Richmond Park
Note: This map only shows the position of Richmond Park (Richmond Deer Park) within the UK.
RICHMOND PARK: Balloon Training Station (also known as BEVERLEY BROOK)
Military users: RFC/RAF (Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force)
Kite Balloon Training Station and School
Location: On/near the Polo Ground just S of Roehampton Gate, roughly 1 to 1.5nm NE of Kingston-upon-Thames town centre
Period of operation: 1915 to 1919
Site area: 10 acres
NOTES: Even today there is a large flat area in the SE section of the park known as the ‘Flying Field’, perfectly flat and partly used as sports fields, and, in recent years used as a kite flying site which includes kites of the flexfoil type large enough to lift a man off the ground. This activity does extend westwards. A school is available to teach people how to ‘fly’ with such equipment. I now suspect this modern site was, more or less, either on or adjacent to the BEVERLEY BROOK site listed above?
RICHMOND PARK: Balloon Depot (also known as KINGSTON HILL)
Military users: RFC/RAF (Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force)
Kite Balloon acceptance and testing Depot
Location: Probably W to NW of the Isabella Plantation, E of Robin Hood Gate on the A308, about 2nm NE of Kingston-upon-Thames town centre
Period of operation: 1915 to 1919. Kite flying from 2009 -
Site area: 25 acres
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