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Richmond Park

Richmond Park, extending over some 955 hectares (2,360 acres), is a heritage landscape of national importance. The Park was enclosed as a hunting park by Charles I in 1637 and still retains many ingredients of a medieval deer park. Essential to its character is the rich landscape of semi-natural acidic grassland, areas of bog and bracken, wetland, woodland and ancient parkland trees, and the herds of fallow and red deer that still roam the park. In 1992 the park was notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest by English Nature. The nearest Tube and mainline Railway station is Richmond.

Located at: Richmond-upon-Thames, London, TW10

Telephone: 020 8948 3209

Opens: The park opens at 7.00 am in summer, 7.30 am in winter and closes at dusk

Cost: free

Closest Subway Station: N/A (Click to see more atrraction at this station)