:Richmond, London

The area was known in the medieval period as Shene,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT8HQwmZxAo&t=31s |title=Plantagenet Sheen to Tudor Richmond: royal passions, piety and power |location = London|date=8 April 2024 |access-date = 17 May 2024|publisher= Richmond Local History Society|author-link = Elizabeth Hallam Smith|last=Hallam Smith |first=Elizabeth}} a name first recorded (as Sceon) in the 10th century, and which survives in the neighbouring districts of East Sheen (also known as Sheen) and North Sheen. The manor entered royal hands, and the manor house eventually became known as Sheen Palace, before being largely destroyed by fire in 1497. Henry VII rebuilt it and in 1501 named it Richmond Palace, in allusion to his earldom of Richmond and his ancestral honour of Richmond in Yorkshire. The associated settlement took the same name, although for some years the two names were often used in conjunction (for example, "Shene otherwise called Richemount")."Richmond", in Encyclopædia Britannica, (9th edition, 1881), s.v.{{cite book |first1=J E B |last1=Gover |first2=A|last2=Mawer |author2-link=Allen Mawer |first3=F M |last3=Stenton |author3-link=Frank Stenton |title=The Place-Names of Surrey |series=English Place-Name Society |volume=11 |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1934 |pages=65–66 }}

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Henry I lived briefly in the King's house in "Sheanes".{{cite web|url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/services/libraries/branch_libraries/local_studies_collection/local_history_timelines/royal_richmond_timeline|title= Royal Richmond timeline: 900 years of royal associations with Richmond upon Thames|access-date = 13 February 2025|date = 1 April 2020|work= London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library}} In 1299, Edward I, the "Hammer of the Scots", took his whole court to the manor house at Sheen, a little east of the bridge and on the riverside, and it thus became a royal residence; William Wallace was executed in London in 1305, and it was in Sheen that the Commissioners from Scotland went down on their knees before Edward.

Edward II, following his defeat by the Scots at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, founded a monastery for Carmelites at Sheen. When the boy-king Edward III came to the throne in 1327, he gave the manor to his mother Isabella. Edward later spent over £2,000 on improvements, but in the middle of the work, Edward himself died at the manor, in 1377. Richard II was the first English king to make Sheen his main residence, which he did in 1383. Twelve years later, Richard was so distraught at the death of his wife Anne of Bohemia at the age of 28 that, according to Raphael Holinshed, the 16th-century English chronicler, he "caused it [the manor] to be thrown down and defaced; whereas the former kings of this land, being wearie of the citie, used customarily thither to resort as to a place of pleasure, and serving highly to their recreation". It was rebuilt between 1414 and 1422, but destroyed by fire in 1497.{{Cite web |url=https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/richmond-lost-palace/ |title=Richmond: the lost palace |last=Goringe |first=Marcus |date=12 July 2016 |publisher=The National Archives (United Kingdom) |access-date=23 July 2018}}

Following that fire, Henry VII built a new residence at Sheen, and in 1501 he named it Richmond Palace. The theatre company to which Shakespeare belonged performed some plays there during the reign of Elizabeth I.{{Cite web |url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/media/6334/local_history_richmond_palace.pdf|title=Richmond Palace |website= London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Local History notes |access-date=7 January 2024}} As Queen, Elizabeth spent much of her time at Richmond, as she enjoyed hunting stags in the "Newe Parke of Richmonde" (now Old Deer Park). She died at the palace on 24 March 1603.{{Cite book |last=Black |first=J. B. |author-link= J. B. Black|title=The Reign of Elizabeth: 1558–1603 |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |orig-year=1936 |year=1945 |pages = 410–411|oclc=5077207}} The palace was no longer in residential use after 1649, but in 1688, James II ordered its partial reconstruction, this time as a royal nursery. The bulk of the palace had decayed by 1779, but surviving structures include the Wardrobe, Trumpeters' House (built around 1700), and the Gate House, built in 1501. This has five bedrooms and was made available on a 65-year lease by the Crown Estate Commissioners in 1986.

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Beyond the grounds of the old palace, Richmond remained mostly agricultural land until the 18th century. White Lodge, in the middle of what is now Richmond Park, was built as a hunting lodge for George II, and during this period the number of large houses in their own grounds – such as Asgill House and Pembroke Lodge – increased significantly. These were followed by the building of further important houses, including Downe House, Wick House and The Wick on Richmond Hill, as this area became an increasingly fashionable place in which to live. Richmond Bridge was completed in 1777 to replace a ferry crossing that connected Richmond town centre on the east bank with its neighbouring district of East Twickenham. Today, this bridge, together with the well-preserved Georgian terraces that surround Richmond Green and line Richmond Hill to its crest, now has listed building status.{{cite web | url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/media/18000/listed_buildings_register.pdf| title=Listed Buildings Register | publisher=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | date = 14 October 2019|access-date=8 May 2023}}

As Richmond continued to prosper and expand during the 19th century, much luxurious housing was built on the streets that line Richmond Hill, as well as shops in the town centre to serve the increasing population. In July 1892, the Corporation formed a joint-stock company, the Richmond (Surrey) Electric Light and Power Company, and this wired the town for electricity by around 1896.

{{main|Richmond War Memorial, London}}

Like many other large towns in Britain, Richmond lost many young people in the First and Second World Wars. In the Second World War, 96 people were killed in air raids, which also resulted in the demolition of 297 houses.{{Cite book |title=Richmond at War 1939–1945 |author=Fowler, Simon |publisher=Richmond Local History Society |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-9550717-8-2 |page=90|author-link=Simon Fowler (author) }} The Richmond War Memorial, which now commemorates both wars, was installed in 1921 at the end of Whittaker Avenue, between the Old Town Hall and the Riverside.{{NHLE|num=1447856|desc=Richmond upon Thames Borough War Memorial|date = 20 July 2017|access-date=31 July 2020}}

The town of Richmond is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, which is governed by Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council. The most recent election was in May 2022 when the Liberal Democrats retained control of the council;{{Cite news |last=Uyal |first=Berk |date=6 May 2022 |title=Richmond local election results 2022: Liberal Democrats hold |pages=1 |work=Richmond and Twickenham Times |location=London |url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/20119078.richmond-local-election-results-2022-liberal-democrats-hold/ |access-date=8 May 2022}} in a January 2024 by-election the Liberal Democrats gained the Conservatives' only Council seat.{{cite news |last1=Burford |first1=Rachael |title=London by-elections: Tories 'wiped out in their former heartlands' but Labour suffer blow in Hackney |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/conservatives-labour-richmond-hackney-wandsworth-london-by-elections-b1133491.html |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The Standard |date=19 January 2024}} Richmond town is divided into two wards – North Richmond, which has three Liberal Democrat councillors, and South Richmond, with two Liberal Democrat councillors and one from the Green Party.

