston upon Thames from above: the river, the town centre and, just down the line, New Malden. If your firm has outgrown its unit and you are looking for offices near New Malden with room to grow and parking that actually works, The Smith sits right in the centre of it, six minutes away.
01A town with a character all its own
Few London suburbs have an identity as clear as New Malden's. Around 10,000 Korean residents live in the town itself and close to 20,000 in the streets around it, the largest Korean community in Europe. It is a predominantly South Korean community that took root in the 1970s, around the South Korean ambassador's residence at Coombe and the UK base of Samsung, which stayed in the town until 2005. Today the High Street runs on Korean supermarkets, around twenty restaurants and cafes, language churches and the family businesses behind them.
It is not only Korea, and it is not only restaurants. New Malden has long been a working town with a real business base: a Waitrose and a run of independent shops on the High Street, larger employers out on Burlington Road and the industrial edges, and generations of family firms in the trades, in import and export, in professional services and in property. It is the kind of place where a company starts small, stays local and grows.
02Why offices near New Malden are hard to find
New Malden was built around shops and homes, not office blocks. Its commercial stock is mostly shopfronts, period conversions and small suites above the High Street, which suits a young firm or a two-person practice well. The difficulty comes with success. A company that needs a proper floor for twenty or thirty people, a reception that gives the right first impression, and somewhere for staff and clients to park, tends to find the town centre has run out of room.
Large, modern floors are scarce here, and parking is scarcer. Most of the kerb space in the centre is residential or short-stay, and the bigger car parks sit out by the retail sheds, away from where the offices are. For a growing business that becomes the ceiling: the town it wants to stay in cannot give it the building it now needs.
None of this is a criticism of New Malden. It is a fine place to be based and an easy place to live. It is simply not built for large-floor, well-parked offices, so a firm that has outgrown its unit usually has to look just outside the town to find the right one.
03Why New Malden firms look to The Smith
The Smith sits in the centre of Kingston, six minutes from New Malden by direct train. It offers what New Malden cannot hold: whole floors and fitted suites, serviced offices you can move into this week, and desks in a shared room, all under one roof, with a staffed reception and more than 100 on-site parking spaces.
For a firm that has outgrown its New Malden unit, that means a better address without leaving the area behind. Your team keeps a short commute. Your clients keep an easy drive and somewhere to park. And you gain the room to take on the next ten people.
For the Korean-owned firms at the heart of New Malden, from professional practices to import, export and trading companies, The Smith offers Grade A space and real parking a few minutes from home. Kam Khun, who runs the serviced offices and co-working, can talk you through the options in plain terms.
Six minutes on the train, a whole floor if you need it, and parking your team will actually use.
04New Malden or Kingston, side by side
The point is not that one town beats the other. New Malden is strong on community and on its own fast line into Waterloo. Kingston, and The Smith in particular, is strong on the things a growing office runs on day to day: floor space, parking and room to expand. Here is how the two compare for a business deciding where to sit.
| What matters | Staying in New Malden | The Smith, Kingston |
|---|---|---|
| Community and food | Outstanding, the heart of the town | Six minutes away, so you keep it |
| Rail to London Waterloo | Fast, on the main line | Direct from ≈ 27 min, up to four trains an hour |
| Grade A office floors | Rare in the town centre | Whole floors and fitted suites |
| On-site parking | Very limited | 100+ spaces with EV charging |
| Room to expand | Capped by small units | Grow floor by floor in one building |
| Reception and meeting rooms | Rare above shopfronts | Staffed reception, bookable rooms |
You do not have to leave New Malden behind to find the office it cannot give you.
05Getting between New Malden and The Smith
Times below are the fastest scheduled direct services. The Smith is about a ten minute walk from Kingston and Norbiton stations, both on the loop line.
| Journey | Time | How |
|---|---|---|
| New Malden to Kingston | ≈ 6 min | Direct train, Kingston loop line |
| The Smith to London Waterloo | from ≈ 27 min | Direct, up to four trains an hour |
| The Smith to Heathrow | ≈ 25 min | By car via the A3 |
| On-site parking | 100+ spaces | With EV charging |
06Common questions
A rough rule of thumb is 50 to 70 square feet per person once you include meeting and breakout space, so a team of ten to twenty usually needs anything from a fitted suite to a small floor. At The Smith you can start with a suite and take on more as the team grows, without moving out of the area.
A serviced office is a private, furnished room on an all-inclusive monthly basis. Co-working is a desk in a shared room on the same basis. A leased office is space you take on a longer commercial term and fit out yourself. The Smith offers all three, so you can pick what fits now and move between them as the team changes.
Parking is scarce in New Malden's town centre, which is built around shopfronts and homes. The Smith has more than 100 on-site spaces with EV charging, six minutes up the line, which is one of the main reasons New Malden firms look here.
Yes. For the Korean-owned firms at the heart of New Malden, from professional practices to import, export and trading companies, The Smith offers Grade A space and real parking a few minutes from home, with serviced offices and co-working you can move into quickly. Kam Khun can talk you through the options.
A serviced office or co-working desk can be ready within the week on a short, rolling term. A fitted suite or a whole floor takes a little longer and runs on a longer agreement. You commit to no more than the business needs, and Kam or Andy will confirm exact dates when you view.
The space is all-inclusive. One monthly figure covers business rates, service charge, utilities, superfast fibre, cleaning of shared areas, and use of the staffed reception and bookable meeting rooms. There are no separate service charges to catch you out.
If you have spent time searching for offices near New Malden and keep meeting the same ceiling on floor space and parking, the honest answer sits six minutes up the line. Our Kingston office connectivity guide sets out every route into town, and getting here covers the practical detail. The simplest test is to come and time the journey yourself. So what does your team actually need the space to do next?
See it for yourself
Book a viewing and time the six minutes from New Malden. Serviced offices and co-working with Kam, offices and whole floors with Andy. Same-day reply, Monday to Friday.