Richmond Hill View and Terrace Gardens
A 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.
- Viewpoint
- Price: Free
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Did you know
The view is reported to be the only one in England protected by an Act of Parliament, the Richmond, Ham and Petersham Open Spaces Act of 1902.
Local tip
The Terrace Gardens are accessible at all times and the cafe is open seven days a week during daylight hours. The main vantage point is the Terrace viewing platform at the top of the hill.
Finding it
- Address
- Richmond Hill, Richmond TW10 6RH
- Nearest station
- Richmond (London) (National Rail), 1134 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- The White CrossA Grade II-listed riverside pub on Richmond's Thames bank, famous for flooding at high tide, when staff keep serving and the pub provides wellies, with a waterfront terrace.
- King Henry's MoundA 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.
- 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.
- 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.