Location
The park is bounded generally by the River Thames to the west, Kew Gardens to the north, and urban areas of Richmond town to the east and south. Owned by the Crown Estate, the park forms part of a larger historic landscape stretching from Richmond to Kew and across the river to Isleworth. The low-lying parts of the park alongside the river constitute flood storage areas, which from time-to-time provide flood relief for areas around Richmond Lock along this stretch of the Thames.
Old Deer Park's heritage as an historic royal landscape in a favoured riverside location has become compromised over recent decades by instances of inappropriate recreational and parking development, general neglect, and insufficient control of tree planting. A long-term strategy is now being implemented in order to arrest and reverse this decline.
Read more about this topic: Old Deer Park