Richmond town forms part of the Richmond Park constituency for the UK Parliament. The MP, since 2019, is Sarah Olney from the Liberal Democrats.{{Cite web|title=Olney, Sarah Jane, (born 11 Jan. 1977), MP (Lib Dem) Richmond Park, Dec. 2016–2017 and since 2019|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-288426|access-date=6 November 2024|website=Who's Who 2025 & Who Was Who|date=1 December 2024|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u288426|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}} Richmond is also part of the South West constituency for the London Assembly, which has been represented by Gareth Roberts from the Liberal Democrats since 2024.

Richmond, earlier known as Shene, was part of the large ancient parish of Kingston upon Thames in the Kingston hundred of Surrey. Split off from Kingston upon Thames from an early time, the parish of Richmond St Mary Magdalene formed the Municipal Borough of Richmond from 1890.{{Cite web |

title=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Richmond, in Richmond upon Thames and Surrey | website= A Vision of Britain through Time|

url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/156|access-date= 15 December 2021}} The municipal borough was expanded in 1892 by the addition of Kew, Petersham and the North Sheen part of Mortlake;{{Cite vob | url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/156 | name=Richmond MB | map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/boundary_map_page.jsp?u_id=10025618&c_id= | access-date=22 August 2023}} in 1933, Ham was added to the borough. In 1965, the parish and municipal borough were abolished by the London Government Act 1963, which transferred Richmond to Greater London. Together with the former Municipal Borough of Twickenham and the former Municipal Borough of Barnes, it formed a new borough, the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.{{Cite web |title=London Government Act 1963 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/33/contents |access-date=1 November 2020 |website=legislation.gov.uk}}

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Richmond sits opposite East Twickenham on what is technically the south bank of the River Thames, but because of the bends of the river, the town is immediately north and north-east of its nearest stretch of river. The Thames curves around the town, and then Kew, in its course; starting from Petersham, it returns to a more direct west–east direction. The river is still tidal at Richmond, so, to allow major passenger and goods traffic to continue to operate during low tide, a half-tide lock was opened in 1894 and is used when the adjacent weir is in position. This weir ensures that there is always a minimum depth of water of {{convert|5|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} toward the middle of the river between Richmond and Teddington, whatever the state of the tide. At the lock and weir there is a footbridge across the river.

Richmond is well endowed with green and open spaces accessible to the public. At the heart of the town sits Richmond Green, which is roughly square in shape and together with the Little Green, a smaller green space stretching from its south-east corner, is {{convert|12|acre|ha|abbr=off}} in area. The Green is surrounded by well-used metalled roads that provide a fair amount of vehicle parking for both residents and visitors. The south corner leads into the main shopping area of the town; at the west corner is the old gatehouse which leads through to other remaining buildings of the palace; at the north corner is pedestrian access to Old Deer Park (plus vehicle access for municipal use). The park is a {{convert|360|acre|km2|adj=on}} Crown Estate landscape extending from the town along the riverside as far as the boundary with the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This contains wide green lawns and sports facilities, and the Grade I listed former King's Observatory erected for George III in 1769. The town's main shopping street, George Street, is also named after the king.{{cite book|last=Dunbar | first=Janet | title=A Prospect of Richmond |origyear=1973 | publisher=George G. Harrap and Co. |year=1977 |pages=199–209 |isbn=9780856179952 }}{{cite book|title= The Streets of Richmond and Kew|edition= Fourth|date=2022|publisher = Richmond Local History Society|page =47}}

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The town centre lies just below {{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. South of the town centre, rising from Richmond Bridge to an elevation of {{convert|165|ft|m|abbr=on}}, is Richmond Hill. Just beyond the summit of Richmond Hill is Richmond Park, an area of {{convert|2,360|acre|km2 sqmi|abbr=on}} of wild heath and woodland originally enclosed for hunting, and now forming London's largest royal park.{{cite web | url= https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/richmond-park/map| title=Map of Richmond Park | publisher=The Royal Parks | access-date=6 March 2025}} The park is a national nature reserve,{{cite web |url= https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greater-londons-national-nature-reserves |title= Greater London's National Nature Reserves |publisher= Natural England|date= 12 November 2021|access-date=12 December 2022}} a Site of Special Scientific Interest{{cite web | url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002388.pdf | title=Richmond Park | publisher=Natural England | work=Citation | date=1992 | access-date=29 August 2014 | archive-date=12 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012013435/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002388.pdf | url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002388%27|publisher= Natural England|title= Map of Richmond Park SSSI|access-date= 3 January 2018}} and a Special Area of Conservation{{cite web | url= https://sac.jncc.gov.uk/site/UK0030246 | title=Richmond Park | publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee | access-date=3 August 2023}} and is included, at Grade I, on Historic England's Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.{{NHLE|num=1000828|desc=Richmond Park|date= 1 October 1987 |access-date=14 July 2020}} It was created by Charles I in 1634{{cite web|title= Historic England Research Records: Richmond Park|url=

https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=397979&resourceID=19191|website= HeritageGateway|date = 2012|access-date=11 August 2024}} as a deer park and now has 630 red and fallow deer{{cite web|url=https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/richmond-park/deer-richmond-park |title= Deer in Richmond Park|publisher= The Royal Parks|access-date =29 January 2024}} that roam freely through much of the park. The park has a number of traffic and pedestrian gates leading to the surrounding areas of Sheen, Roehampton, Putney, Kingston and Ham.

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• Barnes
• Brentford
• East Sheen
• Ham
• Hampton
• Hounslow
• Isleworth
• Kew
• Kingston
• Mortlake
• Petersham
• Roehampton
• St Margarets
• Strawberry Hill
• Teddington
• Twickenham
• Whitton

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The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, with Richmond North and Richmond South as two of its wards, has the least poverty in London.[http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/cpa-r-u-t.xls Department for Work and Pensions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402194006/http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/cpa-r-u-t.xls |date=2 April 2012 }} 2001 Census statistics. Retrieved 25 September 2011. The town of Richmond has the largest commercial centre in the borough and is classified as a major centre according to the London Plan. It is an established up-market shopping destination.{{cite web | url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/invest_locating_your_business | title=Richmond | publisher=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | work=Business: Property and sites | access-date=22 August 2023}} Its compact centre has approximately 50,000 m² of retail floor-space that is largely focused on George Street, The Quadrant and Hill Street. It comprises almost exclusively high street chains, the largest of which are Marks & Spencer, Boots, Tesco Metro and Waitrose. The remaining town centre stores are largely single units.

