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From historic country houses to • PLAN AHEAD: Please check London’s only narrow gauge railway individual venue websites for discover a hidden world of art and up to date information before culture within the your visit. Wonders, a collection of 11 , galleries and historic houses. • MAKE A DAY OF IT: Many of the sites are near other West London Wonders and can be visited in one day. • WHAT TO WEAR: During some of your adventures you will be outdoors exploring parks, gardens and green spaces so don’t forget to dress for the weather! Your challenge is to visit as many of the West London Wonders as possible. During your trip complete the activities and the collect a sticker from a member of staff or volunteer. This trail has been made possible by funding from Arts Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund. You can earn a Bronze, Silver or Gold certificate depending on how many sites you go to! See page 52 for more information.

01 CONTENTS

MAP 04 ON MY JOURNEY 06 CABINET OF CURIOSITIES 07 HEADSTONE MANOR & 08 PARK & MUSEUM 12 LONDON MUSEUM OF WATER & STEAM 16 FULHAM PALACE 20 DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM 24 28 THE HEARSUM COLLECTION AT PEMBROKE LODGE 32 36 THE MUSEUM 40 GALLERY 44 48 WEST LONDON WONDERS EXPLORER CERTIFICATE 52 VENUE CHECKLIST 53

02 GETTING AROUND

You can get to the West London Headstone Manor Kingston Museum Wonders on foot, by car, bus, & Museum Directions on page 28 tube or train. Lots of our sites Directions on page 08 are near one another. The Hearsum Collection How many can you do in a day?   at Pembroke Lodge & Museum Directions on page 32 Directions on page 12

Strawberry Hill House London Museum Directions on page 36 of Water & Steam Directions on page 16 The Directions on page 40 Fulham Palace Directions on page 20 Orleans House Gallery Directions on page 44 Dorich House Museum Directions on page 24 Museum of Richmond Directions on page 48

03 Map is not to scale and is for illustrative purposes only

1 17 miles from Central London ACTON TOWN 2

HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM M4 M4 KENSINGTON M4 BRIDGE & CHELSEA 3

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HOUNSLOW ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW

RICHMOND STATION PUTNEY STATION 11 ST MARGARETS STATION

TWICKENHAM STATION 10

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7 RICHMOND STRAWBERRY HILL STATION PARK 8

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RICHMOND UPON THAMES MERTON

KINGSTON N UPON THAMES 6

KINGSTON STATION

MERTON ON MY JOURNEY A RED POST BOX

A MAN WEARING A HAT

Take the time to look and explore your surroundings as you travel to the West London Wonders. What can you see on your journey? Tick the boxes when you see any of the things shown here!

A CORNER SHOP A POLICE CAR

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A POND, RIVER, LAKE OR MOAT

A BUS

A CYCLIST

06 CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Over 400 years ago, in the 1600s, rich people started to collect strange and curious objects to help understand the world around them. They would store and display these objects in a ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’. Popular objects to collect included medals, gems and shells.

As you explore the West London Wonders, draw your favourite objects and pieces of artwork in your own ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’.

Why have you chosen these things? What do you like most about them?

07 HEADSTONE MANOR & MUSEUM

THIS HISTORIC 700 YEAR VENUE INFO CONTACT US

OLD MANOR HOUSE IS SET Suggested time of visit: 1 hour 020 8863 6720 IN BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS Headstone Manor & Museum, harrowmuseum.org.uk WITH A MEDIEVAL MOAT Headstone Recreation Ground, [email protected] Pinner View, Harrow, HA2 6PX @HeadstoneManor This was where the Archbishops of Free Canterbury came to stay when they @HeadstoneManor1 The museum is re-opening to visited Harrow. Over its long history,  the public in mid December 2017. @Headstonemanor it has been home to many other Please check the website for local characters. seasonal opening times GETTING HERE Free parking H9 & H10 to Pinner View (3 min walk) Disabled access H14 to Victor Road (6 min walk) Café Harrow and Wealdstone or  Collect your sticker from Headstone Lane (15 min walk) the new visitor centre North Harrow station (17 min walk) or Harrow on the Hill station (30 min walk) THE NAME HEADSTONE IS NOT AS SPOOKY AS IT SOUNDS. IT IS A SAXON WORD MEANING ‘FARM OF THE HEDGES.’

HEADSTONE MANOR & MUSEUM 08 1. Fold in the dotted 4. Turn over 1. lines to make creases and fold back

Can you find the moat? Water goes all around the Manor House. It was not built to protect people; it was made so that the house would look important, as well as keeping the house safe from floods. 2. Fold to make a 5. Fold to meet crease and fold back the centre line How many ducks can you see swimming on the moat?

