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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

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| official_name = London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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The '''London Borough of Richmond upon Thames''' ({{audio|En-uk-LBRichmond.ogg|pronunciation}}) is an [[Outer London]] borough formed in 1965 from the merger of three older boroughs. These were the [[Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey)|Municipal Borough of Richmond]] and the [[Municipal Borough of Barnes]], situated south of the Thames which was, until 1965, part of [[Surrey]], and the [[Municipal Borough of Twickenham]] on the northern, [[Middlesex]] bank of the Thames. In this way it is the only London borough to straddle the [[River Thames]].

The population is 198,019 and the major communities are [[Barnes, London|Barnes]], [[East Sheen]], [[Mortlake]], [[Kew]], [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], [[Twickenham]], [[Teddington]] and [[Hampton, London|Hampton]].

The borough includes [[Richmond Park]], the largest park in London, along with the [[National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)|National Physical Laboratory]] and [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]. [[Kew Gardens]], [[Hampton Court Palace]], [[Twickenham Stadium]] and the [[WWT London Wetlands Centre]] are within its boundaries and draw domestic and [[international tourism]]. In 2023, the borough was ranked first in [[Rightmove]]'s ''Happy at Home'' index, making it the "happiest place to live in Great Britain"; the first time a London borough has taken the top spot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Starkie |first=Emma |date=2023-12-06 |title=Where are the 10 happiest places to live in Great Britain? |url=https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/articles/property-news/happy-at-home-survey-2023/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Property blog |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Block |first=India |date=2023-12-06 |title=Revealed: the London borough named UK's happiest place to live |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/where-to-live/richmond-happiest-place-rightmove-happy-at-home-index-2023-b1124972.html |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames was established in 1965 as a result of the [[London Government Act 1963]]. The new borough was created by the merger of three boroughs. These were the [[Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey)|Municipal Borough of Richmond]] and the [[Municipal Borough of Barnes]], situated south of the Thames which was, until 1965, part of [[Surrey]] - and the [[Municipal Borough of Twickenham]] on the northern, [[Middlesex]] bank of the Thames. In this way it is the only London borough to straddle the [[River Thames]].<ref>{{cite book | first=Frederic |last=Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England | volume=I: Southern England | year=1979 | publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] | location=London | isbn=0-901050-67-9}}</ref>

The [[Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey)|Municipal Borough of Richmond]] was created in 1890.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26049|page=2681|date=9 May 1890}}</ref> It was enlarged in 1892 to include [[Kew]], [[Petersham, London|Petersham]] and [[North Sheen]], and again in 1933 to include [[Ham, London|Ham]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Richmond Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10025618 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref> The [[Municipal Borough of Barnes]] was established in 1894 and the [[Municipal Borough of Twickenham]] in 1926.

The area of these three boroughs was transferred to the new [[Greater London]], to become one of its 32 London boroughs. The larger new borough was named 'Richmond upon Thames' rather than just Richmond as the old borough had been. Minor boundary changes have occurred since its creation. The most significant amendments were made in 1994 and 1995, when areas of Richmond Park were transferred from the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]] and the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1208/contents/made|title=The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993|publisher=legislation.gov.uk|access-date=30 October 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
{{see also|Richmond upon Thames parks and open spaces}}
[[File:Hampton Court RJL.JPG|thumb|left|[[Hampton Court Palace]]]]
The borough is approximately half parkland, with notable parks including [[Richmond Park]], [[Bushy Park]], [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|Kew Gardens]], [[Old Deer Park]] and [[Hampton Court Park]]. There are over 100 parks and open spaces in the borough and {{convert|21|mi|km}} of river frontage. 140 hectares within the borough are designated as part of the [[Metropolitan Green Belt]].

The predominant other land use is residential with most businesses within the borough consisting of retail, property improvement/development and professional services. Parts of the borough, including [[Barnes (London suburb)|Barnes]], [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], [[St Margarets, London|St Margarets]], Cambridge Park and [[Marble Hill Park|Marble Hill]], some areas of Twickenham and much of [[East Sheen]] rival [[Stanmore|Stanmore Hill]] and [[Kenley]] as the highest house-price districts and neighbourhoods in [[Outer London]].

[[File:Isabella Plantation, Richmond Park, London - April 2011.jpg|thumb|left|[[Isabella Plantation]], [[Richmond Park]]]]
The borough is home to the [[National Physical Laboratory, UK|National Physical Laboratory]] and the attractions of [[Hampton Court Palace]], [[Twickenham Stadium]] and the [[WWT London Wetlands Centre]] that draw domestic and international tourism.

The River Thames becomes narrower than at any part of Inner London towards its flow into the borough and becomes non-tidal at [[Teddington Lock]] in the borough; its main axis runs south to north, rather than west to east through more than half of the borough.<ref name=os>[https://archive.today/20131104182711/http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ1671 Grid square map] [[Ordnance survey]] website</ref>

[[File:Douglas House - geograph.org.uk - 1176148.jpg|thumb|left|[[Douglas House, Petersham|Douglas House]] in [[Petersham, London|Petersham]], which houses the [[German School London]]]]
London's German business and expatriate community is centred on this borough, which houses the [[German School London]] (DSL) and most of the capital's German expatriates.<ref name=Moore>Moore, Fiona. "The German School in London, UK: Fostering the Next Generation of National Cosmopolitans?" (Chapter 4). In: Coles, Anne and Anne-Meike Fechter. ''Gender and Family Among Transnational Professionals'' (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place). [[Routledge]], 6 August 2012. {{ISBN|1134156200}}; {{ISBN|9781134156207}}.</ref>