Mostly independent businesses line the narrow alleyways running off George Street towards Richmond Green and up Richmond Hill, and there is a farmers' market in Heron Square on Saturdays. Richmond has one large stand-alone supermarket, Sainsbury's, with parking for 420 cars, to the east of the town near North Sheen railway station.

A range of convenience shopping, restaurants and cafes can be found on the crest of Richmond Hill lining Friars Stile Road, as well as along Kew Road towards the Botanic Gardens, and on Sheen Road.

Richmond also offers a wide variety of office accommodation and is the UK/European headquarters of several multi-national companies, including eBay, PayPal and The Securitas Group, as well as the head offices of a number of national, regional and local businesses. London's Evening Standard has described Richmond as "the beating heart of London's growing technology industry".{{cite news | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/richmond-revealed-as-new-tech-hotspot-8894129.html| title=Richmond revealed as new tech hotspot | work=Evening Standard | date=21 October 2013|access-date = 6 March 2025}}

The Thames is a major contributor to the interest that Richmond inspires in many people. It has an extensive frontage around Richmond Bridge, containing many bars and restaurants. Richmond Riverside owes much of its neo-Georgian style to the architect Quinlan Terry, who was commissioned to restore the area (1984–87). Within the river itself at this point are the leafy Corporation Island and the two small Flowerpot Islands. The Thames-side walkway provides access to residences, pubs (including the White Cross) and terraces, and various greens, lanes and footpaths through Richmond. The stretch of the Thames below Richmond Hill is known as Horse Reach and includes Glover's Island.{{Cite web |title=Glover's Island (Petersham Ait), Horse Reach |url=https://thames.me.uk/s00322.htm |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide}} There are towpaths and tracks along both sides of the river, and they are much used by pedestrians, joggers and cyclists. Westminster Passenger Services Association boats, licensed by

London River Services, sail daily between Kew and Hampton Court Palace, calling at Richmond in each direction.

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Richmond Green has been described as "one of the most beautiful urban greens surviving anywhere in England".{{cite book | title=The Buildings of England – London 2: South | publisher=Penguin Books | author=Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus | year=1983 | location=London | page=521 | isbn=978-0-14-0710-47-2| title-link=The Buildings of England }} It is roughly square in shape, and its open grassland, framed with broadleaf trees, extends to roughly {{convert|12|acre|ha|abbr=off|spell=in}}. On summer weekends and public holidays the Green attracts many residents and visitors. It has a long history of hosting sporting events; from the 16th century onwards tournaments and archery contests have taken place on the Green, and there have been cricket matches since the mid-18th century,{{Cite web |url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/services/libraries/branch_libraries/local_studies_collection/local_history_notes/richmond_green_properties |title=Richmond Green properties |last=Richmond Libraries' Local Studies Collection |date=28 June 2023 |access-date= 25 September 2023 |website=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames}} continuing to the present day. Until recently, the first recorded inter-county cricket match was believed to have been played on Richmond Green in 1730 between Surrey and Middlesex. It is now known, however, that an earlier match between Kent and Surrey took place in Dartford in 1709.CricketArchive

To the west of the Green is Old Palace Lane, running gently down to the river. One of the oldest roads in Richmond, it was originally a route from the river, where goods were loaded and unloaded by crane, to the "tradesmen's entrance" to Richmond Palace.{{Cite book |title=Old Palace Lane: Medieval to Modern Richmond |year=2020|edition = 2nd |author1=Robinson, Derek |author2-link=Simon Fowler (author) |author2=Fowler, Simon |publisher= Richmond Local History Society and Museum of Richmond |isbn=978-1-912-314027}} Adjoining to the left is the renowned terrace of well-preserved three-storey houses known as Maids of Honour Row. These were built in 1724 for the maids of honour (trusted royal wardrobe servants) of Queen Caroline, the queen consort of George II. As a child, the Victorian explorer Richard Burton lived at No. 2.{{cite web | url= https://www.richmond.gov.uk/services/libraries/branch_libraries/local_studies_collection/local_history_notes/sir_richard_and_lady_isabel_burton|title=Sir Richard and Lady Isabel Burton (1831–1896) | website=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | department=Local history notes | date=20 September 2022 | access-date=12 December 2022}}

Today the northern, western and southern sides of the Green are residential while the eastern side, linking with George Street, is largely retail and commercial. Public buildings line the eastern side of the Little Green and pubs and cafés cluster in the corner by Paved Court and Golden Court – two of a number of alleys that lead from the Green to the main commercial thoroughfare of George Street. These alleys are lined with mostly privately owned boutiques.

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Partway up Richmond Hill is the Poppy Factory, staffed mainly by disabled ex-servicemen and women, which produces the remembrance poppies sold each November for Remembrance Day.

The view from the top westward to Windsor has long been famous, inspiring paintings by masters such as J. M. W. Turner and Sir Joshua Reynolds and also poetry. One particularly grand description of the view can be found in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian (1818). It is a common misconception that the folk song "Lass of Richmond Hill" relates to this hill, but the young woman in the song lived in Hill House at Richmond in the Yorkshire Dales.{{cite web | url=http://www.ianson-international.org.uk/england/lass.htm | title=The Lass of Richmond Hill | publisher=I'Anson International | access-date=27 December 2023}}

Apart from the great rugby stadium at Twickenham and the aircraft landing and taking off from Heathrow, the scene has changed little in two hundred years. The view from Richmond Hill now forms part of the Thames Landscape Strategy which aims to protect and enhance this section of the river corridor into London.{{cite web|title=Thames Landscape Strategy | url=https://thames-landscape-strategy.org.uk/| access-date=22 August 2023 }}

A broad, gravelled walk runs along the crest of the hill and is set back off the road, lined with benches, allowing pedestrians an uninterrupted view across the Thames valley with visitors' information boards describing points of interest. Sloping down to the River Thames are the Terrace Gardens that were laid out in the 1880s and were extended to the river some 40 years later.{{NHLE|num=1001551|desc=Terrace and Buccleuch Gardens |date = 24 August 2002|access-date=22 July 2020}}

