Richmond Park — Attraction in London

A lovely large park with natural beauty and wildlife. Park is very clean and tidy. We came by car and used the car park area in Pembroke Lodge TW10 5HX. Lots of car park space and free parking. Has shops, cafe, toilet on site. Use toilet here as other toilets on trail or in park are a long distance away. Has sitting areas and volunteers in green high vis giving you information about park areas and programmes going on in the park. Pembroke lodge is one of the areas where you can eat with comfort and not worry about the deer. We walked the Tamsin trail and trail that takes you around the park. The park was very busy with cyclist riding on road paths, joggers running and lots of people on mountain bikes. Be careful when crossing paths and roads because some of the riders felt they owed the road and were making comments when we blocked their path. The paths on the park are paved in some area and natural in others where they go through park so can be difficult for pushchairs and wheelchairs. The paths are well signed in some areas and there are lots of signpost and information stand along the path telling you about the park and wildlife. A key information here is if you wanted a quiet, non deer or stag eating area eat at Pembroke lodge or the plantation park which is gated and no animals. The plantation park also has toilet facilities. The deer roam free around the park so be mindful where you go and try not disturbing the deers or getting to close. There are seating area in the park and other mobile cafe selling hot and cold food and drinks but are very close to the deers and stag so the animals can approach you if they smell food. The plantation park is a lovely spot inside the park with lovely flowers, shrubs, trees and a small lake. Its a beautiful spot to just relax and is less busy than the main park when we visited. A lovely park to visit with family. The park does have a website with some information but I got an email reply about safe places to eat in the park which i...

Beautiful park, if you love nature, this is the right place for you and your family. Is not far away from london and you have plenty of beautiful areas to visit. You need comfortable shoes like trainers, a few bottles of water, especially if you go for a long walk on a sunny day. If you go with dogs, it is better if they go by the leads because you can see many deers and dogs normally they go crazy. In my opinion I preferred to go out of my doggies because in the last I have a bad experience with my shih tzu, my dog is pretty calm but on this day she got wild I never seen my dog like that but when she saw the beautiful deers she act like a wild dog 🙈 so in my opinion is much better to visit the park without a dog, less stress and more relax. Also, if you love, walk go with someone, love walk unless you are going to have someone moaning because they're tired 😫 I just said that because I love do long walks and my friend was just moaning 😆 that's not nice to say but is the true.. You should visit the park who enjoys the nature and walk for long distances but if your friend or partner have other interests like to visit the shop is better to go by yourself 😉 at least I'm learn something important and I give you a good tip for the person who's reading this post. The car park is free. You can give a donation for the park if you want. The donation is situated on the place where you park the car. On the bigging, I thought I had to pay for the car park on the machine, but the black machine is for just donations....

Richmond Park has been given many names and compared to many things through the years. Perhaps this is to be expected, as the natures and roles public spaces such as this bucolic offering now managed by the Royal Parks (one of London's 8) are shaped by, and shape, those who frequent and conceptualise them.

If I were asked to characterise Richmond Park now (which I have in the form of a Google review) My mind would cast itself back to the many hours I have spent in the park on my bike. Recalling each of these trips brings new sensations, feelings, and emotions flooding into my mind, an unceasing barrage of sound and vision.

I am struck too by the many similarities Richmond Park shares with the classic game Wii sports resort. The exoticism of the tropical setting of the resort is matched and arguably even surpassed by the likeness Richmond Park has to a Savannah such as the Serengeti. Deer roam like antelopes in the hunt for the watering hole down by the ballet school. On top of this, the sheer number of those using the park to take their exercise in various means inspired images of Matt knocking a helpless Mii from the platform into the perilous waters below.

Ultimately if you're going to go here you're going to go here. It's quite busy a lot of the time, just don't get agro with other...