Terms of Use

Kingston Compass is a local discovery website providing curated information about venues, attractions, and activities in Kingston upon Thames, Surbiton, and New Malden in Southwest London. The Site is operated as an independent editorial project.

We make every effort to ensure the information on Kingston Compass is accurate and up to date. However, venue details — including opening hours, menus, prices, and availability — can change without notice.

Important:

• All content is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute professional advice.
• We recommend contacting venues directly to confirm details before visiting, particularly for opening hours, booking requirements, and accessibility provisions.
• Recommendations and reviews reflect our editorial opinion and personal experience. Your experience may differ.
• We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information on the Site.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Kingston Compass accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from your reliance on information published on the Site.

All content on the Site — including text, photographs, graphics, logos, and design — is owned by Kingston Compass or used with permission, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

You may not:

• Reproduce, distribute, or republish content from the Site without our prior written consent
• Use our content for commercial purposes without permission
• Scrape, harvest, or systematically extract content from the Site
• Use our name, logo, or branding in a way that suggests endorsement or affiliation

You are welcome to share links to our pages and briefly quote our content with appropriate attribution and a link back to the original page.

When you submit content to us — such as venue suggestions, contact form messages, or other feedback — you grant Kingston Compass a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence to use, edit, and publish that content in connection with the Site.

By submitting content, you confirm that:

• The content is your own original work or you have the right to share it
• The content does not infringe any third party's rights
• The content is not defamatory, offensive, or unlawful

We reserve the right to edit, refuse, or remove any user-submitted content at our sole discretion.

Kingston Compass may feature paid or sponsored content, including promoted venue listings and advertising. Where content is sponsored or paid for, it will be clearly identified with labels such as "Sponsored", "Promoted", or "In partnership with".

Paid placement does not influence our independent editorial recommendations. Our curated guides and "best of" lists are based on editorial judgement, not commercial relationships.

For information about advertising opportunities, please visit our Advertise page.

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, including venue websites, booking platforms, and social media profiles. These links are provided for your convenience only.

We have no control over the content, privacy practices, or availability of external websites. A link does not imply endorsement of or responsibility for the linked site or its content.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

• The Site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.
• Kingston Compass shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Site.
• This includes, but is not limited to, any losses arising from reliance on venue information, directions, opening hours, or recommendations published on the Site.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under English law.

You agree not to use the Site to:

• Engage in any activity that is unlawful or fraudulent
• Transmit any material that is harmful, threatening, abusive, or defamatory
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems or interfere with the Site's operation
• Use automated tools to scrape, crawl, or extract data from the Site without our written permission

We reserve the right to restrict access to the Site for any user who breaches these terms.

Photographs on the Site are either our own, used with the venue's permission, or sourced from platforms that permit editorial use. Where required, attribution is provided alongside the image.

If you believe any image on the Site infringes your copyright, please contact us at hello@kingstoncompass.com and we will promptly investigate and remove the image if appropriate.