A commanding feature on the hill is the former Royal Star and Garter Home; in 2013 it was sold for development and converted into residential apartments.{{cite news | url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/10340460.Royal_Star_and_Garter_home_sold_for___50m/?ref=mc| title=Developer buys Royal Star and Garter for £50m |work=Richmond and Twickenham Times |date=9 April 2013 |access-date=5 April 2025 |author=Dyduch, Amy}} During World War I an old hotel on this site, the Star and Garter, which had been a popular place of entertainment in the 18th and 19th centuries but had closed in 1906, was taken over and used as a military hospital.{{cite web | url=http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/royalstarandgarter.html | title=Royal Star and Garter Home | work=Lost Hospitals of London | date = November 2013|access-date=11 August 2024}} After the war it was replaced by a new building providing accommodation and nursing facilities for 180 seriously injured servicemen. This was sold in 2013 after the charitable trust running the home concluded that the building no longer met modern requirements and could not be easily or economically upgraded. The trust opened an additional home in Solihull, West Midlands, and the remaining residents in Richmond moved in 2013 to a new purpose-built building in Surbiton.{{cite news | url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/10640013.Residents_move_into_new_Royal_Star_and_Garter_home_in_Surbiton/ | title=Residents move into new Royal Star and Garter home in Surbiton | work=Richmond and Twickenham Times |date=29 August 2013 | access-date=13 August 2015 | author=Sharman, Jon}}

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At the top of Richmond Hill, opposite the former Royal Star and Garter Home, sits the Richmond Gate entrance to Richmond Park. The park is a national nature reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and a Special Area of Conservation. The largest of London's Royal Parks, it was created by Charles I in 1634 as a deer park and now has over 600 red and fallow deer. Richmond Gate remains open to traffic between dawn and dusk.

King Henry's Mound, a Grade II listed{{NHLE|num=1457267|desc=King Henry VIII's Mound, Richmond Park|access-date= 18 September 2020 |date=27 May 2020}} Neolithic burial barrow,{{cite journal | url= https://www.richmondhistory.org.uk/wordpress/two-incorrect-myths-concerning-richmond-park/|title='Sheene Chase' and 'King Henry VIII's Mound': two incorrect myths concerning Richmond Park | author=Cloake, John | journal=Richmond History: The Journal of Richmond History Society | year=2014 | volume=35|pages=38–40 | author-link=John Cloake }} is the highest point within the park. From the mound there is a protected view, established in 1710, of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London over {{convert|10|mi|km}} to the east. At various times the mound's name has been connected with Henry VIII or with his father Henry VII. However, there is no evidence to support the legend that Henry VIII stood on the mound to watch for the sign from St Paul's that Anne Boleyn had been executed at the Tower and that he was then free to marry Jane Seymour.

King Henry's Mound is in the grounds of Pembroke Lodge, which is Grade II listed.{{National Heritage List for England |num=1263437 |desc=Pembroke Lodge|date = 25 May 1983|access-date=16 January 2016}} In 1847 this house became the home of the then Prime Minister, Lord John Russell,{{cite book |author= Fletcher Jones, Pamela |date=1972 |title=Richmond Park: Portrait of a Royal Playground |publisher=Phillimore & Co Ltd |isbn=978-0-8503-3497-5 |page=41}} who conducted much government business there and entertained Queen Victoria, foreign royalty, aristocrats, writers (Dickens, Thackeray, Longfellow, Tennyson) and other notable people of the time, including Giuseppe Garibaldi. It was later the childhood home of Lord John Russell's grandson, the philosopher, mathematician and social critic Bertrand Russell.{{cite book |last=Russell |first=Bertrand |author-link=Bertrand Russell |date=1967 |title=The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872–1914 |url=https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofb0002russ |url-access=registration |publisher=George Allen & Unwin Ltd |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofb0002russ/page/19 19]|isbn=9780049210103 }} It is now a popular restaurant with views across the Thames Valley.

Built as a hunting lodge for George II by the architect Roger Morris, White Lodge was completed in 1730. Its many famous residents have included members of the Royal Family. The future king Edward VIII was born at White Lodge in 1894;{{cite web |access-date = 27 December 2023|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp533-546 |title=Parishes: Richmond (anciently Sheen) |editor=Malden, H E |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1911 |work=A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3}} his brother Prince Albert, Duke of York (the future George VI) and the Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) lived there in the 1920s. The Royal Ballet School (formerly Sadler's Wells Ballet) has been based since 1955{{cite book |page= 201|author= Cloake, John|year=1996 |title=The Palaces and Parks of Richmond and Kew 2: Richmond Lodge and the Kew Palaces |publisher= Phillimore & Co Ltd |oclc=36045530 |ol=8627654M |isbn=978-1860770234|author-link=John Cloake }} at the lodge, where younger ballet students continue to be trained.

Also in the park and Grade II listed is Thatched House Lodge, which is still a royal residence. Since 1963 it has been the home of Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. General Dwight D Eisenhower, who later became President of the United States, lived there during the Second World War.{{cite encyclopedia | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wN_H-__MBpYC&q=eisenhower+thatched+lodge&pg=PA914 | title= Thatched House Lodge|encyclopedia=The London Encyclopaedia | publisher=Macmillan | author1=Weinreb, Ben | author2= Hibbert, Christopher|author3= Keay, Julia|author4= Keay, John|year=1983 | access-date = 16 February 2021|location=London | pages=914 | isbn=978-1-4050-4924-5| author1-link= Ben Weinreb|author2-link = Christopher Hibbert|author4-link = John Keay}}

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The Museum of Richmond, in Richmond's Old Town Hall, close to Richmond Bridge, has displays relating to the history of Richmond, Ham, Petersham and Kew. Its rotating exhibitions,{{cite news | url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/726824.elizabeth-i-letter-among-museum-gems/ | title=Elizabeth I letter among museum gems | work=Richmond and Twickenham Times | date=7 April 2006 | access-date=8 May 2023 | author=Farquharson, Hannah | location=London}} education activities and a programme of events cover the whole of the modern borough. The museum's highlights include 16th-century glass from Richmond Palace and a painting, The Terrace and View from Richmond Hill, Surrey by Dutch draughtsman and painter Leonard Knyff (1650–1722), which is part of the Richmond upon Thames Borough Art Collection.{{cite web | url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-terrace-and-view-from-richmond-hill-surrey-87353| title=The Terrace and View from Richmond Hill, Surrey | publisher=Art UK | access-date=3 August 2023}} Admission to the museum is free.

