Visit London Blog » richmond park http://blog.visitlondon.com Enjoy the very best of London Wed, 22 May 2013 11:26:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 London Photo of the Week: The Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/05/london-photo-of-the-week-the-isabella-plantation-in-richmond-park/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/05/london-photo-of-the-week-the-isabella-plantation-in-richmond-park/#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 08:00:00 +0000 Lettice http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=20789

The Isabella Plantation is an enchanting ornamental woodland in Richmond Park.

Laura Nolte shared this beautiful photo of the flowers in blume with the Visit London Flickr group. Don’t forget to add your photos of London looking pretty to the group.

]]> http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/05/london-photo-of-the-week-the-isabella-plantation-in-richmond-park/feed/ 2 New Route Announced for 2012 Olympic Road Cycling Race http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/02/new-route-announced-for-2012-olympic-road-cycling-race/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/02/new-route-announced-for-2012-olympic-road-cycling-race/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:03:51 +0000 Hannah Collingbourne http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=19258

London 2012 has announced a new route for the Olympic road cycling races.

The world’s leading cyclists will race through six London boroughs, passing attractions including:

The road cycling race is one of the first major events of London 2012.

Seb Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee, said, “Following our success in Beijing, the road cycling events really will bring the magic of the Games to life for many thousands of spectators.”

The races are provisionally scheduled to take place on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 July. The men’s race on Saturday will be 250km (156 miles) long and the women’s race on Sunday will be 140km (87 miles).

See a map of the new route here: http://www.london2012.com/documents/venue-documents/cycling-road-race-route.pdf

Read our previous blog entry on the Olympic Cycle Route

]]> http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/02/new-route-announced-for-2012-olympic-road-cycling-race/feed/ 0 London Photo of the Week: Forest Floor in Richmond Park http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/10/london-photo-of-the-week-forest-floor-in-richmond-park/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/10/london-photo-of-the-week-forest-floor-in-richmond-park/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:00:15 +0000 Lettice http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=15623

Santos2046 took this stunning photo of a mushroom enjoying autumn in Richmond Park.

Don’t forget to enter the Only in London Flickr Photo competition by adding your London photos to the Visit London Flickr pool with the tag onlyinlondon2010 and you could win a prize!

]]> http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/10/london-photo-of-the-week-forest-floor-in-richmond-park/feed/ 2 2012 Olympics London Cycling Route Announced http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/05/2012-olympics-london-cycling-route-announced/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/05/2012-olympics-london-cycling-route-announced/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 15:14:31 +0000 Claire Doble http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=9668 The London 2012 Olympics road cycling route was confirmed late last week.

The Olympic road cycling route will start and end in Central London, crossing the river Thames and travelling through South West London and the Surrey Hills in between.

London landmarks along the new 138-kilometre route include:

Read more about this on www.insidethegames.biz

]]> http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/05/2012-olympics-london-cycling-route-announced/feed/ 6 Photo of the Week: Deer in Richmond Park http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/01/photo-of-the-week-deer-in-richmond-park/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/01/photo-of-the-week-deer-in-richmond-park/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:28:48 +0000 Lettice http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=5253

This week’s photos features deer in Richmond Park, photographed by epic_steve.

Check out more of Steve Morgan’s stunning photos at www.richmondparklondon.co.uk.

Add your photos to the Visit London Flickr pool and we could be featuring you next!

]]> http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/01/photo-of-the-week-deer-in-richmond-park/feed/ 2