===Climate===
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| metric first = yes
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| location = [[Kew Gardens]] (1991–2020)
| Jan high C = 8.6
| Feb high C = 9.2
| Mar high C = 11.9
| Apr high C = 15.1
| May high C = 18.4
| Jun high C = 21.4
| Jul high C = 23.8
| Aug high C = 23.4
| Sep high C = 20.3
| Oct high C = 16.0
| Nov high C = 11.6
| Dec high C = 8.9
| year high C = 15.7
| Jan low C = 2.0
| Feb low C = 2.0
| Mar low C = 3.5
| Apr low C = 5.1
| May low C = 8.2
| Jun low C = 11.0
| Jul low C = 13.2
| Aug low C = 13.0
| Sep low C = 10.5
| Oct low C = 7.8
| Nov low C = 4.3
| Dec low C = 2.3
| year low C = 6.9
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 59.9
| Feb rain mm = 45.4
| Mar rain mm = 39.0
| Apr rain mm = 43.6
| May rain mm = 44.6
| Jun rain mm = 49.7
| Jul rain mm = 45.2
| Aug rain mm = 55.1
| Sep rain mm = 51.9
| Oct rain mm = 67.9
| Nov rain mm = 66.0
| Dec rain mm = 59.2
| year rain mm = 627.5
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| Feb rain days = 9.9
| Mar rain days = 8.9
| Apr rain days = 8.6
| May rain days = 8.3
| Jun rain days = 8.5
| Jul rain days = 7.6
| Aug rain days = 8.4
| Sep rain days = 8.4
| Oct rain days = 10.9
| Nov rain days = 11.3
| Dec rain days = 11.2
| year rain days = 113.8
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| Apr sun = 181.0
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| Jul sun = 221.9
| Aug sun = 206.5
| Sep sun = 152.0
| Oct sun = 117.4
| Nov sun = 69.7
| Dec sun = 52.7
| year sun = 1693.2
| source 1 = [[Met Office]]<ref name="MetOffice">{{cite web
|url = https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcpuckhb6
|title = Kew Gardens (Greater London) UK climate averages - Met Office
|publisher = Met Office
|access-date = July 5, 2024}}</ref>
}}

===List of neighbourhoods===
The local authority divides the borough into fourteen loosely bounded neighbourhoods, or "villages".<ref name="VillagePlans">{{cite web |title=Village Plans |url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/village_plans |publisher=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |access-date=6 December 2018 |archive-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207045651/https://www.richmond.gov.uk/village_plans |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="VillagePlanFAQs">{{cite web |title=Village Planning explained |url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/myvillage/village_plans/village_plan_faqs |publisher=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |access-date=6 December 2018 |archive-date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235220/https://www.richmond.gov.uk/myvillage/village_plans/village_plan_faqs |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some of the neighbourhoods have the same name as their associated political ward, but the boundaries are not officially aligned.<ref name="VillagePlanFAQs" /> There is also no direct alignment between these areas and postcode districts, which tend to cover much broader areas, crossing the borough boundaries. There are four [[post towns]] based in the borough: [[Hampton, London|Hampton]], [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], [[Teddington]] and [[Twickenham]]. Parts of the borough come under the [[London postal district|London post town]], including [[Barnes, London|Barnes]] and [[Mortlake]], and there are several other peripheral parts of post towns based in neighbouring boroughs which straddle the administrative boundary. Although most addresses in the borough have [[TW postcode area|TW postcodes]], some have [[SW postcode area|SW]] and [[KT postcode area|KT]] postcodes.<ref name="LBRuTPostcodes">{{cite web |title=Postcodes in Richmond upon Thames |url=https://www.doogal.co.uk/AdministrativeAreas.php?district=E09000027 |publisher=Doogal |access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref>

{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Neighbourhood or "village"
!Associated postal districts
!Associated political wards
!Sub-areas
|-
|[[Barnes, London|Barnes]]
|London SW13
|Barnes; Mortlake and Barnes Common
|[[Castelnau, London|Castelnau]], [[Barnes Common]], [[Barnes Railway Bridge|Barnes Bridge]], [[Barnes, London|Barnes Village]]
|-
|[[East Sheen]]
|London SW14, London SW15, Richmond TW10
|East Sheen
|[[Richmond Park]]

|-
|Ham and Petersham
|Kingston KT2, Richmond TW10
|Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside
|[[Ham, London|Ham]], [[Petersham, London|Petersham]]

|-
|[[Hampton, London|Hampton]]
|Hampton TW12, East Molesey KT8
|Hampton; Hampton North
|
|-
|[[Hampton Hill]]
|Teddington TW11, Hampton TW12
|Fulwell and Hampton Hill
|[[Fulwell, London|Fulwell]]

|-
|[[Hampton Wick]]
|Kingston KT1, Teddington TW11
|Hampton Wick
|
|-
|[[Kew]]
|Richmond TW9, Richmond TW10, London SW14
|Kew
|[[Kew Green]], [[Kew Bridge]]

|-
|[[Mortlake]]
|London SW15, London SW14
|Mortlake and Barnes Common
|[[Chiswick Bridge]]
|-
|North Twickenham and East Whitton
|Twickenham TW1, Twickenham TW2, Hounslow TW3
|St Margarets and North Twickenham; [[Whitton, London|Whitton]]
|Cole Park, Stadium Village
|-
|Richmond and Richmond Hill
|Richmond TW9, Richmond TW10
|South Richmond; North Richmond
|
|-
|[[Strawberry Hill, London|Strawberry Hill]]
|Twickenham TW1
|South Twickenham; Teddington
|
|-
|St Margarets and East Twickenham
|Twickenham TW1, Twickenham TW2, Isleworth TW7
|St Margarets
|[[St Margarets, London|St Margarets]]

|-
|[[Teddington]]
|Teddington, TW11
|Teddington
|[[Fulwell, London|Fulwell]]

|-
|Twickenham
|Twickenham TW1, Twickenham TW2
|Twickenham Riverside; South Twickenham; West Twickenham
|Twickenham Green, [[Fulwell, London|Fulwell]]

|-
|Whitton and Heathfield
|Twickenham TW2, Whitton, Hounslow TW3 & TW4, Isleworth TW7
|Whitton; Heathfield
|[[Whitton, London|Whitton]], Heathfield
|}
[[File:View from Richmond Hill Surrey 01.jpg|thumb|A view from [[Richmond Hill, London|Richmond Hill]] over the Terrace Gardens]]
[[File:cmglee_London_Richmond_aerial.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Richmond and East Twickenham from the north, August 2015]]

==Governance==
{{main|Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council}}
[[File:Twickenham, York House, front.jpg|thumb|left|[[York House, Twickenham]]: the Council's meeting place]]
The council meets at [[York House, Twickenham|York House]] in Twickenham and has its main offices at the adjoining Civic Centre at 44 York Street.<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar |url=https://cabnet.richmond.gov.uk/mgCalendarAgendaView.aspx?MR=0&M=4&DD=2024&CID=0&OT=&C=-1&D=27 |website=Richmond Council |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/contacting_the_council|title=Contacting the Council|publisher=London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>

===Greater London representation===
Since 2000, for elections to the [[London Assembly]], the borough forms part of the [[South West (London Assembly constituency)|South West]] constituency, currently represented by the AM [[Gareth Roberts (politician)|Gareth Roberts]].