3. Fold the dotted line 6. Fold in the dotted line

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Make your own origami duck.

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7. Fold in the 9. Fold inside dotted line the dotted line

8. Turn over 10. Fold back- ward in the dotted line TEAR OUT THIS SHEET TO MAKE YOUR DUCK OR USE ANY SQUARE PIECE OF PAPER

11. Draw a face on your duck

HEADSTONE MANOR & MUSEUM 10 Can you spot the mysterious stone heads by MAKE A DAY OF IT 3. the Visitor Centre? Draw them here.

There is a playground in the park a short walk away in Headstone Manor Recreation Ground.

Visit the new Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner which shares the story of Imagine what Heath Robinson, a famous illustrator. the heads might be thinking about the world around them? Why not go to the top of Harrow Write your ideas on the Hill and visit the Old Speech in the thought Room Gallery at Harrow School? bubbles!

11 HEADSTONE MANOR & MUSEUM GUNNERSBURY PARK & MUSEUM

EXPLORE GUNNERSBURY VENUE INFO CONTACT US

AND WALK IN THE Suggested time of visit: 2 hours 020 8863 6720 FOOTSTEPS OF THE Gunnersbury Park, www.visitgunnersbury.org RICH AND FAMOUS Popes Lane, W3 8LQ [email protected] Free @Gunnersbury-Park-Museum Previous owners have included the Gunnersbury Park opening times: Bishops of London, Princess Amelia @Gunnersbury1 8am – dusk and the . It is now home to the Local History Museum Gunnersbury Park Museum is GETTING HERE for Ealing & . currently closed for refurbishment and will open with exciting new E3 to Gunnersbury Park displays in spring 2018. Please check station (20 min walk) ? the website for latest updates on the project. In the meantime there are Acton Town or South Ealing (10 min walk) WE BELIEVE GUNNERSBURY lots of exciting things to see and do WAS NAMED AFTER GUNYLDA, in Gunnersbury Park A DAUGHTER OR NIECE OF Free parking accessed from Popes KING CANUTE. DO YOU THINK Lane (signed for Capel Manor College) Explore the Nature Trail Disabled access SHE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO and have fun discovering KNOW THEY STILL USE HER Café the playground and timber NAME 1,000 YEARS AFTER Unable to issue stickers play sculptures! SHE LIVED HERE?

GUNNERSBURY PARK & MUSEUM 12 Carefully roll a log in the Bug Hotel area 1. of the Nature Trail. Can you find any mini-beasts living there?

Mini-beasts are small creatures, like worms, snails, insects and spiders. The scientific term for them is invertebrates – a creature without a backbone. There are over 25,000 mini-beast species in Britain. Draw a mini-beast you have spotted. Make sure you don’t forget to roll 2. the log back!

13 GUNNERSBURY PARK & MUSEUM Find the storytelling throne in the Lost Tennis Court and make up a 3. 4. story inspired by what you can see and hear around you. Look at the carved story starters on the benches for ideas to get you Go to the Round Pond and take started. Are your characters animal a photo of the view across the or human? Real or magical? pond to the Temple. What birds can you see at the pond today? Can you find a large metal sign that tells you about the exotic birds that were kept at the Round Pond when the Rothschild family lived here?

Finish writing your story. Think about the sounds, sights and smells of the park and how to give your story a beginning, middle and an ending. Give your story a beautiful illustrated border showing your favourite things in the park.

GUNNERSBURY PARK & MUSEUM 14 Find the mosaic panels in the Kitchen Garden. Young MAKE A DAY OF IT 5. people from the local area worked with artists to make mosaics inspired by the park. Can you see the woodpecker in one of the panels? Draw a design for a mosaic of your own inspired by the plants, trees or wildlife you can see in the park today. Get the bus to and explore the former grounds of ! Run, play and feed the ducks.

Exit the park at the south-east corner and it is only a 20 minute walk to the London Museum of Water & Steam.

15 GUNNERSBURY PARK & MUSEUM LONDON MUSEUM OF WATER & STEAM

DISCOVER THE VENUE INFO CONTACT US FASCINATING STORY OF Suggested time of visit: 2 – 3 hours 020 8568 4757 LONDON’S WATER SUPPLY Green Dragon Lane, , www.waterandsteam.org.uk The people of London have been London, TW8 0EN [email protected] using water from the Adult, £12.50; Concessions 60+ or @waterandsteam for thousands of years. Come and find Student, £11.00; Child (5 – 15 years), @waterandsteam out how a network of pumping engines, £5.50; Family ticket 1 adult + 2 pipes, filters and reservoirs revolutionised children, £18.00; Family ticket @waterandsteam the city by delivering clean water into 2 adults + 2 children, £30.50. If you people’s homes. have enjoyed your visit speak to a GETTING HERE member of staff about upgrading your day ticket to an annual pass 65, 237, 267, 391 to Kew Bridge Station (4 min walk) Opening times: Mon – Sun, 11am – 4pm Kew Bridge Station (4 min walk) Limited free parking Gunnersbury Station (17 min walk) MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT Disabled access OUR TOWER IS A CHIMNEY, Café BUT, IN FACT, IT ’S A Collect your sticker from reception STANDPIPE TOWER. ASK SOMEONE AT THE MUSEUM TO EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKED.

