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FURTHER AFIELD

Many of the great houses originally built as time, but there are others that have become
country retreats for London’s high and mighty interesting, often eclectic museums and
were overrun by sprawling suburbs in the galleries. For a green escape from the city,
Victorian era. Grandest of the survivors is try Richmond Park, or Kew Gardens, with its
Hampton Court, a royal palace since Henry VIII’s unrivalled international collection of plants.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets and Buildings Markets Churches and Temples
5 Alexandra Palace 2 Camden Market 4 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
9 Sutton House Museums and Galleries q St Mary, Rotherhithe
p Charlton House 3 Freud Museum w St Anne’s, Limehouse
a Eltham Palace 6 The Jewish Museum g St Mary’s, Battersea
l Hampton Court pp260–63 8 Geffrye Museum Historic Districts
z Ham House 0 V&A Museum of Childhood 7 Islington
x Orleans House Gallery r Museum of London Docklands v Richmond
c Marble Hill House y William Morris Gallery
b Syon House s Horniman Museum Modern Technology
m Osterley Park House d Dulwich Picture Gallery u Emirates Air Line Cable Car
, Pitzhanger Manor House and i Thames Barrier
Gallery h Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Sports Grounds
Museum
! Strand on the Green j Wimbledon Windmill Museum 1 Lord’s Cricket Ground
@ Chiswick House n Musical Museum e Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
$ Fulham Palace . London Museum of Water & pp254–5
Modern Architecture Steam Key
t Canary Wharf £ Hogarth’s House
o The O2 Arena Parks and Gardens Main sightseeing areas
% Chelsea Harbour Motorway
f Battersea Park
k Richmond Park Main road
0 kilometres 5
/ Kew Gardens pp266–7 Minor road
0 miles 3
A406 Tottenham M11
A1 Walthamstow
Harrow Highgate
A11 A406
A41
M1
Hampstead Hackney
Wembley
A10 Stratford
A406
A40
Willesden West
Greenford Bow Ham
CENTRAL A13
Acton LONDON
Ealing Thames
M4 Brentford Docklands Charlton
Fulham Kennington A2 Greenwich A205
A315 Putney Peckham
Twickenham A205 Clapham Eltham A2
A316 Ham Dulwich A205 Catford A20
A308 Wimbledon Streatham
Crystal A21
Palace
A3
A23
Kingston
Thames A24 Mitcham Bromley
All the sights in this section lie inside the M25 motorway (see pp14–15).
Red deer, frequently spotted in Richmond Park For keys to symbols see back flap

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