===Parliamentary representation===
The borough is split between three [[United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituencies]]. The entire portion of the borough south of the [[River Thames]] is included in the [[Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond Park constituency]], which also contains some of the northern [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]] of the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|borough of Kingston]].

Most of the portion of the borough north of the river forms the constituency of [[Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Twickenham]], which does not contain wards from any other borough. However, since the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], the borough's northernmost ward on this side of the Thames, [[Whitton, London|Whitton]], has instead been included in the constituency of [[Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Brentford and Isleworth]], the remainder of which consists of wards from the [[London Borough of Hounslow]].

Prior to the 2024 election, the entirety of the borough north of the Thames had formed the entirety of the Twickenham constituency since [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]].

{| {{Table}}
! [[United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|Constituency]]!! [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] !![[List of political parties in the United Kingdom|Political affiliation]]!![[List of United Kingdom general elections|Elected]]
|-
! [[Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond Park]]
| [[Sarah Olney]]
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
| [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]
|-
! [[Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Twickenham]]
| [[Munira Wilson]]
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
| [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]
|-
! [[Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Brentford and Isleworth]]
| [[Ruth Cadbury]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
| [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]
|}

==Demography==
[[File:Richmond upon Thames population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of the Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]
In 2006, research commissioned by a [[HBOS|major mortgage lender]] found that, on the quantitative statistical indices used, the borough had the best quality of life in London and was in the top quarter of local authorities nationwide. A neighbouring authority in [[Surrey]] achieved the best quality of life in that report.<ref name="Womack">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1526150/Welcome-to-Elmbridge-where-the-sun-shines-on-the-locals.htm | title=Report on the quality of life around Britain | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=12 August 2006 | access-date=9 March 2014 | author=Womack, Sarah}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Richmond is one of London's wealthiest boroughs on many measures. It has the lowest rates of poverty, child poverty, low pay, child obesity and adults without level 3 qualifications of any London borough, according to a 2017 research project by [[Trust for London]].<ref>{{cite web |title=London's Poverty Profile |url=https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/data/boroughs/richmond-upon-thames-poverty-and-inequality-indicators/ |website=Trust for London |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref>

Demography is a diverse picture as in all of London: each district should be looked at separately and even those do not reflect all neighbourhoods. Whatever generalisations are used, "the fine-grained texture of London poverty" by its minutely localised geography must always be taken into account according to an influential poverty report of 2010.<ref name=lpp>[http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/about/an-overview-of-londons-borough/ London's Poverty Profile] [https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk Trust for London] and New Policy Institute, 2010</ref> Richmond upon Thames has the lowest [[child poverty]] rates in London at 20%<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpag.org.uk/campaigns/child-poverty-london/keyfacts|title=Child poverty in London - key facts |publisher=[[Child Poverty Action Group]]|access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> and contains at least one ward with an above-average level (for London) of working-age adults receiving out-of-work benefits but even this borough – reflecting the best result – has two standard poverty indices of sixteen in which it is placed in the worst quarter of boroughs.<ref name=lpp/>

===Ethnicity===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic group
! colspan="12" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1971 estimations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Migration and London's growth |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/74375221.pdf#page=94 |publisher=LSE}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1985 |title=Ethnic minorities in Britain: statistical information on the pattern of settlement |url=https://jstor.org/stable/community.28327806 |journal=Commission for Racial Equality |language=English |pages=Table 2.2|last1= Equality|first1= Commission for Racial}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991 census<ref>{{cite web |title=1991 census – theme tables |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |access-date=20 January 2017 |publisher=NOMIS |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930205650/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/submit.asp?forward=yes&menuopt=201&subcomp= |title=KS006 – Ethnic group |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS201EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |title=Ethnic Group by measures |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/d2f0a39a-75b6-4995-b4bd-a5b68ff79027#get-data |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!–
!97.8%
!148,135
!95.5%
!151,919
!94.5%!! 156,785 !! 91% !! 160,725 !! 85.5%
!157,111
!80.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 135,665 ||78.8% || 133,582 || 71.4%
|123,093
|63.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 4,805 || % || 4,766 || 2.5%
|4,866
|2.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 95 || 0.05%
|85
|0.0%
|-
|White: Roma
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|400
|0.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 16,325 ||9.5% || 22,282 || 11.9%
|28,667
|14.7%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!1,221
!0.75%!! 1,614 !! 0.93% !! 2,816 !! 1.3%
!3,687
!2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|355
| || 829 || % || 1,643 || 0.8%
|2,260
|1.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|553
| || 643 || % || 840 || 0.4%
|936
|0.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|313
| || 124 || % || 333 || 0.1%
|491
|0.3%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!5,711
!3.5%!! 7,968 !! 4.6% !! 13,607 !! 7.0%
!17,467
!9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2622
|1.63%|| 4,232 || % || 5,202 || 2.7%
|7236
|3.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|353
| || 664 || % || 1,163 || 0.6%
|1749
|0.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|322
| || 662 || % || 867 || 0.4%
|916
|0.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|866
| || 1,299 || % || 1,753 || 0.9%
|2777
|1.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1548
|0.96%|| 1,151 || % || 4,622 || 2.4%
|4789
|2.5%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–!! 3,797 !! 2.2% !! 6,780 !! 3.4%
!10,662
!5.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 670 || % || 1,250 || 0.6%
|1654
|0.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 443 || % || 731 || 0.3%
|1205
|0.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,530 || % || 2,857 || 1.5%
|4238
|2.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,154 || % || 1,942 || 1.0%
|3565
|1.8%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Other: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!1881
!1.17%!! 2,171 !! 1.25% !! 3,062 !! 1.6%
!6,350
!3.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 1,172 || 0.6%
|1,721
|0.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1881
|1.17%|| 2,171 ||1.25% || 1,890 || 1.0%
|4,629
|2.4%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total
!–
!2.2%
!7,026
!4.5%
!8,813
!5.42%!! 15,550 !! 9% !! 26,265 !! 14.2%
!38,166
!19.6%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Total
!–
!100%
!155,161
!100%
!160,732
!100%!! 172,335 !! 100.00% !! 186,990 !! 100.00%
!195,277
!100%
|}