LONDON MUSEUM OF WATER & STEAM 16 This is Splash the Cat, the Museum Taste one of the delicious mascot. Follow her oily paw prints 5. treats in our café. around the displays. When you have completed an activity draw a paw print in the box.

Climb into the tunnels in 1. the Waterworks Gallery. 4. Smell the herbs growing in our garden.

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Count how many litres of water the average washing machine uses. 2.

Pull the levers on the Boulton Ride on Thomas, our very own steam 3. and Watt model to get it working. locomotive, every weekend!

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Listen to the voice of Charles Dickens See our marvellous engines describing the 90 inch engine. 6. in action at weekends.

There are lots of different textures in the Museum and Museum Garden! Collect a pack of crayons and a piece of paper from the reception desk. Use these to take some rubbings of the different textures. Cut them out and stick them on to make a collage of Splash the Cat at home.

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LONDON MUSEUM OF WATER & STEAM 18 9. MAKE A DAY OF IT

There are lots of cogs in Visit The Musical Museum and see a the London Museum of wonderful collection of self-playing Water & Steam, can you mechanical musical instruments. finish drawing this one? It’s only a 5 minute walk away!

The Museum is a short walk away from , just pop across the bridge! In fact our standpipe tower The rotative steam engines are was designed to look magnificent for in operation every weekend with a very special reason; the King and the Cornish Engines running on Queen could view it from ! monthly event days (see website for event listings).

19 LONDON MUSEUM OF WATER & STEAM FULHAM PALACE

WELCOME TO THE BISHOP VENUE INFO CONTACT INFO

OF LONDON’S SUMMER Suggested time of visit: 2 – 3 hours 020 7736 3233 PALACE. DURING THE LAST www.fulhampalace.org Bishop’s Avenue, Fulham, London 1000 YEARS, OVER 100 SW6 6EA [email protected] @fulhampalacetrust BISHOPS LIVED AT FULHAM Free @fulham_palace In the later 1900s it became the Bishop Opening times: Fulham Palace,  @fulhampalace of London’s only home. The Bishop now gardens and café open daily. lives close to St Paul’s Cathedral. The Museum is open Sun – Thurs. Please check the website for GETTING HERE seasonal opening times Metered parking on Bishop’s Avenue Fulham Palace Road, Fulham High Street or Putney Bridge Disabled access (10 min walk) Café CAN YOU SPOT THE MOAT BY Putney Station (18 min walk)  Collect your sticker from reception THE ENTRANCE GATES AND Putney Bridge Underground Station THE PINK GOTHIC LODGE? IT IS (10 min walk) MAINLY UNDERGROUND TODAY BUT IT WAS ONCE THE LONGEST HOUSEHOLD MOAT IN THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND!

FULHAM PALACE 20 Today the Palace is a wonderful jigsaw puzzle of different 1. styles. Each Bishop made changes to the Palace whilst living there. The buildings today are a mixture of styles including Tudor, Georgian and Victorian features. Look around the Palace to match the brick patterns with the walls of the Palace. Tick the box when you have found the matching brickwork.

Tudor Bishop Grindal grew grapes in the Tudor Courtyard. These were the first to ripen within reach of the royal court and were sent annually as a gift to Queen who said that his grapes made the sweetest wine.

Georgian: Victorian: Tudor: In the 1700s Bishop Robinson was The Victorian Chapel was the fourth Bishop Grindal grew grapes at the not happy with how the Palace chapel at Fulham Palace. It was Palace. These were the first to ripen looked so he demolished much of it damaged by bombs in World War II within reach of the royal court and and had it rebuilt in a style he liked. and had to be restored. were sent annually as a gift to Queen Elizabeth I.

