1. On now to 24 Oct a small and quiet light Orange Tree Theatre
  2. On now to 3 Oct The Brown Suite Richmond Theatre
  3. On now to 28 Feb Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life Orleans House Gallery · Free
  4. Sat 3 Oct Twickenham Farmers' Market 9am · Holly Road Car Park
  5. Sat 3 Oct Bushy parkrun 9am · Bushy Park · Free

Latest news

Richmond Richmond Christmas Bin Collections: Only Fridays Move Richmond collects on every bank holiday except Christmas Day and New Year's Day, both Fridays this year. Last year's table, tree recycling and the garden pause. · 6 min read Richmond Richmond Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term Splits Two Ways Council schools in Richmond break 26 to 30 October and 21 December to 1 January. Orleans Park, Teddington and Hampton break from 19 October. Every date. · 6 min read Richmond Richmond Christmas Trains: Waterloo Shut Two Days Last Year No trains on 25 December, a bank holiday on Monday 28 December, and last year Waterloo closed for two days. Last trains, engineering and bank holiday parking. · 6 min read Richmond Townmead Road Tip: Book First, 8am to 4pm, Closed 3 Days Townmead Road in Kew opens 8am to 4pm Monday to Saturday, 9am to 4pm Sundays and bank holidays. Every visit needs a booked slot. Christmas closures and charges. · 4 min read Richmond Richmond October Half Term 2026: Dates and 14 Things On Council schools in Richmond break 26 to 30 October 2026, academies from 19 October. Halloween at Kew, Hampton Court, Strawberry Hill and the Wetland Centre. · 5 min read House prices Richmond House Prices July 2026: £803,249, Flats Down 3.1% The average Richmond home sold for £803,249 in July, down £9,349 in a month. Flats are now worth less than in January 2023, while detached houses rose 2.4%. · 7 min read Council Mansion Tax: 9,200 Richmond Homes Caught at £1.5m Richmond Council says a £1.5m threshold would pull in 4,300 more local homes, taking the total to 9,200. The surcharge starts in April 2028 at £2,500 a year. · 8 min read Twickenham Heathfield PTA Gets £440 Tesco Cheque Towards Five Benches Tesco Twickenham handed Heathfield's PTA £440 on 16 September, towards three backless benches in the reception playground and two curved ones for juniors. · 5 min read Housing Richmond Housing Register: 5-Year Residency Rule Proposed Richmond plans to raise the housing register residency rule from 3 to 5 years and reward homeless families who rent privately. Consultation starts in October. · 5 min read Teddington Teddington Allotments: £220k Closure From 1 October Campaigners want Richmond Council to pause the £220,000 clearance of Shacklegate Lane from 1 October, saying that taking part of the site would save £100,000 or more. · 10 min read1 comment Council Richmond Tourist Tax: Council Says the Mayor Keeps It All Mayors can now charge a percentage levy on overnight stays. Richmond's leader says all the money raised in the borough would go to City Hall. · 5 min read Council Richmond Council Plans to Hand Five Sports Centres to GLL Active Hampton, Hampton, Shene, Teddington and Whitton would transfer on 1 April, with 98 staff posts. The five cost £397,000 to subsidise this year. · 6 min read

Richmond Online covers the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, which sits on both banks of the river: Twickenham, Teddington, Whitton, Hampton, Hampton Hill, St Margarets and Strawberry Hill on one side, Richmond, Kew, Mortlake, Barnes, East Sheen, Ham and Petersham on the other. We report what the borough’s own records show, and we keep the everyday information you look up again and again in one place.

Start with these

  • Richmond house prices: the borough average was £788,872 in May 2026, down 2.5% in a year, with a ward-by-ward median from 1,737 Land Registry sales that runs from £1,275,000 in Barnes to £499,950 in Hampton North.
  • Trains to London: 22 minutes from Richmond to Waterloo at £4.00 off-peak, plus the zone, fare and annual Travelcard for every station in the borough.
  • Roadworks and travel: the 16 roads being resurfaced between August and November 2026, what the council car parks charge, and where Hammersmith Bridge stands.
  • Things to do: six days out that cost nothing and what the ticketed ones charge, checked against each venue this month.
  • Planning: the Local Plan adopted in October 2025, the 5,928 homes it requires by 2039, and where the Stag Brewery and Twickenham Riverside schemes have got to.

The rest of the site

  • News: council decisions, business openings and closures, planning and crime updates, each one traced back to the record it came from.
  • What’s On: events across the borough, from Richmond Park, Kew and the riverside to the high streets in Twickenham and Teddington.
  • Local Info: the practical pages, covering TW1, TW2, TW9, TW10, TW11, TW12, SW13 and SW14.

Every fact we publish is linked to its official source, so you can check it yourself.