St. Margarets

St Margarets is a leafy London suburb lying across the River Thames from the more exclusive Richmond. It is bounded to the south by a bend in the river and is cut through its centre by the busy Chertsey Road (A316).

Its river frontage was the site for large eighteenth century house and gardens, notably - York House, Orleans House and Marble Hill House. Many large Victorian houses also remain in the area along with infill housing from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Nearby districts are Richmond to the east (across Richmond bridge), Twickenham to the west and Isleworth to the north. Access to the south is prevented by the lack of a river crossing.