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See if you can spot our famous Bishops Tree on the Walk through the gate and into What do you think was grown north lawn. Strike your best Fulham Palace’s Walled Garden. in the original Pinery-Vinery pose in one of the thrones Glasshouses? Have you ever planted a flower and and. Take a picture and watched it grow? Bishop Compton, Circle as many answers as you share it with who lived at Fulham Palace over like! Answers on the next page. us #WestLondonWonders. 300 years ago, loved gardening. He collected seeds from all over the world including the West Indies and Virginia, in the USA and grew them in the Palace gardens. Feel free to get up close and smell the beautiful flowers but please just look with your eyes.

PINEAPPLES PINE TREES GRAPES

Did you know that the first ever magnolia in Europe was Did you know: Sometimes the Bishops grew more unusual things here, grown at the Palace? such as ginger and coffee!

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PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE Answers = Pineapples, grapes MAKE A DAY OF IT

You will need: 1. Before making, wash your hands and put an apron on. 15g butter Weigh or measure all of the Fulham Palace is located within 25g brown sugar 2. ingredients and ask a grown up , which has a great 6 pineapple rings to pre-heat an oven to 180c/gas playground and an urban beach! mark 4. 125g margarine 3. Rub a thin layer of butter inside a 125g self-raising flour non-stick cake tin so the cake does 2 eggs not stick to it, then add brown sugar to the bottom. Apron 4. Place the pineapple rings on the Non-stick cake tin bottom of the tin. The market barrow in the Walled Mixing bowl 5. Mix the self-raising flour, caster Garden is regularly stocked with Weighing scales sugar, two eggs and margarine into seasonal produce to buy and a mixing bowl. take home. Spoon 6. When the mixture is soft, carefully Oven gloves pour it into the cake tin and spread Plate it out so it is nice and even. 7. Ask a grown up to put the cake tin in the oven for 60 minutes until cooked. 8. Once cooked, allow it to cool and Visit another former home of the 5. then put a plate on top of the tin Bishops of London! Gunnersbury and carefully turn the cake tin over. Park is 45 minutes away using the The pineapple will now be on top! District and lines.

23 FULHAM PALACE DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM

DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM VENUE INFO CONTACT INFO

WAS ONCE THE HOME OF Suggested time of visit: 1 – 2 hours 020 8417 5515 THE RUSSIAN SCULPTOR Kingston University, 67 Kingston Vale, www.dorichhousemuseum.org.uk DORA GORDINE AND London, SW15 3RN [email protected] HER HUSBAND THE HON. £5 Adults, £3 Concessions (over 60s @DorichHouseMuseum or students), Children under 16 FREE @DorichHouse RICHARD HARE Opening times: Thurs - Sat, @Dorichhousemuseum 11am - 5pm, last entry 4.30pm. During your visit you will see a plaster Please check the website for studio, a modelling studio and a gallery. seasonal closures This is where Dora produced and GETTING HERE displayed her artwork.  Limited free parking The Museum is located over four 85 & K3 to Woodview Close floors. There are 78 steps to the top (12 min walk) floor, which is accessed via a narrow Dorich House Museum is on staircase. The Museum currently has Kingston Vale, close to Robin Hood no wheelchair accessible toilets. Roundabout on the A3. From the A3 To discuss access requirements take the A308 exit, marked Kingston. DORICH HOUSE GETS ITS please contact the Museum NAME FROM ITS OWNERS, Collect your stickers from DORA AND RICHARD. IF YOU the entrance DESIGNED A HOUSE WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT?

DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM 24 Dorich House Museum was the A sculpture is a 3D piece of art. studio and home of the sculptor 1. Which sculpture did you like best today? Dora Gordine and her husband. Can you draw it on the plinth? Today it houses the largest collection of her work. Watch the short video when you arrive to find our more.

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Pose like a sculpture and share your picture #WestLondonWonders.

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25 DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM Animals are hiding throughout the house. You will find them on ornaments, furniture 4. and pieces of art. Keep a tally of how many you can see.

Have you climbed all the stairs to the roof terrace? Stay on the roof for 5 minutes and count how many parakeets you see. They 5. love the garden and are always flying around.

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Parakeets are originally from the foothills of the Himalayas. What is your favourite animal They eat berries, buds, nuts and seeds, all of which are at Dorich House Museum? in plentiful supply in the area.

DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM 26 If you were a sculptor, MAKE A DAY OF IT 7. who would you like to make a sculpture of? If you are hungry why not pop down the road and have a pizza at Don Emilio?

Take a walk down to Robin Hood Gate and explore , stop off at Pembroke Lodge for a cake before visiting the Hearsum Collection at Pembroke Lodge. Go and find the deer antlers in the information kiosk or see the view from King Henry’s Mound.

Take the 85 bus into Kingston and visit Kingston Museum to find out more about famous former Kingston resident, Eadweard Muybridge.

