Old Deer Park

Old Deer Park is an area of open space within Richmond-upon-Thames, England, and is 90.37 hectares (223.3 acres) in extent. The park is bounded generally by the River Thames to the west, Kew Gardens to the north, and urban areas of Richmond town to the east and south. Owned by the Crown Estate, the park forms part of a larger historic landscape stretching from Richmond to Kew and across the river to Isleworth. The majority of Old Deer Park is occupied by the Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club, and this has been so since the late nineteenth century. Within the club's boundaries are two eighteen-hole courses, plus a separate area within which lies the Grade I listed Kew Observatory, established by King George III in 1769. To the SW of the...