Old Deer Park

Old Deer Park
One of the two obelisks facing the River Thames in Old Deer Park, used to align
Kew Observatory telescopes
Old Deer Park is located in Greater London
Old Deer Park
Typepublic
LocationRichmond, London
Coordinates51°27′51.79″N 0°18′21.67″W / 51.4643861°N 0.3060194°W / 51.4643861; -0.3060194
Area147 hectares (360 acres)

Old Deer Park is an area of open space within Richmond, owned by the Crown Estate, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. It covers 147 hectares (360 acres) of which 90.4 hectares (220 acres) are leased as sports grounds for sports, particularly rugby and golf.[1][2] Despite the name, there are now no deer in the park.

  1. ^ Wilkie, Kim (2000). "Old Deer Park Landscape Strategy". Archived from the original on 11 March 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2006.
  2. ^ "Kew" (PDF). London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2010.

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