Gorse Enclosure

Gorse Enclosure is a heath in Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England. Gorse Enclosure is situated nearby to the deciduous forest Hawthorn Enclosure, as well as near the forest Conduit Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Richmond Park and Richmond & East Sheen Cemeteries.

Richmond Park

Park

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Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the largest of London's Royal Parks and is of national and international importance for wildlife conservation.

Richmond & East Sheen Cemeteries

Cemetery

Photo: HJ Mitchell, CC BY 4.0.

Richmond Cemetery is a cemetery on Lower Grove Road in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. It opened in 1786 on a plot of land granted by an Act of Parliament the previous year. Richmond & East Sheen Cemeteries is situated 2,800 feet north of Gorse Enclosure.

King Henry’s Mound

Scenic viewpoint

Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the largest of London's Royal Parks and is of national and international importance for wildlife conservation. King Henry’s Mound is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Gorse Enclosure.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petersham and Richmond.

Petersham

Suburb

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Petersham is a village in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the east of the bend in the River Thames south of Richmond, which it shares with neighbouring Ham.

Richmond

Town

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Richmond is a town in south-west London, 8.2 miles west-southwest of Charing Cross. It stands on the River Thames, and features many parks and open spaces, including Richmond Park, and many protected conservation areas, which include much of Richmond Hill.

East Sheen

Suburb

Photo: Richard Howell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Sheen, also known as Sheen, is a suburb in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its long high street has shops, offices, restaurants, cafés, pubs and suburban supermarkets and is also the economic hub for Mortlake of which East Sheen was once a manor.

Gorse Enclosure

Type: Heath
Location: Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.45114° or 51° 27′ 4″ north

Longitude

-0.28526° or 0° 17′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C3XFP27+FV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 324169131

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=heath

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gorse Enclosure and Hawthorn Enclosure.

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