Editing Richmond Park (section)

===Access===
Richmond Park is the most visited royal park outside central London, with 4.4 million visits in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/422397/number-of-visitors-in-royal-parks-uk/ |title=Number of visitors to Royal Parks in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014, by park (in millions) |website=Statista |access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref> The park is enclosed by a high wall with several gates. The gates either allow pedestrian and bicycle access only, or allow bicycle, pedestrian and other vehicle access. The gates for motor vehicle access are open only during daylight hours; the speed limit is {{cvt|20|mph}}. The gates for pedestrians and cyclists are open 24 hours a day except during the deer culls in February and November, when the pedestrian gates are closed between 8:00 pm and 7:30 am.<ref name="Opening times">{{cite web | url=https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond-park/visitor-information/opening-times-and-getting-here | title=Opening times and getting here | publisher=[[The Royal Parks]] | work=Visitor information | access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref> However, since 2020, there has been restricted through traffic in Richmond Park, for example restricted traffic between Richmond Gate and Roehampton Gate at weekends.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Royal Parks' traffic reduction measures to remain in place for another year|url=https://www.royalparks.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/the-royal-parks-traffic-reduction-measures-to-remain-in-place-for-another-year|access-date=2021-07-07|website=The Royal Parks|date=9 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Apart from taxis, no [[commercial vehicles]] are allowed unless they are being used to transact business with residents of the park.<ref name="opsi.gov.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1639/contents/made |title=The Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 1997 |access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref>

From March to November, a free bus service, calling near [[Mortlake railway station]], runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, stopping at the main car parks and the gate at Isabella Plantation nearest Peg's Pond.<ref name="Bus">{{cite web | url= https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/richmond-park/free-minibus-service-richmond-park| title=Free minibus service in Richmond Park | publisher=[[The Royal Parks]] | work= Richmond Park | date = March 2025|access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref><ref name="Minibus">{{Cite web |date=19 April 2024 |title=Free minibus service to Richmond Park |url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/news/news_april_2024/free_minibus_service_to_richmond_park |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=[[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]}}</ref>

[[File:Dual use path, Richmond Park - geograph.org.uk - 1453370.jpg|thumb|The shared use cycle/footpath, between Roehampton Gate and Sheen Gate, crosses [[Beverley Brook]] amid [[willows]].]]
The gates open to motor traffic are: Sheen Gate, Richmond Gate, Ham Gate, Kingston Gate, Roehampton Gate and (for access to [[Richmond Park Golf Course]] only) Chohole Gate.<ref name="Map">{{cite web | url=https://www.royalparks.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/41642/richmondpark_english_map.pdf | title=Richmond Park map | publisher=[[The Royal Parks]] | access-date=1 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202154201/https://www.royalparks.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/41642/richmondpark_english_map.pdf | archive-date=2 February 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Management Plan 10">{{cite web | url=https://www.royalparks.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/41767/richmond-park-management-plan.pdf | title=Getting to the Park | publisher=[[The Royal Parks]] | work=Richmond Park Management Plan | date=January 2008 | access-date=2 February 2015 | page=10 | archive-date=2 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202164014/https://www.royalparks.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/41767/richmond-park-management-plan.pdf }}</ref> 
The park has designated [[Rights of way in England and Wales|bridleway]]s and [[cycle path]]s. These are shown on maps and noticeboards displayed near the main entrances, along with other regulations that govern use of the park.<ref name="Map"/> The bridleways are special in that they are for horses (and their riders) only and, unlike normal bridleways, are not open to cyclists,.

The [[Beverley Brook Walk]] runs through the park between Roehampton Gate and Robin Hood Gate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merton.gov.uk/assets/Documents/beverly-brook-walk.pdf|title=Beverley Brook Walk|publisher=[[London Borough of Merton]]|date=12 Sep 2007}}</ref> The [[Capital Ring]] walking route passes through the park from Robin Hood Gate to Petersham Gate.

Cycling is allowed only on main roads, on [[National Cycle Route 4]] through the centre of the park and on the Tamsin Trail (the shared-use pedestrian–cycle path that runs close to the park's perimeter).<ref name="Cycling">{{cite web | url=https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond-park/visitor-information/park-regulations-and-policies/cycling-in-the-royal-parks | title=Cycling in the Royal Parks | publisher=[[The Royal Parks]] | work=Managing the parks | access-date=27 July 2019 | archive-date=20 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920083841/https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond-park/visitor-information/park-regulations-and-policies/cycling-in-the-royal-parks }}</ref><ref name="Tamsin Trail">{{cite web | url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/tamsin-trail-at-richmond-park/ | title=Tamsin Trail at Richmond Park | publisher=[[Sustrans]] | access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref>
National Cycle Route 4 crosses the park between Ham Gate in the west and Roehampton Gate in the east, skirting Pen Ponds and White Lodge. It interlinks with the [[Thames Path|Thames Cycle Route]] and forms part of the [[List of cycle routes in London|London Cycle Network]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/route-4/ |title=Sustrans NCN Route 4|access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref> The speed limit on this route through the centre of the park, where it is off the main road, is {{cvt|10|mph}}.<ref name="Management Plan 16-29"/>

As the park is a national nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, all dog owners are required to keep their dogs under control while in the park. This includes not allowing their dog to disturb other park users or disrupt wildlife. In 2009, after some incidents leading to the death of wildfowl, the park's dogs-on-leads policy was extended. Park users are said to believe that the deer are feeling increasingly threatened by the growing number of dogs using the park<ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Anthony |date=2024-12-04 |title=Deer killed by out-of-control dog in Richmond Park |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/deer-killed-dog-richmond-park-police-london-b1197968.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref> and The Royal Parks advises against walking dogs in the park during the deer's birthing season.<ref name="Chase">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22752091 | title=Richmond Park dogwalkers chased by protective deer | work=[[BBC News]] | date=3 June 2013 | access-date=8 June 2013}}</ref>