{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| percentages =
| 1801 |14560
| 1811 |16748
| 1821 |19908
| 1831 |22752
| 1841 |25224
| 1851 |28769
| 1861 |40194
| 1871 |51619
| 1881 |63045
| 1891 |79854
| 1901 |103720
| 1911 |134729
| 1921 |152968
| 1931 |173683
| 1941 |187420
| 1951 |202246
| 1961 |187923
| 1971 |174640
| 1981 |157298
| 1991 |164235
| 2001 |172327
| 2011 |186990
| 2021 |195200
|footnote=Note:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10057346&c_id=10001043&add=N|title=Richmond: Total Population |access-date=6 September 2011 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project }}</ref>
}}

===Coat of arms===
The borough's history is reflected in the [[coat of arms]], which was officially granted on 7 May 1966. It is: ''Ermine a [[portcullis]] or within a bordure gules charged with eight fleurs-de-lis or''. The crest is: ''On a wreath argent and gules out of a mural crown gules a [[swan]] rousant argent in beak a branch of climbing red [[rose]]s leaved and entwined about the neck proper.'' The supporters are: ''On either side a [[griffin]] gules, armed and beaked azure, each supporting an [[oar]] proper, the blade of the dexter dark blue and that of the sinister light blue.'' The portcullis was taken from the arms of the [[Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey)|Municipal Borough of Richmond]]; the swan crest, from the arms of the [[Municipal Borough of Twickenham]]; and the [[griffin]] supporters and shield from the arms of the [[Municipal Borough of Barnes]]. Red, gold and [[Ermine (heraldry)|ermine]] are the royal livery colours, reflecting Richmond's royal history. The swan represents the River Thames, which flows through the borough. The oars are from the [[Oxford University Boat Club]] and the [[Cambridge University Boat Club]], reflecting the fact that the [[The Boat Race|Boat Race]] between the two universities ends at Mortlake in the borough.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richmond upon Thames|url=http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Richmond_upon_Thames|publisher=Heraldry of the World|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Teddington Station.jpg|thumb|[[Teddington railway station]]]]

=== Aviation ===
[[London Heathrow Airport]] is located a short distance west, in the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]].

===Buses===
The borough is served by many [[Transport for London]] bus routes.

===Rail services===
[[File:Richmond Station.jpg|thumb|Richmond, also known as Richmond (London), is a National Rail station on the Waterloo to Reading and North London Lines.]] The borough is connected to [[central London]] and [[Reading railway station|Reading]] by the [[National Rail]] services of the [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]].

Richmond upon Thames is not very well served by the [[London Underground]] compared with other boroughs in West London. Two stations, served by the [[District line]], are located towards the borough's northeastern end: [[Richmond station (London)|Richmond]] and [[Kew Gardens station (London)|Kew Gardens]]. Both are also served by [[London Overground]] trains on the [[North London line]], which connects Richmond with inner North London before terminating in Stratford. The southwestern end of the district, encompassing areas such as [[Twickenham]] are served instead by suburban railway services.

The other stations are: [[Barnes railway station|Barnes]]; [[Barnes Bridge railway station|Barnes Bridge]]; [[Fulwell railway station|Fulwell]]; [[Hampton railway station, London|Hampton]]; [[Hampton Wick railway station|Hampton Wick]]; [[Mortlake railway station|Mortlake]]; [[North Sheen railway station|North Sheen]]; [[St Margarets railway station (London)|St Margarets]]; [[Strawberry Hill railway station|Strawberry Hill]]; [[Teddington railway station|Teddington]]; [[Twickenham railway station|Twickenham]] and [[Whitton railway station|Whitton]].

==Education==
{{main|List of schools in Richmond upon Thames}}
Richmond upon Thames is the [[local education authority]] for the borough.

[[Richmond upon Thames College]] opened in 1977 and was the first [[tertiary college]] in Greater London. The borough adopted a tertiary post-16 provision with virtually all 16-19 studies taking place at this college. This system lasted until 2012 when the council approved the creation of [[sixth form]]s in schools. Additionally the council approved the creation of a Catholic secondary school for the first time in the borough.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/9728197.catholic-school-and-sixth-form-plans-get-richmond-council-approval/|title=Catholic School and Sixth Form Plans get Richmond Council approval|date=25 May 2012 |publisher=Richmond and Twickenham Times}}</ref>

==Sport and leisure==
{{main|List of sports clubs in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames}}
[[File:Harlequins celebrating.JPG|thumb|[[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] during the 2005–2006 season]]
[[File:Ham Polo Club from the air.png|thumb|View from a helicopter of [[Ham House]], the [[River Thames]] and [[Ham Polo Club]]]]

The borough has a [[non-League football]] club, [[Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C.]], who play at Beveree Stadium in Hampton. [[Twickenham Stadium]] hosts rugby internationals and the [[Twickenham Stoop]] is home to the [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins Rugby Team]].

[[Richmond F.C.|Richmond Rugby Club]] are also active and share their grounds with [[London Scottish F.C.]] The Richmond Minis is a large youth rugby organisation whilst the Richmond Heavies organise games for more veteran players.

Cricket is played in many locations around the borough including [[Ham Common, London|Ham Common]], [[Richmond Green]] and Kew Green.

The River Thames flows through the borough and a number of sailing and rowing clubs are located along it. Richmond Canoe Club is situation a short distance up river from Richmond Bridge

The borough has a large amount of [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] activity; this includes the [[Horse Rangers Association]] and [[Ham Polo Club]].

Richmond's swimming pools, [[Pools on the Park]], are located in Old Deer Park close to the town centre. The outdoor pool is open in the summer months only. There is also a heated outdoor pool in Hampton.

