Site details:
| Barn Elms Playing Fields |
Richmond |
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Barn Elms Playing Fields were formerly part of Church lands belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The manor house, Barn Elms, was once the mansion of Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth, which was destroyed by fire and demolished in 1949. In the 1770s the formal lake was enlarged into a serpentine shape. Some large plane trees date from the late C17th landscape, but otherwise all that remains is the ornamental pond, the ice house on an artificial mound, and a lodge and avenue in Lower Richmond Road. The grounds were acquired for playing fields in 1949. |
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| Site location: |
Queen Elizabeth Walk/Rocks Lane, Barnes |
| Postcode: |
SW13 |
| Type of site: |
Public Park |
| Date(s): |
C17th; 1949 |
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| Borough: |
Richmond |
| Site ownership: |
LB Richmond |
| Site management: |
Environment Planning & Review, Parks and Open Spaces |
| Open to public? |
Yes |
| Opening times: |
Mon - Sat: 7.30am - dusk/Sun & Bank Hols: 9am - dusk |
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| Facilities: |
Sports pitches, fishing lake, athletics track, tennis courts, toilets |
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| Public transport: |
Rail: Barnes. Tube: Hammersmith (District, Hammersmith & City, Piccadilly) then bus. Bus 33, 72, 485 |
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The information shown above was correct at the time of the last update 01/04/2010
Please check with the site owner or manager for latest news. www.richmond.gov.uk/parks_and_open_spaces
