Kilmorey Mausoleum open day - 29 April 2018

On Sunday, 29^th April 2018 Kilmorey Mausoleum and its wildlife garden will be open to the public from 9.00am to 3.00pm. The address is 275 St Margarets Road, TW1 1PN, Twickenham (opposite the Ailsa Tavern).

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21 April 2018 | around_town

Summer sport programmes

Sprint into summer with one of Richmond’s super sports programmes.

If you’re looking to sprint into summer with a healthier outlook on life try out one of the sports programmes available across the borough’s sports centres.

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21 April 2018 | around_town

Marble Hill Spring 2018 Tennis Programme

Now in its 6^th year, the tennis classes in Marble Hill Park start next week and cater for children aged 4-15 years and over.

The classes are for children who are new to the game, and children who have had some previous experience of coaching. The classes run for 5-6 weeks, and the maximum class size is 8 children (4 children per. court).

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21 April 2018 | around_town

Primary School offers day 2018

Ninety eight percent of in-borough applicants have been offered a place at one of their first three preferred primary schools.

On 16 April, Richmond Council made the initial allocation of Reception class offers for this September. This year, 2,174 pupils applied for a place - compared with 2,363 last year.

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21 April 2018 | news

Ofo starts dockless bike service in Richmond

Ofo will launch the dockless bike share pilot in Richmond upon Thames.

People will be able to ride for just 50p per half hour, with a maximum daily cap of £5. Simply collect and leave ofo bikes anywhere on the public highway but you must not block the pavement. Using wider areas of pavement or places with traditional bike parking is best.

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21 April 2018 | news

Local council elections - 2018

With the local council elections around the corner on the 3^rd May 2018, we have started to pull together some information on the party manifestos and candidates.

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14 April 2018 | news

We know flooding

The meteorologists said that last month was the wettest March in over a decade - but we knew that already. Living between two rivers, the Thames and the Crane, we St Margarethians have seen the evidence with our own eyes. Twickenham and Richmond riversides were flooded and so were Radnor Gardens, Ranelagh Drive and towpaths from Teddington to Kew and beyond. Cars bobbed about axle deep in murky waters…

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14 April 2018 | around_town

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

The historian F.C Hodgson described her as “one of our undoubted Twickenham celebrities”. Others saw her as an adventurer, an orientalist, a medical pioneer, a correspondent with the good and great and a heart breaker too.

Lady Mary Pierrepont, the eldest child of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1^st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull was born in May 1689. Following his wife’s death in 1692 the Duke passed the care of Mary and her three younger siblings to their grandmother.

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14 April 2018 | around_town

Tennis for Kids classes

Is your child the next tennis ace? Sign up and find out

A scheme which introduces kids to tennis is back in Richmond upon Thames for another smashing summer.

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14 April 2018 | around_town

People and places exhibition open to submissions

Calling all landscape and portrait artists! Orleans House Gallery is looking for submissions for its new ‘Richmond: People and Places’ open exhibition.

The exhibition, celebrating the people and places of Richmond upon Thames past and present, will be held in the refurbished Gallery from 2^nd June to 19^th August 2018.

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14 April 2018 | around_town