The pictures show how the park has welcomed more than a few famous faces over the decades - from Winston Churchill, to Audrey Hepburn
Staple: Richmond Park, in south-west London, is known for the deer which roam across its expanse of green space
Warning: A Royal Parks notice in 1936 warns visitors it is dangerous to get too close to the deer, and to keep their dogs close - something Fenton's owner would learn to his peril in 2011, when a video of his pet chasing the deer went viral
Historic: The park was first created as we know it today in 1625, when Charles I established it as a park where he could hunt deer. Pictured: A man pushing a pram pauses to watch the Old Berkeley Stage coach leaving Richmond Park on its first run in May 1928
High society: Charles I is far from the only royal to take a shin
e to the park. Here is the Queen's father George VI, then the Duke of York, enjoying a round of golf in 1925 on the newly opened course
Famous faces: But it is not only kings who have taken a shine to the park. Actress Audrey Hepburn is pictured here exercising her dog in Richmond Park after a strenuous season in the London revue 'Sauce Piquante' in May 1950
Prime ministers: Winston Churchill feeds the deer in the park in March 1963. He had visited the park at least one time before - when it was being used as a base for anti-aircraft guns during the Second World War
Armed forces: Richmond Park has had a long attachment with the military, which first began using it to train in about 1870. In 1916, a hospital for wounded South African soldiers was set up, and these soldiers used it to practise manoeuvres in 1929
Sporting chance: A horse-drawn carriage takes part in a race through in June 1948, a month before the Olympics arrived in the park
Sporting legacy: The park was also used as the site of the Olympic village in 1948, when London hosted the games
Staple: The park would play a role in the 2012 Olympics as well, when the men's and women's bike races went through it. Pictured: The Olympic flag flying outside the Olympic Centre, shortly after its official opening in June 1948
Team games: Other sports are also played at the park - including rugby, for which there are still three pitches. Here two fans get into a tussle during a match between the hospital teams from Guys and Barts at Richmond, in March 1923
Pond life: Richmond Park also boasts 30 ponds. These women are seen skating and sledging on Pern Ponds in 1912
Variety: Some of the ponds are natural and some are man-made, created for fishing, for the deer or to drain boggy area. A man and woman on skates helping two small children to walk on the ice in the early 1960s
Star: Richmond Park is not only popular with actresses like Hepburn, pictured, but has also been used as a set for films. The first film was shot five years after this picture, called The Titfield Thunderbolt, using the park for a train crash
Celebrity attraction: The surrounding area still has more than a few stars - from David Attenborough to Brian Blessed, who revealed he delivered a baby while in the park when filming Z Cars in 1963
Recuperation: In 1916, a the height of the First World War, a hospital for wounded South African soldiers was set up in the grounds, boasting 600 beds, workshops and even a concert hall
Livestock: Scots shepherd Alexander Wallace, who tends the sheep in Richmond Park, watches with his two dogs as John Coutts shears one of the park's animals in June 1955. Sheep remained a feature of the park until 1980
Agricultural: Farm workers harvesting flax in Richmond Park. The area surrounding the park has, at various times, provided wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, turnips and mangel wurzels, a root vegetable used generally for feeding livestock
Mechanics: A steam plough in operation in Richmond Park in April 1917. At this time, some areas were used to practice cavalry charges
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