Editing Richmond Park (section)

===Late 20th century – present===
In 1953 [[Josip Broz Tito|President Tito]] of [[Yugoslavia]] stayed at White Lodge during a [[state visit]] to Britain.<ref name="FRP Guide130">{{cite book | title=Guide to Richmond Park | publisher=[[#Friends of Richmond Park|Friends of Richmond Park]] | year=2011 | page=130|isbn=978-0-9567469-0-0}}</ref>

The [[Petersham Hole]] was a [[sink hole]] caused by subsidence of a sewer which forced the total closure of the [[A307 road]] in Petersham in 1979–80. As the hole and subsequent repair work had forced a total closure of this main road between Richmond and Kingston, traffic was diverted through the park and the Richmond, Ham, and Kingston gates remained open throughout the day and night. The park road was widened at Ham Cross near Ham Gate to accommodate temporary traffic lights. About 10 deer a month were killed by traffic while the diversion was in operation.<ref name="Pollard and Crompton 11-12">Pollard and Crompton, pp.11–12</ref>

When the present London Borough of Richmond upon Thames was created in 1965, it included the majority, but not the whole, of the park. The eastern tip, including Roehampton Gate, belonged to the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]], and the southern tip was in the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]]. Following a series of [[List of Greater London boundary changes|borough boundary changes]] in 1994 and 1995, these anomalies were corrected and the whole park became part of Richmond 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=15 July 2023}}</ref>

In the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] the men's and the women's [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics|cycling road races]] went through the park.<ref name="Women's race">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/29/olympic-road-race-womens-cycling-live | title=Olympic road race: women's cycling&nbsp;– as it happened | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=29 July 2012 | access-date=15 November 2012 | author=Barry Glendenning | location=London| author-link=Barry Glendenning }}</ref>