The [https://web.archive.org/web/20130403222649/http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/arts/riverside_gallery.htm Riverside Gallery], also at the Old Town Hall, features temporary exhibitions by local artists including paintings, prints and photographs. Admission is free.

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Richmond has two theatres. Richmond Theatre on Little Green is a Grade II* listed late Victorian structure designed by Frank Matcham{{National Heritage List for England |num=1065384|desc=Richmond Theatre|date =28 June 1972|access-date=5 April 2025}} and restored and extended by Carl Toms in 1990. The theatre has a weekly schedule of plays and musicals, usually given by professional touring companies, and pre-West End shows can sometimes be seen. There is a Christmas and New Year pantomime tradition and many of Britain's greatest music hall and pantomime performers have appeared here.

Close to Richmond railway station is the Orange Tree Theatre which was founded in 1971 in a room above the Orange Tree pub.{{cite web | url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/media/6322/local_history_richmond_theatres.pdf | title=Richmond's Theatres | publisher=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | work=Local History Notes | access-date=20 March 2024}} As audience numbers increased, there was pressure to find a more accommodating space and, in 1991, the company moved to its current premises within a converted primary school. The 172-seat theatre was built specifically as a theatre-in-the-round. Exclusively presenting its own productions, it has acquired a national reputation for the quality of its work for staging new plays, and for discovering undeservedly forgotten old plays and neglected classics.{{cite web | url= https://www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/about/about-us| title=About us | publisher=Orange Tree Theatre | access-date=9 May 2024}}

The town has two cinemas, the arthouse [https://web.archive.org/web/20090630022624/http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/all_times/curzon_richmond Curzon] in Water Lane and an Odeon cinema with a total of seven screens in two locations, the foyer of one having the accolade of being the only high street building visible from Richmond Bridge, and the second set being situated nearby in Red Lion Street. The Odeon on Hill Street, built in 1930, is in Art Deco style and is Grade II listed.{{NHLE|num=1254263|desc=Odeon Cinema, Hill Street|access-date= 1 January 2022 |date=26 March 1990}}

Numerous public houses and bars scattered throughout Richmond's town centre, and along the river and up the hill, with enough variety to cater to most tastes. One of the oldest is The Cricketers, serving beer since 1770, though the original building was burned down in 1844. It was soon replaced by the present building. Samuel Whitbread, founder of Whitbread Brewery, part-owned it with the Collins family who had a brewery in Water Lane, close to the old palace.{{cite web|url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/richmond_green_brewers_lane_to_paved_court|title= Richmond Green properties: Brewers Lane to Paved Court| work=Local history notes|date=22 October 2020|publisher=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|access-date= 29 February 2024}} Grade II listed pubs include the White Cross,{{NHLE|desc=White Cross Hotel| num= 1250279|date = 25 May 1983 |access-date=18 May 2015}} the Old Ship{{NHLE|desc=Old Ship Public House|num= 1286531| date = 25 June 1983|access-date=10 January 2025}} and the Britannia.{{NHLE|desc=Britannia public house|num= 1358054| date = 25 June 1983|access-date=18 May 2015}}

Many of the major restaurant chains can be found within 500 metres of Richmond Bridge. There are also plenty of privately owned restaurants with culinary offerings from around the world, including French, German, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Thai.

The Bingham Riverhouse hotel[https://www.binghamriverhouse.com/ Bingham Riverhouse] was awarded its first Michelin star in 2010.{{cite web | url=http://designrestaurants.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/the-full-list-of-2010-michelin-star-restaurants-in-the-uk/ | title=The full list of 2010 Michelin star restaurants in the UK | publisher=Design Restaurants | date=11 February 2010 | access-date=29 August 2014}} Overlooking the Thames, it is in a Grade II listed building dating from about 1760.{{National Heritage List for England |num=1065332 |desc=Bingham House Hotel|date = 10 January 1950|access-date=14 July 2020}}

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[https://richmondhistory.org.uk/ The Richmond Local History Society] explores the local history of Richmond, Kew, Petersham and Ham. It organises a programme of talks on history topics{{cite news | url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/11839677.richmond-local-history-society-jazzing-things-up-for-new-talk/ | title=Richmond Local History Society jazzing things up for new talk | work=Richmond and Twickenham Times | date=8 March 2015 | access-date=8 May 2023 | author=Cox, Laura}} and visits to buildings of historical interest.{{cite news | url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/nostalgia/4050842.print/ | title=Richmond's Victorian Gothic gem | work=Richmond and Twickenham Times | date=15 January 2009 | access-date=29 January 2018 | author=Hébert, Gail}} The Society publishes a newsletter three times a year, an indexed journal ([https://www.richmondhistory.org.uk/wordpress/journal-2/ Richmond History]) and other publications.{{cite web | url=https://www.richmondhistory.org.uk/wordpress/| website= Richmond Local History Society|title= Welcome to the Richmond Local History Society| access-date=13 February 2025}}

[https://www.richmondsociety.org.uk/ The Richmond Society] is a civic society and conservation group which was founded in 1957 by a group of local residents, originally to fight against the proposal to install modern lamp posts around Richmond Green. It acts as a pressure group concerned with preserving Richmond's natural and built environment, monitoring and influencing development proposals and presenting annual awards{{cite news | url= https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/8478534.richmond-society-hands-out-yearly-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-awards/| title=Richmond Society hands out yearly good, the bad, and the ugly awards | work= Richmond and Twickenham Times | date=31 October 2010 | access-date=14 July 2023}} for buildings and other schemes which make a positive contribution to Richmond. It also organises meetings on topics of local interest and a programme of guided walks and visits, and publishes a quarterly newsletter.{{cite web | url=https://www.richmondsociety.org.uk/ | title=We love Richmond | publisher=The Richmond Society | access-date=11 October 2024}} The Society's patrons are: Anita Anand; Professor Ian Bruce; John, Lord Lee of Trafford; Sir Trevor McDonald; Ronny, Baroness van Dedem; and Lord Watson of Richmond.{{cite news | url=https://twickenhamtribune.com/PDF/Twickenham%20Tribune%200248.pdf | title=New Richmond Society Patron: Anita Anand|work=Twickenham and Richmond Tribune| date=7 August 2021 | issue=248 | page= 9|access-date=8 August 2021}}

With a third of the borough being green and open space, Richmond has much to offer in the way of leisure activities.

