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Isn't Richmond Park a safari park?
The less cars using it as a shortcut the better quite frankly.
The driving there in normal times can be summarised as
<10MPH and gawping at the deer30mph and treating it as a race track
I once had a guy relentlessly beeping me as I was climbing up Broomfield Hill, I don't know where he expected me to go, then parked up in the carpark, so I went to speak with him, and he was too scared to wind down the window or get out of his car. If you're gonna be a cunt be prepared to follow through with it.
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I live in hope that one day they put in some magic bollard system to prevent all through use of the park (emergency vehicles excepted).
Sure, drive there and enjoy the park but be limited to driving to the nearest car park and that's it. Forced to exit the same gate you entered.
I read Parklife by John Bartram recently (he was a gamekeeper there for decades) and 30 years or so ago he remembers being able to walk from one side of the park to the other early in the morning and not see a single other person, and no cars either (yes, it was after the gates were open, not that early in the morning...)
The infestation of cars is definitely a recent (in relative terms) thing.
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Also reminds me of the concrete carbuncle that has gone up opposite Roehampton Gate.
https://planning2.wandsworth.gov.uk/planningcase/comments.aspx?case=2018%2f2298 is the particular planning application.
It's gone up pretty much as this ES article shows:-
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Richmond park off limits to bikes
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They've decided to extend the existing motor vehicle limitations for another year: http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=community&link=http://neighbournet.com/server/common/ldrsrichmondpark004.htm
(I'd hoped they would do something more, but the current limits will deter more and more...)