27 DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM KINGSTON MUSEUM

FROM ANCIENT ORIGINS VENUE INFO CONTACT US

TO ROYAL CONNECTIONS Suggested time of visit: 020 8547 5006 DISCOVER KINGSTON’S Under an hour www.kingston.gov.uk/museum PAST AT KINGSTON MUSEUM Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon [email protected] Thames, KT1 2PS @KingstonMuseumUK Find out all about photographer Free Eadweard Muybridge and see the @KingstonMuseum Opening Times: Tues, Fri, Sat first photographs of horses galloping 10am-5pm and Thurs 10am-7pm at the Museum. GETTING HERE Nearby metered parking at the Cattle Market Fairfield Bus Station (1 min walk) Cromwell Road Bus Station Disabled access (5 min walk) Collect your sticker from reception Kingston Station (5 min walk)

DID YOU KNOW KINGSTON MUSEUM ALSO HAS AN ART GALLERY?

KINGSTON MUSEUM 28 Eadweard Muybridge was born in Kingston in 1830 and 1. famously proved a horse can fly! He photographed a galloping horse, showing for the first time that a horse lifts all four hooves off the ground when running. He also invented the zoopraxiscope, the first movie projector; can you find one in the Museum?

Can you spot the ‘Crazy Patched Vase’? Kingston once had lots of 2. potteries, where china pots and bottles were made. This colourful vase is over 100 years old. It was made by sticking together lots of small pieces of broken china. Can you guess how many?

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Muybridge used his zoopraxiscope to project images on a fast spinning glass disc to make it look like the pictures were moving. Make your own pictures move! You can find the materials needed in the Activity Corner at the Museum. 1. Colour in the pictures and cut out the discs 2. Stick a straw to the back of one disc and stick the other disc on top 3. Put the straw between your hands and rub them together quickly 4. As it spins you should see the jockey riding the horse!

KINGSTON MUSEUM 30 MAKE A DAY OF IT Try the many restaurants along the riverside for great food and waterfront views or sample street food and coffee in Kingston Market Place.

Why is the symbol of Kingston 3 fishes? Can you spot these in the museum and around town?

The first king of England was crowned in Kingston. Did you see a life-size model of him in the Museum? Look out for the Coronation Stone in Kingston Town Centre!

Hop on the number 65 bus to the London Museum of Water and Steam or get a direct train from Kingston station to Strawberry Hill station and walk to Strawberry Hill House.

31 KINGSTON MUSEUM THE HEARSUM COLLECTION AT PEMBROKE LODGE

THE HEARSUM COLLECTION VENUE INFO CONTACT INFO AT PEMBROKE LODGE CAN BE Suggested time of visit: 1 hour www.hearsumcollection.org.uk FOUND IN RICHMOND PARK Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, [email protected] Richmond, Surrey, TW10 5HX The Hearsum Collection collects objects, @hearsumcollection Free paintings and prints about the history @hearsuminfo of Richmond Park. Richmond Park is a Open every day of the year, Nature Reserve with 630 red and fallow except Christmas Eve and Day deer roaming freely since 1637. 9am – 5.30pm, or 30 minutes GETTING HERE before Richmond Park closing time. Richmond Park is accessible by road For park opening times: and public transport www.royalparks.org.uk Richmond Station, then 371 For Information Centre opening bus and (10 min walk) from THE HEARSUM COLLECTION IS times: www.frp.org.uk Richmond Gate CURRENTLY NOT ACCESSIBLE Free public car park Richmond Station, (as above) TO THE PUBLIC BUT THERE ARE Disabled access FUTURE PLANS FOR A HERITAGE PAVILLION. YOU CAN FIND OUT Tearooms You will be exploring Pembroke Lodge gardens. Please be aware that there are uneven and Collect your sticker MORE ABOUT RICHMOND PARK sometimes slippery surfaces. Please be from the Refreshments FROM THE DISPLAYS IN AND considerate to wildlife by not picking flowers Kiosk by the car park AROUND THE ENTRANCE TO or getting too close to animals or birds. PEMBROKE LODGE.

THE HEARSUM COLLECTION AT PEMBROKE LODGE 32 OAK TREE PEMBROKE LODGE KING HENRY’S MOUND

Pembroke Lodge was originally a small cottage for the park's mole catcher! His job was to stop moles from building mole 3. hills in the park. Mole hills were 2. a danger to people hunting on horseback as the horses could trip over them. Go through the gate towards Pembroke Lodge and find the ancient oak tree with a wicker fence around it. INFORMATION CENTRE There are many ancient trees Did you know male deer grow in Richmond Park and lots of a new set of antlers every year? wildlife depend on them. The old antlers fall off in winter and the new antlers grow from 1. scratch. Each new set of antlers START will be bigger than the last! FROM Draw an animal or bird that CAR Visit the Information Centre might live in this tree. PARK and touch the deer antlers.