Skiffs (fixed seat boats) can be hired by the hour from local boat builders close to the bridge, with opportunities to row upstream towards the historic properties Ham House and Marble Hill House. Richmond Canoe Club,[http://www.richmondcanoeclub.com/ Richmond Canoe Club] founded in 1944 and now Britain's biggest canoe club, is also on the towpath south of Richmond Bridge.

Richmond is part of the London Cycle Network, offering on and off-road cycle paths throughout the area, including along the Thames towpath and in Richmond Park.{{cite web | url=https://www.visitrichmond.co.uk/outdoor-activities/cycling| title=Cycling in Richmond | publisher=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | work=VisitRichmond | access-date=8 May 2023}}

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Richmond Park also has bridle paths, and horses can be rented from a number of stables around the perimeter of the park.

Ham Polo Club is on the Petersham Road at the bottom of Richmond Hill. The club was established in 1926 and is now the only polo club in London; it is popular with picnickers during the summer months.{{cite news |url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/3647128.nostalgia-polos-glamorous-survivor-in-ham/|title=Nostalgia: Polo's glamorous survivor in Ham|work=Richmond and Twickenham Times|date = 4 September 2008|access-date=27 December 2023}}

Old Deer Park provides open recreation areas, football, rugby and other pitches, and has a leisure centre, Pools on the Park. The leisure centre is run by the borough council, and has 33m indoor and outdoor pools and a fitness centre.

The park also includes the Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club[http://www.rmsgc.co.uk/ Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club] with both golf and pitch and putt courses, and the Richmond Athletic Ground, home to Richmond F.C. and London Scottish rugby clubs.{{cite web |url=https://www.richmondfc.co.uk/|title=Richmond F.C.|access-date=11 October 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://londonscottish.com/|title=London London Scottish F.C.|access-date=11 October 2024}}

An additional sports ground at Old Deer Park is home to both the Richmond Cricket Club and the London Welsh Rugby Union club, as well as tennis courts and a bowling green.{{cite web |url=http://richmond.play-cricket.com/home/|title=Richmond CC|access-date=11 October 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.londonwelshrfc.com/|title=London Welsh RFC|access-date=11 October 2024}} The Prince's Head Cricket Club holds fixtures on Richmond Green throughout the summer.{{Cite web |url=https://princeshead.play-cricket.com/home|title= Prince's Head CC |website=Play-Cricket |access-date=30 August 2022}}

Richmond Hockey Club, a founder member of England Hockey, was established in 1874 and was based from then until 2001 at Old Deer Park. It now plays at the Quintin Hogg Memorial Sports Ground in Chiswick and competes in the Men's England Hockey League and the London Hockey League.{{cite web |url=https://www.richmondhockeyclub.com/|title=Richmond Hockey Club|access-date=11 October 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/clubs/richmond-hc|title=England Hockey – Richmond Hockey Club |access-date=11 October 2024|url-status=live}}

5K Parkrun events take place every Saturday morning at Old Deer Park{{Cite web |title=Old Deer Park parkrun |url=https://www.parkrun.org.uk/olddeerpark/ |access-date=4 December 2022 |website=Parkrun UK}} and Richmond Park.{{Cite web |title=Richmond parkrun |url=https://www.parkrun.org.uk/richmond/ |access-date=30 August 2022 |website=Parkrun UK}}

{{Main|List of schools and colleges in Richmond upon Thames}}

The town and the borough of Richmond have been popular destinations for German expatriates and German British since at least the 19th century. Richmond resident Sir Max Waechter, a German-born businessman and advocate of a federal Europe, donated Glover's Island to the local council in 1900. The German School London opened in nearby Petersham in 1971, continuing the popularity of Richmond for German families settling in London.Moore, Fiona (2012). "The German School in London, UK: Fostering the Next Generation of National Cosmopolitans?" (Chapter 4) in Coles, Anne and Fechter, Anne-Meike (editors). Gender and Family Among Transnational Professionals (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place). Routledge. {{ISBN|1134156200}}; {{ISBN|9781134156207}}

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Thirty per cent of Richmond households do not have a car or van. This figure is well above the borough average of 24%, which may be related to the excellent transport links in the area and the lower proportion of families as reported in the 2001 census. A half of households have one car, in line with the borough average.{{Cite journal|last=GLA Intelligence|date=January 2014|title=2011 Census snapshot: Car and Van Availability|url=http://www.haveringdata.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2011-census-car-and-van-availability.pdf|journal=Census Information Scheme|pages=14}}

• Richmond station
• London Underground (District line) towards Kew Gardens and Upminster
• London Overground (Mildmay line) towards Kew Gardens, Willesden Junction and Stratford
• Waterloo to Reading line and three branch line services call at the station en route to Windsor and Weybridge. One service calls at Richmond station on its return to the central London terminus via Kingston upon Thames.
• North Sheen station
• Waterloo to Reading line

Richmond is served by a number of Transport for London bus routes.{{Cite web |last=Bayley |first=Sian |date=7 December 2020 |title=Shake-up of multiple bus routes in Richmond and beyond |url=https://richmond.nub.news/n/shake-up-of-multiple-bus-routes-in-richmond-and-beyond |access-date=24 April 2021 |website=Richmond Nub News}}

Richmond's main arterial road, the A316, running between Chiswick and the M3 motorway, bisects Old Deer Park and the town to its north. The town's only dual carriageway, it was built in the 1930s, cutting off Richmond from Kew and entailing the construction of Twickenham Bridge. This road expands into three lanes and motorway status three and five miles west respectively.

The town centre is on the A307, which used to be the main link between London and north-west Surrey, and was previously one of the main routes of the Portsmouth Road before that was diverted; and on the A305, which runs from East Sheen and over Richmond Bridge to Twickenham.

• Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton is a community hospital in Roehampton in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is run by St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The nearest acute hospitals, both of which include accident and emergency departments and maternity units, are:

• Kingston Hospital in Kingston upon Thames, which is managed by the Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
• West Middlesex Hospital in Isleworth, which is operated by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Richmond has nine groups of almshouses and a tenth is scheduled to open in March 2025. Six are of historical interest and some were founded in the 16th century. They are all managed by The Richmond Charities, which also manages Candler Almshouses and Wright's Almshouses in Twickenham, Christchurch Road Almshouses in East Sheen and Colston's Almshouses and Juxon's Almshouses in Mortlake.