==Arts and culture==
The [[Twickenham Museum]] is a volunteer-run museum opposite [[St Mary's, Twickenham|St Mary's parish church]].

[[File:Old Town Hall, Richmond, London.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Old Town Hall, Richmond|Old Town Hall]], which now houses Richmond Reference Library, The [[Museum of Richmond]] and the Riverside Gallery]]
The [[Museum of Richmond]], in Richmond's Old [[Town Hall]], close to Richmond Bridge, has displays relating to the history of Richmond, Ham, Petersham and Kew. Its rotating [[exhibition]]s,<ref name="Museum gems">{{cite news | url= http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/726824.print/ | title=Elizabeth I letter among museum gems | work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] | date=7 April 2006 | access-date=1 November 2012 | author=Farquharson, Hannah | location=London}}</ref> education activities and a programme of events cover the whole of the modern borough. The museum's highlights include 16th-century glass from [[Richmond Palace]] and a painting, ''The Terrace and View from Richmond Hill, Surrey'' by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] draughtsman and painter [[Leonard Knyff]] (1650–1722), which is part of the Richmond upon Thames Borough Art Collection.<ref name="Knyff">{{cite web | url=http://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-terrace-and-view-from-richmond-hill-surrey-87353 | title=The Terrace and View from Richmond Hill, Surrey | publisher=[[Art UK]] | access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref>

[[Orleans House Gallery]] in Twickenham displays material from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames' art collection.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | url=http://artuk.org/visit/venues/orleans-house-gallery-4882| title=Orleans House Gallery | publisher=[[Art UK]] | access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref> This includes a portrait of [[James Johnston (Secretary of State)|James Johnston]] by [[Thomas Gibson]], paintings of Orleans House by [[Arthur Vickers (artist)|Arthur Vickers]] and several other artists, and the Burton Collection, which includes artwork, personal effects and photographs of the explorer [[Richard Francis Burton]]. The gallery is also the site of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames' arts service and provides educational workshops<ref name="Orleans Park">{{cite web | url=http://www.orleanspark.richmond.sch.uk/art-and-literacy-at-orleans-house-gallery/249828.html | title= Art and Literacy at Orleans House Gallery | publisher=[[Orleans Park School]] | work=News | date=2015 | access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref> for a wide variety of ages, using the converted stables and coach house as educational spaces.

[[Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare]] in [[Hampton, London|Hampton]] hosts a free Sunday afternoon Shakespeare exhibition from April to October and a series of summer drama, music and exhibitions.<ref>[http://www.garrickstemple.org.uk/ Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare]</ref>

[[File:Richmond Theatre 7392-5HR.jpg|thumb|Richmond Lending Library and [[Richmond Theatre (London)|Richmond Theatre]]]]
Richmond has two theatres. The [[Richmond Theatre (London)|Richmond Theatre]] at the side of Little Green is a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] structure designed by [[Frank Matcham]] and restored and extended by [[Carl Toms]] in 1990. The theatre has a weekly schedule of plays and musicals, usually given by professional touring companies, and pre-[[West End theatre|West End]] shows can sometimes be seen. There is a Christmas and New Year [[pantomime]] tradition and many of Britain's greatest [[music hall]] and pantomime performers{{which|date=October 2025}} have appeared here.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}}

Close to [[Richmond station (London)|Richmond railway station]] is the [[Orange Tree Theatre]] which was founded in 1971 in a room above the Orange Tree [[pub]]. As audience numbers increased there was pressure to find a more accommodating space and, in 1991, the company moved to current premises within a converted primary school. The 172-seat theatre was built specifically as a [[theatre in the round]]. It has acquired a national reputation for the quality of its work for staging new plays, and for discovering undeservedly forgotten old plays and neglected classics.<ref name="Richmond Opera">{{cite web | url=https://www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/about/history | title=History | work=[[Orange Tree Theatre]] | access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref>

Performance group [[Richmond Opera]] rehearse regularly at [[The Vineyard Life Church, Richmond|The Vineyard Centre]].<ref name="Orange Tree">{{cite web | url=https://richmondopera.org.uk/rehearsals/ | title=Rehearsals| date=18 April 2013| work=[[Richmond Opera]] | access-date=7 June 2020}}</ref>

''The Cabbage Patch'' pub on London Road near [[Twickenham railway station]] has, since 1983, been a regular venue for live music on Sunday nights, organised by [[TwickFolk]].<ref name= "Maverick">{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/86898978/Twickfolk-Music-for-the-Folks-Maverick-Magazine|title=TwickFolk: Music for the Folks!|publisher=Maverick|author=Webb, Jela|year= 2008|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref><ref name= "FATEA">{{cite web|url=http://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/twickfolk.html|title=Club Of The Month:TwickFolk|work=FATEA magazine|access-date= 24 August 2011}}</ref>

In 2015, [[Barnes, London]] became home to London's largest dedicated children's book event, the Barnes Children's Literature Festival, which is now the second largest in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barnes Children's Literature Festival|url=https://www.barneskidslitfest.org/|website=barneskidslitfest.org|date=2014|access-date = 18 April 2020}}</ref>

==Twin towns and sister cities==
Richmond upon Thames is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* [[Fontainebleau]], France<ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns|title=British towns twinned with French towns|access-date = 4 July 2016|work=Complete France|publisher=Archant Community Media Ltd}}</ref> (since 1977)<ref name="Twinning"/>
* [[Konstanz]], Germany (since 1983)<ref name="Twinning"/>
* [[Richmond, Virginia]], United States (since 1980)<ref name="Twinning">{{cite web | url=http://www.visitrichmond.co.uk/twinning.aspx | title=Twinning | publisher=VisitRichmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of people from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|London Borough of Richmond upon Thames}}
* [http://www.richmond.gov.uk/ Richmond upon Thames Council]

{{Local government in Richmond upon Thames}}
{{LB Richmond}}
{{London}}
{{Authority control}}
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Mortlake

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'''Mortlake''' is a suburban<ref name="GLA 2002">{{cite book |title=A City of Villages: Promoting a sustainable future for London's suburbs |url=http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/archives/uploads-tr11_villages.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529061141/http://london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/archives/uploads-tr11_villages.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-29 |url-status=live |work=SDS Technical Report 11 |publisher=[[Greater London Authority]] |date=August 2002 |access-date=16 January 2014 |isbn=1-85261-393-9}}</ref> district of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] on the south bank of the [[River Thames]] between [[Kew]] and [[Barnes, London|Barnes]]. Historically it was part of [[Surrey]] and until 1965 was in the [[Municipal Borough of Barnes]]. Its [[Stuart period|Stuart]] and [[Georgian era|Georgian]] history was economically one of [[Malt#Malting|malting]], brewing, farming, [[watermen]] and the [[Mortlake Tapestry Works]] (1617–1704), Britain's most important producer. A London landmark, the former Mortlake Brewery or Stag Brewery, is on the edge of Mortlake.

