Richmond Park

955 hectares, around 2,500 acres, created by Charles I in the 1630s as a deer park and now a National Nature Reserve. Red and fallow deer still roam freely across grassland and ancient oaks, and the terrain rolls rather than sits flat: a survey pillar inside the park is set at 56 metres. Restoration work here has been funded by The Royal Parks charity with habitat resilience in mind.

Category: Nature & Outdoors

Tags: royal-park, largest, deer, national-nature-reserve, ancient-oaks

Coordinates: 51.4450479, -0.294078

Part of The Royal Parks of London

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