A seventh set of almshouses, Benn's Walk (now with five almshouses), was built in 1983.{{Cite web |url=https://www.richmondcharities.org.uk/our-almshouses/benns-walk-almshouses |title=Benn's Walk Almshouses |publisher=Richmond Charities |access-date=25 September 2023}}

An eighth set of almshouses is 10–18 Manning Place (with nine almshouses), just off Queen's Road. The property was built in 1993 and was purchased by The Richmond Charities in 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.richmondcharities.org.uk/our-almshouses/manning-place-almshouses |title=Manning Place |publisher=Richmond Charities |access-date=25 September 2023}}

A ninth set of almshouses, Elizabeth Twining Almshouses (with five almshouses), opened in Mitre Mews in 2024.{{cite news| url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/richmond-charities-opens-almshouse-disabled-050000528.html|access-date = 5 December 2024|author= Facey, Liv|title= Richmond Charities opens new almshouse for disabled elderly residents|date = 4 December 2024|work= Sutton and Croydon Guardian|via= Yahoo News}}{{Cite web |date=13 June 2024 |title=Are you in need of housing? |url=https://www.richmondcharities.org.uk/images/site/files/2024-Richmond_Charities_leaflet_1pp.pdf |access-date=5 December 2024 |website=Richmond Charities}}

A further set of almshouses, the Elizabeth Doughty Almshouses (with 12 flats), will open on Queen's Road in March 2025.{{Cite web |date=6 November 2024 |title=New almshouses on Queen's Road opening this spring |url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/news/news_november_2024/queens_road_almshouses_opening |access-date=5 December 2024 |website=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames}}{{Cite web |date=14 November 2024 |title=Richmond Charities making headlines |url=https://www.almshouses.org/news/richmond-charities-making-headlines/ |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=The Almshouse Association}}

The Richmond and Twickenham Times has been published since 1873.{{Cite news |title=History of the Richmond & Twickenham Times |work=Richmond and Twickenham Times |url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/contactus/history |access-date=8 December 2015}} The Twickenham & Richmond Tribune, a weekly online newspaper, has been published since 2016.{{Cite news |title=Twickenham & Richmond Tribune |url=https://twickenhamtribune.com/about.html |access-date=27 December 2023}}

For centuries, Richmond was home to the country's royal family. It also has a long list of famous residents, both past and present.

• List of current and former residents of Richmond upon Thames

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Richmond is a popular filming location. The village green, divided into The Green and Little Green, has Georgian splendour, stately listed buildings and paved alleyways leading to the high street. It is a magnet for film crews, particularly when recreating a city square or row of townhouses of bygone years. In 2011, The Crimson Petal and the White was filmed there,{{cite journal |url=http://www.richmond.gov.uk/filmrich_news_oct10_aw.pdf |author1=Lewis, Sue |author2=Hillman, Sarah |title=Richmond Stars |journal=Filmrichmond |page=2 |date=October 2010 |access-date=6 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101053/http://www.richmond.gov.uk/filmrich_news_oct10_aw.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016}} as was Downton Abbey in July 2014.{{cite journal | url=http://www.richmond.gov.uk/filmrichmond_nov_2014.pdf | title=Richmond Stars |author1=Lewis Sue |author2=Hillman, Sarah | journal=Filmrichmond | date=November 2014 | access-date=13 December 2014 | page=2}} Many other films and TV shows have featured The Green or Little Green, including Agatha Christie's Poirot,{{Cite web |url=https://www.visitrichmond.co.uk/outdoor-activities/richmond-green-p1581491|title=Richmond Green: Film/TV Location |website=VisitRichmond |publisher=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |access-date=3 August 2023}} Simon Schama's Power of Art and Peter Rabbit 2.{{Cite news |url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/17536570.confirmed-peter-rabbit-2-will-be-filming-in-richmond-next-week/ |title=Peter Rabbit 2 will be filming in Richmond next week|last=Krause |first=Riley |date=29 March 2019 |work=Richmond and Twickenham Times |access-date=6 April 2019}}

The 2020-23 sports comedy TV series Ted Lasso is set in Richmond. Several filming sequences take place on The Green,{{cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/video/vi4010720793?playlistId=tt10986410&ref_=vp_rv_ap_0 |title=Ted Lasso (2020): Official trailer |date=2020}} Ted Lasso and other characters in the series are shown drinking at the Prince's Head pub (rebranded as The Crown and Anchor){{Cite news |last=Fradgley |first=Emma |date=9 July 2023 |title=Ted Lasso filming locations in south London you can visit |work=Richmond and Twickenham Times |url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/23643470.ted-lasso-filming-locations-south-london-can-visit/ |access-date=16 July 2023}} and Ted lives in number 9½ Paved Court (actually No. 11A).{{Cite web |url=https://people.com/travel/ted-lasso-locations-london-richmond-real-pub-stadium-where-filmed/|title=Football Is (Real) Life! Ted Lasso's Coach Beard Reveals All the Places from the Show You Can Visit in London|author= Schmidt, Mackenzie |date=15 March 2023 |publisher =People.com |access-date=16 July 2023}}

Richmond Theatre ranks as a major film location; it has featured in The Naked Truth (1957),{{cite web | url=http://www.reelstreets.com/films/naked-truth-the/ | title=Naked Truth, The| work=ReelStreets | access-date=13 February 2025|author1=Wilkinson, Phil |author2=Tunstill, John }} Bugsy Malone (1976), The Krays (1990), Evita (1996), Bedazzled (2000), The Hours (2002), Finding Neverland (2004){{cite web | url=http://www.museumofrichmond.com/pdf/Adult_Events_Sept.pdf | title=Wednesday 18th December – Finding Neverland | publisher=Museum of Richmond | work=Programme of Films, Talks and Events September – December 2013 | access-date=4 October 2013}} and The Wolfman (2010).{{cite journal | url=http://www.richmond.gov.uk/filmrichmond_summer08_hires-3.pdf | title=Richmond Stars | author1=Lewis, Sue | author2=Hillman, Sarah | journal=Filmrichmond | date=Summer 2008 | access-date=10 March 2015 | page=2 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133359/http://www.richmond.gov.uk/filmrichmond_summer08_hires-3.pdf | archive-date=2 April 2015}}

Richmond Park has featured in many films and TV series.