The [[Waterloo to Reading Line|Waterloo to Reading railway line]] runs through Mortlake, which has a pedestrianised riverside, two riverside [[pubs]] and a [[village green]]. [[The Boat Race]] finishes at Mortlake every March/April.

==Governance==
The area lies within the Mortlake and Barnes Common ward of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. In the [[2018 United Kingdom local elections|2018 local elections]] two [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] and one [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] were elected to represent the ward,<ref>{{cite web |title=Election results for Mortlake and Barnes Common, 3 May 2018 |url=https://cabnet.richmond.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=93&RPID=505319145 |website=Richmond.gov.uk |date=3 May 2018 |access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref> with two Liberal Democrats and one [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] elected in [[2022 United Kingdom local elections|2022]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Election results for Mortlake and Barnes Common, 5 May 2022 |website=Richmond.gov.uk |url=https://cabnet.richmond.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=117&RPID=528289517 |date=5 May 2022 |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref> The ward is part of the [[Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond Park]] parliamentary constituency, and the [[South West (London Assembly constituency)|South West]] constituency in the [[London Assembly]].<ref>{{cite report|title=Fifth periodical report|volume=3 Mapping for the London Boroughs and the Metropolitan Counties |page=62|url=http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_iii.asp|date=5 February 2007|publisher=[[Boundary Commission for England]]|format=PDF|isbn=978-0101703222|access-date=7 May 2010|archive-date=14 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414044414/http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_iii.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Temple of British Worthies Sir John Barnard.jpg|thumb|This is a contemporary bust of Sir [[John Barnard (British politician)|John Barnard]] who lived much of his adult life as MP in one of a few Georgian mansions built in Mortlake for London's upper class. It is kept at [[Stowe House]], Buckinghamshire.]]

The place-name 'Mortlake' is first attested in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, where it appears as ''Mortelaga'' and ''Mortelage'', a name with two possible derivations. If the second element is the [[Old English]] ''lacu'' meaning a stream, then the first element is very likely the fish-name ''mort'' meaning a young salmon, hence 'salmon stream'. If the second element is the dialect ''lag'' meaning a long, narrow marshy meadow, then the name means 'Morta's meadow'.<ref>[[Eilert Ekwall|Ekwall, Eilert]], ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.331.</ref>

Mortlake historically lay in the [[hundred (county subdivision)|hundred]] of [[Brixton]].<ref name = "Hundred">{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43023 |title=The hundred of Brixton: Introduction and map |editor=[[Henry Elliot Malden|Malden, H E]] |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1912 |work=A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 |access-date=21 December 2013 }}</ref>

According to the Domesday Book, the [[Manorialism|manor]] and [[parish]] of ''Mortlage'' <ref name="Lysons"/> was held by [[Lanfranc|Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury]] when its assets were: 25 [[hide (unit)|hides]]; 1 church, 2 [[Mill (grinding)|mills]] worth £5, 1 [[fishery]], 33 [[plough]]s, {{convert|20|acre|ha|0|abbr=off}} of [[meadow]], wood worth 55 [[hog (swine)|hogs]]. It rendered a large £38 plus 4[[shilling (British coin)|s]] 4d from 17 houses in [[London]], 2s 3d from houses in [[Southwark]] and £1 from tolls at [[Putney]] per year to its [[feudal system]] overlords.<ref name="Lysons">{{cite web | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45385 | title=Mortlake | publisher=[[British History Online]] | work=The Environs of London: volume 1: County of Surrey | date=1792 | access-date=27 July 2013 | author=[[Daniel Lysons (antiquarian)|Lysons, Daniel]]}}</ref> The manor belonged to the [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Archbishops of Canterbury]] until the time of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], when it passed by exchange to the Crown. From the early part of the 17th century until after the [[English Civil War]], Mortlake was celebrated for the manufacture of [[tapestry]], founded during the reign of [[James VI and I|James I]] at the [[Mortlake Tapestry Works]].

Mortlake was reduced by {{convert|732|acre|ha|abbr=off}} when Richmond Park was created by [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] in 1637. Other parishes also lost smaller amounts of land to the new [[Deer park (England)|deer park]].<ref name="Brown 18">{{cite book | title=Barnes and Mortlake Past, with East Sheen | publisher=Historical Publications | author=Brown, Maisie | year=1997 | page=18 | isbn=0-948667-46-X}}</ref>

Colston House's forebear was built by [[Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex]] then acquired by [[Edward Colston]], major benefactor and investor to the port city of [[Bristol]]. This was pulled down in 1860. John Barber, Lord Mayor in 1733, a suspected Jacobite opposed to the 'Georgian' [[House of Hanover]] but Member of Parliament for the [[City of London (UK Parliament constituency)|City]] on the strength of his opposition to [[Robert Walpole|Walpole]]'s protectionist [[Excise Bill|excise scheme]], was buried in Mortlake in 1741. He had given land to extend the churchyard. Sir [[Henry Taylor (dramatist)|Henry Taylor]], [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]], the dramatic poet, lived in Mortlake in the 19th century.<ref name=m/>

Sir [[John Barnard (British politician)|John Barnard]], [[Lord Mayor of London]] in the year 1737 and also an MP, used public addresses and private campaigns to outstanding effect in supporting the government against the Jacobite movement in 1745.<ref name=m/>

