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Richmond Park is the largest of the Royal Parks in London. Among its many things to offer is the protected view of St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London from King Henry VIII's Mound in Richmond Park. A protected view is the legal requirement within urban planning to preserve the view of a specific place or historic building from another location through limiting heights of new buildings.
The view of St Paul's Cathedral from King Henry VIII's Mound in Richmond Park has a distance of over 10 miles (16 km) and created in 1710. This view frames the cathedral through a special gap in holly hedging, down a specially maintained clear avenue in Sidmouth Wood and then all the way across London. When Liverpool Street Station was developed in the 1990s the height of the buildings was reduced as it was decided a tall structure would have formed an unacceptable backdrop to the view of St Paul's.
St Paul's Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. The present building dates from the 17th century, and is generally reckoned to be London 's fourth St Paul's Cathedral. The diocese covers 458 km (177 sq. mi.) of 17 boroughs of the former Greater London north of the River Thames (previously the County of Middlesex ) and a small part of the County of Surrey.
King Henry VIII's Mound, on the other hand, is the highest point within Richmond Park southwest of London, and is located within the public gardens of Pembroke Lodge. It is named after Henry VIII of England. Other than the protected view of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, to the west, it also has a panorama of the Thames Valley.
Location wise, the park is close to Richmond upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames, East Sheen, and Roehampton. Kingston upon Thames is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned, and is now a lively suburb of London situated 10 miles (16.1 km) south west of Charing Cross. Sheen is a place in southwest London nearby to Barnes, Roehampton and Putney to the east and Richmond to the west. It is commonly split into two areas, where East Sheen is one and the other is North Sheen. Roehampton is in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It lies between Putney to the east, Barnes to the north, Richmond Park to the west and Kingston to the south. It is 6.3 miles (10.1 km) south west of Charing Cross .
The park covers almost 2,500 acres (10 km ) and is Europe's largest urban walled park. Among the many attractions it hosts, a part is the Isabella Plantation, an important and attractive wood and garden, and a major visitor attraction in its own right.
There s also Pembroke Lodge that stands within the park, in its own gardens. Originally a home of 1st Earl Russell , it is now a restaurant. John Russell, 1st Earl Russell , was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.
Furthermore on the attractions, the Royal Ballet School was also based here for many years in the park, at White Lodge, where younger ballet students continue to be trained. The Royal Ballet School is a specialist co-educational school in London , combining a mainstream academic education with an intensive dance training. Its graduates also enter other ballet companies or modern dance companies, or pursue careers outside of dance.
Originally comprised of agricultural lands used as the royal s deer hunting grounds of Edward I, the park was not enclosed until 1637. Public access to the park was secured in the 18th century.
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