Richmond upon Thames

Richmond is a suburb in southwest London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Open spaces

Richmond is a green and leafy town and it is surrounded by accessible open spaces. To the east and south lies Richmond Park a large area of wild heath and woodland that was first enclosed by Charles I as a hunting park. To the north lie the wide green lawns and playing fields of the Old Deer Park which run down to the River Thames, and beyond it Kew Gardens. On the west, rising above the river are the Terrace Gardens: these gardens were laid out in the 1880s and extended down to the River Thames some 40 years later; the broad gravel walk along the top is earlier and the view west towards Windsor has long been famous. A grand description of the view can be found in

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Richmond Park - Charles I - Old Deer Park - River Thames - Kew Gardens - 1880 - Windsor

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Sir Walter Scott?s novel The Heart of Midlothian (1818):

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Sir Walter Scott - The Heart of Midlothian

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:"A huge sea of verdure with crossing and interesting promontories of massive and tufted groves, ? tenanted by numberless flocks and herds, which seem to wander unrestrained, and unbounded, through rich pastures. The Thames, here turreted with villas and there garlanded with forests, moved on slowly and placidly, like the mighty monarch of the scene, to whom all its other beauties were accessories, and bore on his bosom a hundred barks and skiffs, whose white sails and gaily fluttering pennons gave life to the whole."

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Apart from the great rugby stadium at Twickenham and the aircraft landing and taking off from London Heathrow Airport the scene has changed little in 200 years.

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Stadium - Twickenham - London Heathrow Airport

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