Since 1845, the [[Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race]] has had its finish point at Mortlake, marked by the [[University Boat Race Stones|University Boat Race stone]] just downstream of [[Chiswick Bridge]]. Several other important [[sport rowing|rowing]] races over the [[The Championship Course|Championship Course]] also either start or finish at the stone. The first National School in Mortlake was built providing compulsory education at primary level in 1869, followed by an infants school in 1890 and county level, into secondary level school in 1906. [[James Chuter Ede]] taught there in the years leading up to his election to [[Surrey County Council]] in 1914, when he became the leading figure in the development of education in Surrey; he eventually became [[Home Secretary]] throughout the [[Attlee]] administration.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Stephen |title=James Chuter Ede: Humane Reformer and Politician |year=2021 |publisher=Pen & Sword |isbn=9781526783721}}</ref>

[[File:John Dee memorial plaque at S Mary the Virgin Mortlake.jpg|thumb|[[John Dee (mathematician)|John Dee]] memorial plaque in the church of [[St Mary the Virgin Mortlake]]]]
[[File:Sir Richard Burton's Tomb.jpg|thumb|[[Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton|Sir Richard Burton's tomb]] at [[St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake|St Mary Magdalen's Roman Catholic Church]] cemetery]]

==People==
{{main|List of people from Richmond upon Thames}}

===Living people===
[[Katherine Jenkins]], classical singer, lives in Mortlake.<ref name="Jenkins">{{cite news | url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/10905085.Katherine_Jenkins_heads_list_of_Richmond_residents_with_honours/ | title=Katherine Jenkins heads list of Richmond residents with honours | work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] | date=31 December 2013 | access-date=21 January 2014 | author=Ambrose, Tom}}</ref>

[[Tom Hardy]], actor, producer, writer and former model, grew up in Mortlake.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Urwin|first=Rosamund|date=2017-04-26|title=Tom Hardy: How the dog-loving feminist has captured Londoners' hearts|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/tom-hardy-how-the-dogloving-feminist-has-captured-londoners-hearts-a3524201.html|access-date=2022-02-26|website=www.standard.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>

===Historical figures===
Apart from Archbishops of Canterbury, Mortlake's most famous former resident is [[John Dee (mathematician)|John Dee]] (1527–1608/09), [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], [[astrologer]], [[alchemist]] and adviser to Queen [[Elizabeth I]]. He lived at Mortlake from 1565 to 1595 except for the six years between 1583 and 1589 when he was travelling in Europe. His house no longer exists but it became the [[Mortlake Tapestry Works]] and at the end of the 18th century was a girls' school.<ref name="Dee Society">{{cite web | url=http://johndeemortlakesoc.org/history-dr-john-dee/dr-dees-house-mortlake/| title=Dee's House | publisher=John Dee of Mortlake Society | access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref>

[[Christopher Packe (politician)|Sir Christopher Packe]] (1593?–1682), [[Lord Mayor of London]], lived in Mortlake in about 1655–60.<ref name="People M-S">{{cite web | url=http://www.barnes-history.org.uk/celMS.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726173202/http://www.barnes-history.org.uk/celMS.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-26 |url-status=live | title=People of Mortlake, Barnes and East Sheen: M – S | publisher=[[Barnes and Mortlake History Society]] | access-date=13 October 2012}}</ref>

[[John Partridge (astrologer)]] (1644–c.1714) was born at East Sheen and apprenticed to a local shoemaker. He died in Mortlake and is buried there.<ref name="People M-S"/>

[[Edward Colston]], the English merchant, [[philanthropy|philanthropist]] and [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]] Member of Parliament who was involved in the [[Atlantic slave trade]], lived at (old) Cromwell House (demolished 1857) from about 1689 until his death in 1721.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Deaton|first=Helen|title=The Story of Cromwell House at Mortlake|publisher=[[Barnes and Mortlake History Society]]|date = 2009|isbn=978-0954203849}}</ref>

The cemetery of [[St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake]] contains the [[Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton|tomb]] of the Victorian explorer and orientalist [[Richard Francis Burton|Sir Richard Burton]] (1821–1890).<ref name="Listed">{{National Heritage List for England |num=1065392 |desc=Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton, Churchyard of St Mary Magdalen|date = 30 October 1973|access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref>

Former British Prime Minister [[Henry Addington]] (1757–1844) who, as Lord Sidmouth, was Ranger of [[Richmond Park]], and after whom the park's Sidmouth Plantation is named, is buried at [[St Mary the Virgin Mortlake]].<ref name="Listed"/><ref name="Empire">{{cite web | url=http://www.napoleon-empire.com/personalities/addington.php | title=Henry Addington (1757–1844) First Viscount Sidmouth | publisher=Napoleon & Empire | access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref>

[[Ada Lovelace]] (1815–1852), English mathematician and writer, lived in Mortlake when she was 15 years old.<ref>{{cite book|last=Woolley|first=Benjamin|date=2015|title=Ada Lovelace: Bride of Science|publisher=Pan Macmillan |page=116|isbn=978-1-4472-7254-0}}</ref>

==Economy==
Mortlake is mostly a residential [[commuter town]] with a strong history of self-employed trades as it has traditionally centred its commerce on its foreshortened boundary, the Upper Richmond Road, arguably half part of [[East Sheen]]. Some businesses on the north side of the Upper Richmond Road make reference to the old ecclesiastical and ward boundaries supported by their still Mortlake side streets.<ref>[http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1086/39308.php Memories of Mortlake] Retrieved 21 December 2013</ref> East Sheen was once a manor in the parish of Mortlake and since early times an economic forum, and now a dining and convenience hub of the two districts. The [[Victoria County History]]'s volume on Surrey, written from 1910 to 1912, does not list East Sheen as a parish, describes its detailed history under Mortlake and states the parish was "now connected with Barnes on one side and with New Richmond on the other".<ref name=m>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43033 |title=Parishes: Mortlake |editor=[[Henry Elliot Malden|Malden, H E]] |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1912 |work=A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 |access-date=21 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=mills>Mills, Anthony David, ''Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names'' (2001)</ref> With the advent of motor transport, the buildings on [[Mortlake High Street|Mortlake's winding high street]], also known as the Lower Mortlake Road, have been mostly residential or used by the brewery.

