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===Sport and recreation=== ''Cycling'': Cycles are available for hire near Roehampton Gate and, at peak times, near Pembroke Lodge.<ref name="Sport"/> The Tamsin Trail (shared between pedestrians and cyclists) provides a circuit of the park and is almost entirely car-free.<ref name="Tamsin Trail"/> ''Fishing'' is allowed, by [[Fishing license|paid permit]], on Pen Ponds from mid-June to mid-March.<ref name="Sport"/> ''Golf'' is played at [[Richmond Park Golf Course]], a public facility opened in 1923 by the Prince of Wales (later King [[Edward VIII]]).<ref name="MBB 150">{{cite book | title=Richmond Park: The History of a Royal Deer Park | author=Michael Baxter Brown | year=1985 | page=150|location= London|publisher= R. Hale| ISBN= 0709021631}}</ref> It has two 18-hole golf courses and practice facilities and is accessed from Chohole Gate. ''Horse riding'': Horses from local stables are ridden in the park.<ref name="Sport">{{cite web | url=https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/richmond-park/sport-leisure | title=Sports and leisure in Richmond Park| publisher=[[The Royal Parks]] | access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> ''Rugby'': A section of the grassland to the north of the Roehampton Gate is maintained and laid out during the winter months for rugby; there are three pitches. At weekends, this area is hired extensively to the [[rugby union]] club [[Rosslyn Park F.C.]]. Visiting teams are transferred by bus to and from the park pitches from the club's nearby clubhouse and changing rooms.<ref name="Sport"/> ''Running'': The Tamsin Trail is a {{convert|7.2|mi|km|1|abbr=out}} trail around the park which is popular with runners. Members of Barnes Runners complete at least one circumnavigation of it on the first and third Sunday of every month. Richmond Park [[Parkrun]], a five-kilometre organised run, takes place every Saturday.<ref name="parkrun">{{cite web | url=https://www.parkrun.org.uk/richmond/| title=Richmond parkrun | publisher=parkrun UK | access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref> There is a children's playground at Petersham Gate.<ref name="Sport"/>
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