Richmond Park

Richmond Park is the largest of London's royal parks, a vast walled expanse of grassland, woodland and bracken first enclosed by Charles I in the seventeenth century as a deer hunting ground. Hundreds of red and fallow deer still graze freely, and the park is a national nature reserve prized for its ancient oaks and rich wildlife. From King Henry's Mound a protected sightline frames a distant view of St Paul's Cathedral ten miles away. The Isabella Plantation adds a burst of azalea colour each spring.