Profile of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

The borough covers an area of 5,095 hectares (14,591 acres) in southwest London and is the only London borough spanning both sides of the Thames, with river frontage of 21 1/2 miles.

There are about a dozen towns and villages, although more than a third of its land is open space (including Richmond Park, Bushy Park and Kew Gardens).

The full version of the borough profile(pdf, 136KB).