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The land around Warren Road was originally part of Coombe Farm. Between 1864 and 1883, many leases of land were granted at Coombe Warren, near the present George and Warren Roads. The people to whom the leases had been granted built large houses with gardens of several acres. These provided the setting for ‘The Forsyte Saga’ by John Galsworthy. The mansions could be reached by a relatively comfortable drive from London and yet provided all the rural pleasures of Surrey. Warren Road is part of the private Coombe Estate. The ‘warren’ refers to rabbit warrens and in the first volume of The Forsyte Saga, Galsworthy writes “The warren was as lonely as a prairie, its silence only broken by the rustle of rabbits bolting to their holes and the song of the larks.” This is the entrance to The Coombe Estate from Kingston Hill opposite Ladderstile Gate from Richmond Park.
©Ian Yarham
©David Howard
The houses on the right back onto Richmond Park.
©Bill Boaden
Looking SE from near Ladderstile Gate towards Kingston Hill, some 36 hours after the first substantial snowfall of the winter. Ladderstile Gate, once known as Coombe Gate, is one of Richmond Park's pedestrian gates. The name derives from a step-ladder which gave access over the Park wall until replaced by a conventional gate in or about 1885. (Historical information from Collenette's book, 'A History of Richmond Park').
©Stefan Czapski
This is at the Kingston Hill end. The sign to the left states that General Eisenhower lived along this road for a while.
©Bill Boaden
The 'ride' part of this road name presumably refers to its use as an entrance to Richmond Park for horse riders. But as the signpost shows, it now only has public footpath status. The 'ladderstile' at the park entrance has been replaced at some time by a tall metal gate.
©Stephen Craven
©David Howard
©David Howard
©David Howard
Dist:0.1km<br/>A pedestrian gate only. Another trough from the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association is waiting to be unveiled.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.1km<br/>One of many such troughs in this style around London, bearing the inscription (on the other side of this one) of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Given the number of horse riders in the Royal Park, this may be one of the few that is still used as a trough. Certainly it is kept topped up, and there is a fairly modern steel tap at the far end for humans to drink from.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.1km<br/>A pair of spider's webs adorn a road sign opposite Warren House.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.2km<br/>The blue plaque records that Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell, world land and water speed record holders, once lived here.
©Robin Webster
Dist:0.2km<br/>Warren Road off Kingston Hill
©Shaun Ferguson
Dist:0.2km<br/>As seen from Warren Road. In the background is [[3300669]]. A conference centre.
©David Anstiss

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