London Borough of Richmond upon Thames - Definition and Overview

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Shown within Greater London
Geography
Status:	London borough
Area: - Total	Ranked 290th 57.41 km²
ONS code:	00BD
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 84th 174,449 3,039 / km²
Ethnicity:	91.0% White 3.9% S.Asian
Politics
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council http://www.richmond.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Vincent Cable, Jenny Tonge
London Assembly: - Member	South West London - Tony Arbour

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is a London borough in southwest London. Unusually for a London borough, it straddles the River Thames. It is home to Bushy Park and the National Physical Laboratory.

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Middlesex borough of Twickenham with the Surrey boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Barnes.

It includes the areas:

• Barnes
• Castelnau
• East Sheen
• Ham
• Hampton
• Hampton Hill
• Hampton Wick
• Kew
• Mortlake
• North Sheen
• Petersham
• Richmond upon Thames
• St. Margarets
• Strawberry Hill
• Teddington
• Twickenham
• Whitton

Schools

• Grey Court School

External links

• Richmond Council (http://www.richmond.gov.uk/)

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