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Dist:0.0km north<br/>The charity was established in 1916 to care for seriously disabled young men returning from battlegrounds of the First World War. The home still cares for ex-servicemen and women.
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Dist:0.2km north<br/>Richmond Gate and the Star and Garter Home
©Shaun Ferguson
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Situated in Pembroke Lodge Gardens, this laburnum walk is at its best in early May.
©Alice H Myers
Dist:0.3km north<br/>To the north of the lodge is this small walled garden with a centrepiece of triangular birdbath.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.3km north<br/>This is the rear of the Home which will soon be closing. In place of the one Star and Garter they will have others placed around the country
©Des Adams
Dist:0.3km north<br/>This shot was taken from the rear patio of the Star and Garter home for War Veterans.
©Des Adams
Dist:0.3km north<br/>This uprooted (?lime) tree in Richmond Park lives on. Despite lying on its side, with most roots clear of the ground, new branches have sprouted upwards from the horizontal trunk.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The churchyard belonging to Petersham parish church [[794821]].
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The interior of Petersham parish church [[794821]] showing the Georgian box pews and the unusual gallery organ (which may be replaced in the next few years).
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.3km north<br/>This parish church is grade II* listed. The oldest part (the chancel, in light coloured render) is 13th century, but most of it dates from the 18th and 19th centuries. Despite appearances, the placename Petersham is not named for the church or vice-versa but was originally Badricksham or Patricksham.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Front entrance to hotel in Petersham Surrey
©Alan Swain
Dist:0.3km north<br/>This area is contiguous with Richmond Park, having been joined on by Charles 1st to form his hunting park. It is just below the slope up to Pembroke Lodge.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Exclusive hotel by the gate into Richmond Park. It sits opposite the Star and Garter Home. Note the ornate floral fountain in the foreground.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Despite the name, the mound is a prehistoric burial mound. The view here is westwards to Ham House. Behind the camera, a cut line is maintained to give a line of sight across Richmond Park to St Paul's Cathedral.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.4km north<br/>A line of sight is maintained today from King Henry VIII's Mound, through Richmond Park, to the distant cathedral in the east.
©Colin Smith

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