Exploring Britain - Emma and Kan Explore the UK: Richmond and Richmond Park

Richmond park is the largest park in London, and is classed as a National Nature Reserve in the UK. Richmond Park is located in Southwest London, a few min walking distance from the town of Richmond, see below map for location.

Richmond，它擁有倫敦最大的公園 - Richmond Park
它曾是英國從前的某位皇宮貴族打獵用地，裡面的一切，大多是純天然而非後天人為栽種而成。

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The park has a lot of famous landmarks, however one thing that does really draw me to the park are its horned inhabitants. Declared as a deer park by King Charles I in 1634 Richmond Park is now home to around 630 deer of two varieties, the larger Red Deer and the smaller Fallow Deer.

They make Richmond a great place for Photographers, as you will see in a few of the pictures below.

Richmond park is open for motor traffic and makes for a good drive, traffic is only allowed into the park during daylight hours, however pedestrian and cyclists are allowed access to the park 24 hours a day.

Richmond Park is a great location for dawn and dusk photography, specially around the grass plains and the ponds.

The park also contains ten grade two listed properties, and some good viewing points of the city of London. The most notable is King Henry's Mound, named after King Henry the Eight of England. It is the highest point in the park and has a view protected view of St Pauls Cathedral, which is located 10 miles east of the park.

The park also offers a great view point of the city of London, and many locals do gather around the area known as Richmond hill to watch the new year fireworks in the city.

Here is a link to the detailed Map of Richmond Park - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond-park/map-of-richmond-park

它不在倫敦市中心，不過郤是遊客最少，也是我最喜愛的公園
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