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KING HENRY’S MOUND

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On King Henry’s Mound, look through the telescope at St POET’S CORNER Paul’s Cathedral. How far away do you think it is? Write your answer here. Look for the metal circle on the ground to Look for the words from a poem see if you are right. on the curved bench Can you read them out loud?

Can you hear any birds singing?

THE HEARSUM COLLECTION AT PEMBROKE LODGE 34 7. MAKE A DAY OF IT

Think about something that you There are lots more things to see and do in Richmond saw during your visit and write a Park. Why not try our tasty cake at Pembroke Lodge poem or story about it. tea rooms? Or explore the Isabella Plantation or the Children’s Playgrounds at Petersham Gate and Kingston Gate. Hire a bike or go horse riding at one of the local stables in Richmond Park.

Dorich House is only 10 minutes away by car and backs onto the wall of Richmond Park.

For more information about things to see and do in Richmond Park visit: www.royalparks.org.uk

35 THE HEARSUM COLLECTION AT PEMBROKE LODGE STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE

THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS VENUE INFO CONTACT INFO

WHAT THEY SEEM IN THIS Suggested time of visit: 2 hours 020 8744 1241 CASTLE FULL OF TRICKS Opening times: March to www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk AND SURPRISES October Mon – Wed 12.00 noon – [email protected] last entry 3.30pm. Sun 11am – @strawberryhillhouse Walls which look like stone might last entry 4pm. October to March be made from something else and reduced opening times. Please @strawbhillhouse unusual creatures guard the stairway. check the website for details @strawbhillhouse Come and discover the secrets of Adult £14 incl: gift aid; £7 for Strawberry Hill House. , Art Fund, Student, GETTING HERE Blue Badge; 2 for 1 for , Richmond Card, Strawberry Vale (2 min walk) SW Trains, and Activities Days Out Strawberry Hill station Strawberry Hill House, (6 min walk) 268 Waldegrave Road, Twickenham, TW1 4ST (1717 – 1797) Limited free parking SON OF SIR ROBERT, BRITAIN’S FIRST PRIME MINISTER, BUILT Disabled access STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE Café FOR HIS LARGE COLLECTION  Collect your sticker from the shop OF TREASURES.

STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE 36 Walpole kept his treasures in a The antelopes, like guardians of the special room called the Tribune. 3. castle follow you with their eyes as These included Henry VIII’s jewel you climb the stairs. Which animal 1. encrusted dagger, enamel portraits would you choose to protect you? and miniatures.

Portraits are paintings of people. Enamel portraits are painted on metal and fired in a kiln. This means that they do not fade and 2. were very popular when Walpole was alive. Draw someone you visited Strawberry Hill House with.

ANTELOPE

A miniature painting is very small but very detailed. People would pay for portraits of their loved ones so that they could carry the picture around with them. When Walpole died in 1797, he owned around 130 miniatures.

ENAMEL PORTRAIT MINIATURE

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The Saracen’s head was Walpole’s symbol. How many can you find around the house?

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Find the oldest tree in the garden. Go to the library and look at the stained glass. Can you find How old is it? How far can you the figures which show Faith, Hope and Charity? How can stretch your arms around it? 6. you tell? Draw your favourite piece of stained glass.

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Walpole made up his own words like ‘Serendipity’ (which means a lucky accident). He also came up with ‘Gloomth’ to describe the house – can you make up with a new word to describe the house?

Did you know that if you catch the 33 bus outside Strawberry Hill, Orleans Gallery is just 15 minutes away? Or you can walk along the river and visit York House Gardens on the way.

39 STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE THE TWICKENHAM MUSEUM

THIS FORMER WATERMAN’S VENUE INFO CONTACT INFO

RIVERSIDE COTTAGE WAS Suggested time of visit: www.twickenham-museum.org.uk BUILT IN 1720 BY THE Under an hour @TwickMuseum FAMOUS TWINING TEA 25 The Embankment. Twickenham TW1 3DU GETTING HERE MERCHANT FAMILY WHO Free York Street (3 min walk) LIVED IN TWICKENHAM Opening times: Tues & Sat, 11am – 3pm; Sun 2pm – 4pm. Twickenham Station (10 min walk) Thomas Twining opened an educational Please note that the Museum museum in 1860, which was destroyed is entirely volunteer supported in a fire 10 years later. In 2000 a group of and may very occasionally not local volunteers created a new Museum. be open at these times Nearby metered parking at Twickenham Riverside, Church Street and York House TWICKENHAM MUSEUM IS  Collect your sticker from reception DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE OLD BOROUGH BEFORE IT BECAME PART OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES IN 1965.

