Richmond Park

Further downstream from Kew Gardens lies the largest municipal park in Britain, in the desirable suburb of Richmond. Covering 1000 hectares it is one of London's finest and wildest parks. The park was enclosed in 1637, by Charles I, to become a deer park, numbers of red and fallow deer still roam around, and more elusive badgers and foxes.Attractive features of the park include the Prince Charles Spinney, the Isabella Plantations and the White Lodge, where Edward VIII was born.