• A locomotive runs through the park and crashes into a tree in the film The Titfield Thunderbolt (1955).
• As Chas Devlin in the 1968 film Performance, James Fox crosses Richmond Park in a Rolls-Royce car.
• The park was the backdrop for the classic historical film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969),{{cite web | url=http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond-park/about-richmond-park/the-park-is-the-star | title=Richmond Park in film | publisher=The Royal Parks | work=About Richmond Park | access-date=25 July 2017}} with Richard Burton and Geneviève Bujold, which looks back to Richmond Park in the 16th century. The film tells the story of King Henry VIII's courtship of Anne Boleyn and their brief marriage.
• An Indian dust storm was filmed in the park for the film Heat and Dust (1983).{{cite book | publisher=Museum of Richmond | author1=Barber, Sue|author2=Heath, Phillippa|editor= Boyes, Valerie | title=Richmond on Screen: Feature Films Shot in the Borough | year=2009 | pages=27}}
• The Royal Ballet School in Richmond Park featured in the film Billy Elliot (2000).{{cite news | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/billy-elliot-v-the-badgers-7086734.html | title=Billy Elliot v the badgers | work=Evening Standard | date=3 February 2005 | access-date=18 October 2013 | author=Lydall, Ross | location=London}}
• In 2010, director Guy Ritchie filmed parts of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) in the park with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.{{cite news | url= https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/8459315.richmond-park-transformed-into-gypsy-camp-as-sherlock-holmes-sequel-starring-robert-downey-jr-as-sherlock-and-jude-law-as-dr-watson-is-filmed/| title=Richmond Park transformed into gypsy camp as Sherlock Holmes sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock and Jude Law as Dr Watson is filmed | work= Richmond and Twickenham Times|date=18 October 2010 | access-date=25 September 2023}}
• Some of the scenes from Into the Woods (2014), the Disney fantasy film featuring Meryl Streep,{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10339166/Meryl-Streep-in-Into-The-Woods-first-look.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10339166/Meryl-Streep-in-Into-The-Woods-first-look.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Meryl Streep in Into The Woods: first look | work=The Daily Telegraph | date=27 September 2013 | access-date=13 February 2014 | author=Vincent, Alice}}{{cbignore}} were filmed in the park.{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03qflhm | title=Meryl Streep; Oscar Isaac; Sundance festival; National Trust film locations | publisher=BBC Radio 4 | work=The Film Programme | date=26 January 2014|access-date = 11 January 2024}}{{cite news | title=Streep praises 'magical' park | work=Richmond and Twickenham Times | date=7 February 2014 }}

As well as a location for films, Richmond Park is regularly featured in television programmes, corporate videos and fashion shoots. It has made an appearance on Blue Peter, Inside Out (the BBC regional current affairs programme) and BBC Springwatch. In 2014 it was featured in a video commissioned by The Hearsum CollectionArchived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/hqzgc7b_Ky8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304013150/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqzgc7b_Ky8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqzgc7b_Ky8 | title=The Heritage Pavilion Video | publisher=YouTube | date=11 November 2004 | access-date=3 February 2015}}{{cbignore}} and in 2017 in a television film featuring and narrated by David Attenborough, which was produced by the Friends of Richmond Park.{{Cite news |url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/15247479.sir-david-attenboroughs-new-film-about-richmond-park-asks-its-millions-of-visitors-to-tread-lightly/ |title=Sir David Attenborough's new film about Richmond Park asks its millions of visitors to tread lightly |last=Rutter |first=Calum |date=26 April 2017 |work=Richmond and Twickenham Times |access-date=25 September 2023}}

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• List of people in Richmond town and Richmond Park

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• Cloake, John (1990). Richmond's Great Monastery: The Charterhouse of Jesus of Bethlehem of Shene. London: Richmond Local History Society. {{ISBN|0-9508198-6-7}}.
• Cloake, John (1991). Richmond Past: A Visual History of Richmond, Kew, Petersham and Ham. London: Historical Publications. {{ISBN|0-948667-14-1}}. Recounts the history of the Richmond area – including Kew, Petersham and Ham – from 1501 and is illustrated with drawings, paintings and photographs.
• {{Cite book|author= Cloake, John| edition= second|date= 1993|title= The Growth of Richmond|publisher= London: Richmond Local History Society|isbn=978-0-9508198-0-8}}
• Cloake, John (1995). The Palaces and Parks of Richmond and Kew, vol. I: The Palaces of Shene and Richmond. Chichester: Phillimore & Co Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-850339-76-5}}. {{OCLC|940979634}}.
• Cloake, John (1996). The Palaces and Parks of Richmond and Kew, vol. II: Richmond Lodge and the Kew Palaces. Chichester: Phillimore & Co Ltd. {{ISBN|978-1-860770-23-4}}. {{OCLC|36045530}}. OL 8627654M.
• Cloake, John (2001). Cottages and Common Fields of Richmond and Kew. Chichester: Phillimore & Co Ltd. {{ISBN|978-1-8607719-5-8}}.
• Cloake, John (2001). Richmond Palace: Its History and Its Plan. London: Richmond Local History Society. {{ISBN|978-0-9522099-6-6}}.
• {{Cite book|author= Dunbar, Janet| edition= second|date= 1979|title= A Prospect of Richmond|publisher= London: Michael Joseph|isbn=0-7181-1789-1}}
• {{cite book |last=Fowler |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Fowler |year=2015 |title=Richmond at War 1939–1945 |publisher=London: Richmond Local History Society |isbn=978-0-9550717-8-2}}
• {{Cite book |title=Poverty and Philanthropy in Victorian Richmond |first=Simon |last=Fowler |publisher=London: Richmond Local History Society |year=2017 |isbn= 978-1-9123140-0-3}}
• {{Cite book |title=The Streets of Richmond and Kew |author= Members of the Richmond Local History Society |publisher=London: Richmond Local History Society |year=2022 |edition = fourth|isbn= 978-1-9123140-3-4}}
• {{Cite book|author= Robinson, Derek; Fowler, Simon |edition= second|date= 2020|title=Old Palace Lane: Medieval to Modern Richmond|publisher= London: Richmond Local History Society and Museum of Richmond|isbn=978-1-9123140-2-7}}
• {{Cite book |publisher = Cassell & Co. |location = London |title = Greater London |author = Walford, Edward |date = 1883 |oclc = 3009761 |chapter= Richmond |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/greaterlondonnar02walf#page/330/mode/1up |author-link = Edward Walford }}

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• [https://www.richmondsociety.org.uk/ The Richmond Society]
• [https://richmondhistory.org.uk/ Richmond Local History Society]
• {{cite web|url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/services/libraries/branch_libraries/local_studies_collection/local_history_timelines/royal_richmond_timeline|title= Royal Richmond timeline: 900 years of royal associations with Richmond upon Thames|date = 1 April 2020|work= London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library}}
• {{Cite EB1911|short=x|wstitle=Richmond (Surrey)|display=Richmond (Surrey)}}

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