King Henry's Mound
A small hill in the Pembroke Lodge gardens of Richmond Park with a telescope aimed down a protected, tree-framed sightline to St Paul's Cathedral, more than ten miles away.
- Viewpoint
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Did you know
The Royal Parks says the mound is actually a Bronze Age burial chamber; the story that Henry VIII stood here to wait for news of Anne Boleyn's execution has no evidence behind it.
Local tip
Look for the telescope and the cleared gap in the trees rather than expecting a wide panorama. The park is open 24 hours a day year round except during the deer cull.
Finding it
- Address
- Pembroke Lodge Gardens, Richmond Park, London TW10
- Nearest station
- Richmond (London) (National Rail), 2185 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Pembroke LodgeA Grade II listed Georgian mansion at the highest point of Richmond Park, with tea rooms and gardens looking west over the Thames Valley.
- Richmond Hill View and Terrace GardensA curving view of the Thames and Petersham Meadows from the Terrace viewing platform at the top of Richmond Hill, above sloping formal Terrace Gardens with a cafe.
- Ham HouseA rare, largely unaltered 17th-century mansion on the Thames at Richmond, built in 1610 and transformed into an opulent Stuart-era home by Elizabeth Murray, Countess of Dysart, and her husband the Duke of Lauderdale.
- Marble Hill HouseA Palladian villa in Twickenham built in the 1720s for Henrietta Howard, mistress of the future King George II, as her own retreat away from court life.