Richmond Park
London's largest Royal Park: more than 2,000 acres of grassland and ancient woodland where herds of red and fallow deer roam, with ridge-top views towards St Paul's from King Henry's Mound.
- Park
- Price: Free
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Did you know
Charles I turned the land into a hunting park for red and fallow deer and formally enclosed it in 1637, and roughly 600 deer still roam it today.
Local tip
Pedestrian gates are open 24 hours, while vehicle gates open roughly 7am to 7.15pm (seasonal changes apply), so a dawn walk is easy on foot. King Henry's Mound has a protected sightline to St Paul's, and the 7-mile Tamsin Trail loops the park.
Finding it
- Address
- Richmond, London
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Isabella PlantationA 40-acre woodland garden inside Richmond Park, planted since the 1830s and known for its ponds, streams and evergreen azaleas.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.