THE TWICKENHAM MUSEUM 40 Nearly 300 years ago this building was bought by Thomas Can you find Professor Cockles? Twining. Thomas Twining lived next door in Dial House. He entertained generations of He made his money buying and selling tea. Twickenham children throughout the mid-20th century with his crazy underwater diving antics! It’s hard to believe his home- made equipment actually worked! 1. What do you think he saw under the River Thames?

Did you know that Thomas Twining is one of the people responsible for making tea a popular drink in Britain? This tea cup is very plain, can you decorate it?

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For hundreds of years a ferry has operated across the river between and . The Hammerton Ferryman used to live here. How many people do you think slept in the house? Ask one of our volunteers for the answer. You can still get the Hammerton Ferry across the river to Ham House. Visit www.hammertonsferry.com to check ferry times.

41 THE TWICKENHAM MUSEUM An inventor designs or makes 3. something new to solve a problem or make life easier for the user.

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Trevor Baylis is one of Britain’s best known modern day inventors. He lives in Twickenham where he invented his famous wind-up radio. The wind-up radio does not need batteries or an external electrical source. It is powered by the user winding a crank for several seconds. It was Now it is your turn to be an first used to share important information with people in inventor! An invention can be new Africa with no access to batteries or an electrical supply. and useful or an improvement on something else. Draw or describe your own invention.

THE TWICKENHAM MUSEUM 42 Twickenham is loaded with history, MAKE A DAY OF IT including the bones of Ice-Age creatures, Roman pots and Saxon spears.

Young archaeologists can visit the Looking for somewhere to eat or Champions Wharf sand pit opposite the drink? In neighbouring historic Museum to uncover examples for themselves. Church Street there are lots of 5. What are the similarities and differences cafés, restaurants and pubs to try. between what you dug up and what you saw in The Twickenham Museum?

Walk along the river to Orleans House Gallery or get the bus to Strawberry Hill House.

Fun fact: evidence of early humans lay under Church Street car park!

43 THE TWICKENHAM MUSEUM ORLEANS HOUSE GALLERY

ORLEANS HOUSE HAS VENUE INFO CONTACT INFO

CHANGED OVER TIME Suggested time of visit: 1 hour 020 8831 6000 FROM A PRIVATE HOUSE Orleans House Gallery, Riverside www.richmond.gov.uk/arts TO A PUBLIC ART GALLERY Twickenham, TW1 3DJ [email protected] Free @Orleanshg Nellie Ionides was a well known collector Opening times: Tues – Sun, who saved the Octagon Room from @OrleansHouseGallery 10am – 5pm demolition in the 1920s. Nellie donated GETTING HERE paintings which were the start of the Limited free parking. Please note Gallery’s art collection. that access to the Orleans House The Crown Pub (10 min walk) Gallery car park can be limited due Lebanon Park (5 min walk) to high tides. Please ensure that you check the tide times before St Margarets Station (15 min walk) you visit Twickenham Station (15 min walk) Disabled access Café NELLIE USED TO BREED POODLES. Some of the building is currently  Collect your sticker from reception closed for refurbishment and will WHEN SHE BRUSHED THEIR FUR open in early 2018. Please check SHE SAVED THE HAIRS AND HAD the website for more information. THEM SPUN INTO WOOL TO MAKE In the meantime there are still lots CLOTHES WITH! DOG WOOL IS of exciting things to see and do! KNOWN AS “CHIENGORA”.

ORLEANS HOUSE GALLERY 44 The Octagon Room is over 300 1. years old, it was built to entertain royalty. George II and Queen Caroline were friends with the owner and came for dinner. What would you serve royalty for dinner? Draw your meal on the plate.

Louis Philippe I, the Duke of Orléans, was a member of the French Royal family who had to flee France during the French Revolution. He lived 2. in lots of different countries and between 1815 and 1817 he made Orleans House his home. What would you pack if you were moving house? Can you draw them in the suitcase?

45 ORLEANS HOUSE GALLERY If you walk into the courtyard you 3. will see the Coach House and the Stables Gallery. Rich people, like Henri the Duke of Aumale, used to travel by horse and carriage. When Henri lived at Orleans House his carriages were kept in the Coach House and the horses were kept in Stables. Decorate the carriage.

Orleans House Gallery looks after over 4000 paintings of the local area, draw your own picture for 4. our art collection.

