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Selected Friday nights and weekends during the summer
Ham Polo Club is a Hurlingham Polo Association polo club situated in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south-west London, England. It is one of the oldest polo clubs in the United Kingdom and the last surviving club in London. The club occupies a location between Richmond Park and the River Thames overlooked by Ham House, eight miles from Hyde Park Corner. The club's facilities include three polo fields, a stick and ball field, an exercise track, livery service, coaching and a members' clubhouse with a restaurant and bar which is managed by Ham Polo Club's own catering department. Polo is played at Ham Polo Club between May and September. The club has around 70 playing members and several hundred social members.
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The Duke and Duchess of Lauderdale's elegant 17th-century manor house, a mile or so upriver from Richmond riverside.
Foot ferry crossing the Thames between Ham House (south bank) and Marble Hill and Orleans Houses (north bank)
Was home to King George II's mistress, with well-manicured lawns by the riverside.
The remains of a once-magnificent house which was home to King Louis-Philippe of France as Duke of Orleans. Only the Octagon Room and a stable block remain, which are now used as Richmond's main art gallery, with exhibitions (see website for details).
Guest mornings on selected Sundays,
The view from the top of the hill (between Friar Stile Road and Nightingale Lane) is protected by an act of parliament and takes in the river, the meadows at the bottom of the hill. Much painted by JMW Turner. Well worth the short walk up the hill and it is on the way to Richmond Park if you are walking from the town.