Richmond upon Thames

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is an borough formed in 1965 from the merger of three older boroughs. These were the Municipal Borough of Richmond and the Municipal Borough of Barnes, situated south of the Thames which was, until 1965, part of , and the Municipal Borough of Twickenham on the northern, bank of the Thames.
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  • Type: Locality with 196,000 residents
  • Description: borough in the London Region in England
  • Also known as: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames” and “Richmond upon Thames (unparished area)

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bushy Park and Hampton Court railway station.

Park
Photo: Ojw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is the second largest of London's Royal Parks, at 445 hectares in area, after . The park, most of which is open to the public, is immediately north of and and is a few minutes' walk from the west side of .

Railway station
is a suburban terminus station at East Molesey, in the Borough of Elmbridge in the county of , 100 yards short of , the midpoint of which is a boundary of .

Theater building
The is a theatre on Kingston High Street in the in London, England. The theatre seats 822 around a wide, thrust stage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thames Ditton and Richmond-Kew.

Photo: Gavin Wilson, Public domain.
is a large suburban village on the , in the Elmbridge borough of , England. Apart from a large inhabited in the river, it lies on the southern bank, centred 12.2 miles south-west of in central London.

is a district in south-west . This is perhaps the area of outer London with the most to offer visitors.

Suburb
is a suburban neighbourhood in South West , within the . It is next to the , 11 miles southwest of Charing Cross.

Richmond upon Thames

Latitude
51.4167° or 51° 25′ north
Longitude
-0.3333° or 0° 20′ west
Population
196,000
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Abbreviation
“RIC”
United Nations Location Code
GB RCU
Open location code
9C3XCM88+MM
Geo­Names ID
3333187
Wiki­data ID
Q32515
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Richmond upon Thames” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ريتشمون، إنكلترا
  • Arabic: ريتشموند على نهر التايمز
  • Arabic: ريتشموند
  • Armenian: Թեմզայի Ռիչմոնդ
  • Armenian: Ռիչմոնդ ափոն Թեմզա
  • Azerbaijani: Riçmond-apon-Tems
  • Balinese: Richmond upon Thames (borough London)
  • Balinese: Richmond upon Thames
  • Basque: Richmond upon Thames
  • Belarusian: Рычманд на Тэмзе
  • Belarusian: Рычманд-апан-Тэмс
  • Belarusian: Рычманд-апон-Тэмз
  • Belarusian: Рычманд-на-Тэмзе
  • Catalan: Richmond upon Thames
  • Cebuano: Richmond upon Thames
  • Chinese: Richmond upon Thames
  • Chinese: 列治文區
  • Chinese: 泰晤士河畔列治文
  • Chinese: 泰晤士河畔列治文區
  • Chinese: 泰晤士河畔里士滿
  • Chinese: 泰晤士河畔里士滿區
  • Chinese: 泰晤士河畔里奇蒙
  • Chinese: 泰晤士河畔里奇蒙倫敦自治市
  • Chinese: 里士滿區
  • Chinese: 里奇蒙區
  • Czech: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Czech: Richmond upon Thames
  • Czech: Richmond
  • Danish: Richmond upon Thames
  • Dutch: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Dutch: Richmond upon Thames
  • Dutch: Richmond
  • Egyptian Arabic: ريتشموند اپون تيمز
  • Esperanto: Richmond ĉe la Tamizo
  • Esperanto: Richmond upon Thames
  • Finnish: Richmond upon Thames
  • Finnish: Richmond
  • French: borough londonien de Richmond upon Thames
  • French: Borough londonien de Richmond upon Thames
  • French: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Galician: Richmond upon Thames
  • German: Fullwell Park
  • German: GB-RIC
  • German: Hampton Wick
  • German: Hampton
  • German: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • German: Mortlake
  • German: Petersham
  • German: Richmond upon Thames
  • German: Richmond
  • German: Teddington
  • German: Twickenham
  • German: Whitton
  • Greek: Ρίτσμοντ
  • Hebrew: רובע לונדון של ריצ’מונד שעל התמזה
  • Hebrew: רובע ריצ’מונד שעל התמזה של העיר לונדון
  • Hebrew: רובע ריצ’מונד שעל התמזה
  • Hebrew: ריצ’מונד שעל התמזה
  • Hindi: रिचमंड अपॉन टेम्स बरो
  • Hungarian: Richmond upon Thames kerület
  • Icelandic: Richmond upon Thames
  • Irish: Buirg Londan Richmond ar Tamais
  • Italian: borgo londinese di Richmond upon Thames
  • Italian: Richmond upon Thames
  • Japanese: リッチモンド・アポン・テムズ・ロンドン特別区
  • Japanese: リッチモンド・アポン・テムズ区
  • Korean: 리치먼드어폰템스구
  • Latin: Richmondia (burgus Londiniensis)
  • Latin: Richmondia
  • Latvian: Ričmonda pie Temzas
  • Macedonian: Ричмонд на Темза
  • Marathi: रिचमंड अपॉन थेम्स
  • Min Nan Chinese: Richmond upon Thames
  • Northern Frisian: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Richmond upon Thames
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Norwegian: Richmond upon Thames
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Sceon on Temes
  • Ossetian: Ричмонд-апон-Темс
  • Persian: منطقه ریچموند آپون تیمز لندن
  • Polish: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Polish: Richmond upon Thames
  • Portuguese: Richmond upon Thames
  • Quechua: Richmond upon Thames
  • Romanian: Burgul londonez Richmond upon Thames
  • Romanian: Richmond upon Thames
  • Russian: Ричмонд-апон-Темс
  • Scots: Richmond upon Thames
  • Serbian: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Serbian: Лондонска општина Ричмонд на Темзи
  • Serbo-Croatian: Richmond upon Thames
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ričmond na Temzi
  • Slovenian: Richmond upon Thames
  • Slovenian: Richmond
  • South Azerbaijani: ریچموند آپون تیمز لندن منطقه‌سی
  • Spanish: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Spanish: Richmond upon Thames
  • Swedish: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Swedish: Richmond upon Thames
  • Swedish: Richmond-upon-Thames
  • Tajik: Ноҳияи Ричмонд бар Темза
  • Tajik: Ричмонд апон Темз
  • Turkish: Richmond upon Thames
  • Ukrainian: Ричмонд-апон-Темс
  • Ukrainian: Річмонд-на-Темзі
  • Urdu: رچمنڈ اپون تھیمز بورو
  • Urdu: لندن بورو رچمنڈ اپون ٹیمز
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Llundain Richmond upon Thames
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Llundain, Richmond upon Thames
  • Welsh: Richmond upon Thames
  • Yiddish: לאנדאנער בארא פון ריטשמאנד אויפן טעמז

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