Richmond Park facts for kids
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Isabella Plantation, Richmond Park
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Area of Search | Greater London |
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Interest | Biological, historical |
Area | 955 hectares |
Notification | 1992 |
Richmond Park is a 955 hectare (2,360 acre) urban park near central London, UK. It is the largest of the eight royal parks in London, and is famous for Red and Fallow Deer.
Notable features in the park include Pembroke Lodge, once the home of the British Prime Minister Lord John Russell. Also in the park is White Lodge, home of the Royal Ballet School and once a royal residence. One house in the park, Thatched House Lodge, the residence of Princess Alexandra.
The park is fully open to the public, with access by road, bicycles and pedestrians. It is a parliamentary constituency comprising the electoral wards of Barnes, East Sheen, Ham & Petersham, Kew, Mortlake, North Richmond and South Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It also covers the wards of Canbury, Coombe Hill, Coombe Vale and Tudor in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The present MP is Zac Goldsmith.
Images for kids
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The park is a national nature reserve.
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Fallow deer in Richmond Park
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Beverley Brook in the park
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The shared use cycle/footpath, between Roehampton Gate and Sheen Gate, crosses Beverley Brook amid willows.
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Mandarin duck in the park
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White Lodge from the air
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Richmond Gate, designed by Sir John Soane
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Sheen Lodge (above) and Sir Richard Owen
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The protected view of St Paul's from King Henry's Mound, before the Manhattan Loft Gardens development was built
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Azaleas flowering in Isabella Plantation in springtime
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Ian Dury memorial bench
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A female rose-ringed parakeet in the park
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Park at Richmond Castle, Brunswick
See also
In Spanish: Parque de Richmond para niños