==Stag Brewery or Mortlake Brewery==
[[File:Boat Race Mortlake Brewery.jpg|thumb|The former Budweiser Stag Brewery]]
[[File:Watney Combe Reid - the Stag Brewery, Mortlake 1989 - geograph.org.uk - 346844.jpg|thumb|The Stag Brewery, Mortlake in 1989]]
[[File:123 Mortlake High Street front.jpg|thumb|[[123 Mortlake High Street]], built in 1720 and, from 1895 until 1940, was the seat of local government for the [[Municipal Borough of Barnes]] (which was abolished in 1965).]]
[[File:Turner Mortlake Terrace Early Summer Morning 1826.jpg|thumb|''[[Mortlake Terrace: Early Summer Morning]]'' by [[J. M. W. Turner|Turner]], 1826]]
In the 1840s Charles James Philips and James Wigan acquired Mortlake Brewery, which had existed since the 15th century.<ref name="Turton">{{cite book | title=The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records | publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |editor=Richmond, Lesley |editor2=Turton, Alison |year=1990}}</ref>

In 1889 the brewery was acquired by James Watney & Co., which in 1898 became [[Watney Combe & Reid]] after acquiring Messrs. [[Combe Delafield and Co.]] and Messrs. Reid and Co. When Watney's Stag Brewery in [[Victoria, London]], was demolished in 1959, the name was 30 years later, applied to Mortlake Brewery. Being the last phase of [[The Boat Race]] which refers to all the traditional local names, it is still widely referred to as the Mortlake Brewery.<ref name="Turton"/>

The brewery became part of [[Scottish & Newcastle|Scottish Courage]], briefly part of [[Heineken]] and was then divested to [[Anheuser-Busch#Other operations|Anheuser-Busch Europe Ltd]] as it produced the company's [[Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)|''Budweiser'']] [[pale lager]]. In January 2009, [[Anheuser-Busch InBev]] said that the company was proposing to close the Stag Brewery in 2010 as a result of a merger between InBev and Anheuser-Busch.<ref name="Grocer">{{cite news | url=http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/companies/stag-to-be-first-casualty-of-ab-inbev-merger/196598.article | title=Stag to be first casualty of AB InBev merger | work=[[The Grocer]] | date=10 January 2009 | access-date=9 January 2016}}</ref> In November 2015, it was announced that the site had been sold for £158m to Reselton – part of Singapore's City Developments, which also bought the former [[Teddington Studios]]. The brewery closed in December 2015<ref name="Riverside quarter">{{cite news | url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/14149831.Historic_Stag_Brewery_closes_to_make_way_for_new__riverside_quarter__including_restaurants__shops_and_cafes/?ref=rss | title=Historic Stag Brewery closes to make way for new "riverside quarter" including restaurants, shops and cafes | work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] | date=17 December 2015 | access-date=17 December 2015 | author=Ambrose, Tom}}</ref> and there are plans to build 850 apartments on the {{convert|22|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on|0}} location.<ref name="Bourke">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/stag-brewery-facing-last-orders-as-luxury-flats-move-in-a6750881.html | title=Stag Brewery facing last orders as luxury flats move in | work=[[The Independent]] | date=27 November 2015 | access-date=29 November 2015 | author=Bourke, Joanna}}</ref>

==Amenities==
Mortlake affords an undistracted view of the river as its riverside promenade is set by its buildings including the former brewery, unlike the embankment style roads along other London banks such as in Barnes until [[Barnes Bridge]].

The two large [[pubs]] at either end of the riverside promenade are not [[listed building]]s:
* The White Hart
* The Ship

Places of worship include:
* [[St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake]]
* [[St Mary the Virgin Mortlake]] (Anglican)

==Transport==
[[File:Bus terminus, North Worple Way - geograph.org.uk - 1814304.jpg|thumb|The terminus of [[London Buses route 209]] at North Worple Way, Mortlake]]

===Adjoining districts===
* [[Barnes, London|Barnes]]
* [[Chiswick]] ([[Grove Park, Hounslow|Grove Park]], after which is Old Chiswick or [[Strand-on-the-Green]], depending on direction)
* [[East Sheen]]
* [[Kew]]

===Nearest railway stations===
* [[Mortlake railway station]]
* [[Barnes Bridge railway station]]
* [[North Sheen railway station]]

These are minor stops on the [[Waterloo–Reading line]] which has four branch lines: to [[Windsor Riverside station]], to [[Weybridge station|Weybridge]] and back to the London terminus via [[Kingston (London) railway station|Kingston upon Thames]] or [[Brentford station|Brentford]]. The stations are only served by trains on the latter two lines, as services to Windsor or Reading bypass both.

This railway is a narrow bisector of the settlement, being generally on the flat with its streets, which tend to run perpendicular to it. It runs in the middle of Worple Way, separating it into north and south sides.

Adjacent to Mortlake Station is Queen Victoria's old Waiting Room – now occupied by a classic car showroom – built for her and Prince Albert as they frequented White Lodge in Richmond Park, where their family and later their son, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII ) lived.

==Demography and housing==
To ensure that all the local authority [[wards of the United Kingdom|wards]] have electorates of approximately the same size, the ward covering Mortlake also includes parts of Barnes.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''2011 Census homes'''
|-
!Ward !!Detached !!Semi-detached!!Terraced!!Flats and apartments!!Caravans/temporary/mobile homes/houseboats!!Shared between households<ref name=ons/>
|-
|Mortlake and Barnes Common|| 167 || 547 || 1,765 || 2,453 || 1 || 8
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''2011 Census households'''
!Ward !!Population !!Households !!% Owned outright !!% Owned with a loan!!hectares<ref name=ons/>
|-
|Mortlake and Barnes Common||10,919 || 4,771 || 27 || 32 || 185
|-

|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://barnes-history.org.uk/ Barnes and Mortlake History Society]
* [http://www.mbcg.org.uk/ Mortlake Brewery Community Group]
* [http://www.mortlakecommunityassociation.org.uk/ Mortlake Community Association]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170421130704/http://mortlake-online.co.uk/ MortlakeOnline]
* [http://www.stmarymags.org.uk/ St Mary Magdalen's Church]
* [http://stmarymortlake.org.uk/ St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake]

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