ORLEANS HOUSE GALLERY 46 5. MAKE A DAY OF IT

St Margarets is a short walk away Walk along the river to and has cafés, pubs and restaurants Richmond and visit the for you to refuel after your busy Museum of Richmond. day exploring.

Orleans House used to be bigger than it looks today. In 1926 it was demolished by gravel merchants. Walk into the woodland and look for some old stones, these used to be the steps to the Victorian library!

After you walk through the wood you will see a large white house, this is Marble Hill House. You can play lots of fun games in .

47 ORLEANS HOUSE GALLERY MUSEUM OF RICHMOND

STEP BACK IN TIME AND VENUE INFO CONTACT INFO

DISCOVER MORE ABOUT Suggested time of visit: 1 hour 020 8332 1141 ONE OF LONDON’S MOST Second Floor, Old Town Hall, www.museumofrichmond.com HISTORIC BOROUGHS Whittaker Ave, Richmond, [email protected] TW9 1TP @museumofrichmond For centuries Richmond has been a Free @museumrichmond centre of fashion and the arts, as well Opening Times: Tues – Fri, 11am – @museumofrichmond as a home to many of Britain’s Royals 5pm. Sat, April to September, 11am and famous figures. to 5pm. Sat, October to March, 11am to 4pm. Please check our website GETTING HERE before you travel H22, 33, H37, 65, R68, 190, 290, Metered parking is available at Friar’s 371, 490 to Richmond Bus Station Lane Car Park, Richmond Riverside (3 min walk) Car Park and Paradise Road Car Park Richmond Station (7 min walk) Disabled access Richmond Station (7 min walk)  Collect your sticker from reception  ? Richmond Museum is on the top floor of the WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT Old Town Hall – take the lift from the reception, THE MUSEUM OF RICHMOND? or head up the stairs to the right. MARK THE TIME ON THE CLOCK.

MUSEUM OF RICHMOND 48 Step back in time into a Victorian classroom. The Victorians were famed for their neat and fancy handwriting – it took Try on the Victorian costumes and see how hours of practice to perfect. 1. you look in the mirror. Get your grown up to 2. try on some costumes too! Take a picture Sit at the school desk and have a go and share it with us #WestLondonWonders. at writing your name like a Victorian.

49 MUSEUM OF RICHMOND Coat of arms are like badges, used 3. 5. to show the symbols of a family or organisations. Have a think about what symbols or objects are important to your friends or family and design your own coat of arms below.

Build your own Palace! King Henry VII rebuilt Sheen Palace after it burnt down and renamed it to show how rich and powerful he was. Have a go at building your own majestic Palace using our Lego table.

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Find the coat of arms from St Anne’s Church. How many creatures can you see hiding in it? Look carefully – they come in all shapes and sizes! Circle the ones you can find.

UNICORN BULL RED HERRING DOG BIRD HORSE LION GRIFFIN CAT

MUSEUM OF RICHMOND 50 MAKE A DAY OF IT There are lots of places to eat and drink in Richmond, from McDonalds to The Ivy Café! You can use visitrichmond.com or ask one of the helpful volunteers on the front desk to help you find somewhere for lunch or a pit stop for some tasty treats.

When you were visiting the Museum of Richmond did you see the model of Richmond Palace? Why not head to for a picnic and explore what remains of Richmond Palace? Does it look different to the model?

You can get the number 33 bus or take a leisurely stroll along the river to Orleans House Gallery and The Twickenham Museum from the Museum of Richmond.

51 MUSEUM OF RICHMOND WEST LONDON WONDERS EXPLORER CERTIFICATE AFFIX STAMP

After you have visited a site speak to a member of staff or volunteer and collect your sticker! TO: Once you have visited as many sites as you can, apply for your West London Wonders Explorer Certificate. ORLEANS HOUSE To do this tear off the page, add a stamp and post it to Orleans House Gallery or take a picture of your completed GALLERY page and email it to [email protected]. You will then be emailed a special Bronze, Silver or Gold certificate. RIVERSIDE Please note: Gunnersbury Park & Museum are TWICKENHAM unable to issue stickers after you have visited. TW1 3DJ

NAME: Bronze 2 – 4 sites Please tear here EMAIL ADDRESS: Silver 5 – 8 sites Gold 9 – 11 sites

52 ORLEANS HOUSE GALLERY VENUE CHECKLIST

MUSEUM OF RICHMOND

HEADSTONE MANOR & MUSEUM

GUNNERSBURY PARK & MUSEUM LONDON MUSEUM OF WATER & STEAM

THE HEARSUM COLLECTION AT PEMBROKE LODGE

THE TWICKENHAM MUSEUM

FULHAM PALACE

STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE

DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM

KINGSTON MUSEUM

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