St. Margarets

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for TQ168742
Administration
London borough:	Richmond
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Nation:	England
Other
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Middlesex
Services
Police force:	Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade:	London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service:	London Ambulance
Media
ITV franchise:	ITV London
BBC region:	BBC London
BBC Local Radio:	BBC London 94.9
Post office and telephone
Post town:	TWICKENHAM
Postal district:	TW1
Dialling code:	020
Politics
UK Parliament:	Twickenham
London Assembly:	South West London
European Parliament:	London

St. Margarets is a leafy London suburb, situated 9.3 miles west-southwest of Charing Cross, on the north bank of the River Thames opposite Richmond. The district is bounded to the east and south by a bend in the River Thames and to its north and west by the River Crane. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is a London borough in South West London and part of Outer London. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... For more coverage on London, visit the London Portal. ... 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Character

St. Margarets is a fashionable riverside district, particularly popular with young professionals and families. The area is characterised by its attractive tree-lined residential roads and its eclectic range of shops and cafés. Central St. Margarets, known locally as "St. Margarets Village", is home to Twickenham Studios, one of London's most important film studios. Twickenham Film Studios located in London, England, is used by many television and film companies. ...

Transport

Road

St. Margarets is bisected by the busy Chertsey Road (A316), which connects Central London with the M3 motorway to the southwest. In the Republic of Ireland, the M3 motorway is a planned upgrade to part of the N3 road from Dublin to Cavan and the Northwest. ...

Rail

The area is served by St. Margarets mainline station, with frequent services (usually every 15 mins) in and out of Waterloo, and is a 20-minute walk from Richmond's District Line underground station. St Margarets railway station is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. ... A 1948 poster showing the main concourse. ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ... The Tube redirects here. ...

History

St. Margarets' river frontage was the site for large eighteenth century houses and gardens, notably - York House, Orleans House and Marble Hill House. In 1814, with advice from his friend Sir John Soane, the eminent architect, the famous English painter J.M.W. Turner built a house in Sandycoombe Road, leading down to Marble Hill Park, by the Thames. The house Sandycombe Lodge (originally Solus Lodge), is still there today. Turner painted many local scenes of the river Thames in the area. Many large Victorian houses also remain in the area along with infill housing from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Marble Hill House is a Palladian villa on the River Thames in Twickenham, southwest London. ... J. M. W. Turner, English landscape painter The fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, painted 1839. ... The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles during the Victorian era: Neoclassicism Gothic Revival Italianate Second Empire Neo-Grec Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) Renaissance Revival Queen Anne Jacobethan architecture (the precusor to the Queen Anne style) British Arts and Crafts movement painted...

Between St Margarets Road and the railway line (to the east of the "village") is a residential estate, "Twickenham Park", an area of large houses with some unusual architecture - for example semi-detached side-to-side, or semi-detached L shaped buildings, as opposed to the more usual front-to-back division. Most are now split into multiple occupancy. This park had two entrances, with lodge buildings at each - one, Victoria Lodge, survives.

Neighbouring areas

Neighbouring districts include Richmond upon Thames to the east (across Richmond Bridge), Twickenham to the southwest and Isleworth to the northwest (across the River Crane). Access to the east and south is prevented by the lack of a fixed river crossing, however a foot- and bicycle ferry carries passengers between the riverside near Ham House and the Marble Hill House bank. The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is a London borough in South West London and part of Outer London. ... Richmond Bridge crosses the River Thames in southwest London, England. ... Twickenham is a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in the south-west of London. ... Isleworth is also an affluent subdivision of Windermere, Florida, in the United States. ... The River Crane is a river in west London, England, which flows into the River Thames at Isleworth. ... The Ham House The Ham House is a 19th century house in Dubuque, Iowa that is on the National Register of Historic Places. ... Marble Hill House is a Palladian villa on the River Thames in Twickenham, southwest London. ...

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

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