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Udney Hall Gardens is a fragment of the grounds of Teddington Place, former seat of the C18th magnate Sir Charles Dunscombe, one of the richest men of his day and Lord Mayor of London in 1709. Udney Hall was the original name given to the house, which was built In c.1700 but eventually demolished in 1946. The gardens today are an open area of grass, with some mature trees and paths running across it, adjacent to the large church of St Alban.

Udney Park Playing Fields was originally established as the Merchant Taylors School War Memorial Grounds and was opened by Viscount Cave in November 1922. It remains largely playing fields, with tennis courts and a 2-storey clubhouse. In 1937 it was acquired by Lord Beaverbrook and donated in perpetuity for the purpose of 'amateur sport' as a sports ground for St Mary's Hospital Medical School RFC. Legendary sportsman Sir Roger Bannister, a student doctor at St Mary's in 1954, trained here in advance of running his record-breaking 4-minute mile. In 1997 St Mary's was subsumed into Imperial College London, who continued to use the playing fields until 2014. When the College sold its interest to speculative developers Quantum, the site continued in private use on an ad hoc basis, playing an important role in providing playing field facilities for local schools, local sports clubs and community groups, such as the Scouts. Development proposals for the playing fields submitted in 2018 were rejected following a Public Inquiry in 2020. The site's future remains insecure.

Vine Road Recreation Ground was laid out in 1926 on a former orchard, sandwiched between railway lines. The park has a small timber pavilion with pitched roof and small central clock that overlooks an open bowling green, which is backed by hedging with seating around it on 3 sides. Beyond the bowling green the park is laid out as a recreation ground. An adventure playground opened here in July 1967. An area of ornamental planting is in front of the pavilion.

Vineyard Passage Burial Ground was created as an extension to the Richmond parish churchyard of St Mary Magdalene. It was consecrated in 1790 and later enlarged in 1823. It includes table tombs, sarcophagi, an obelisk and a large Grecian tomb of T. Cundy, 1825, the architect of Pimlico and his family. There are also monuments to members of the French émigré community who settled in Richmond in the 1790s. The graves line a footpath leading up to The Vineyard, with the vault arches visible in the brick wall alongside the path. The area to the east is grassed with fewer trees, a low wall to the boundary and some seats. It was recently restored with funds donated by the MPGA.

Walnut Tree House is a substantial early C18th house with a garden that leads down to the river. In the garden is an early C18th gazebo.

Westerly Ware is former meadowland that was part of Kew Commonable Lands, whereby since 1824 inhabitants of Kew were granted common rights of pasture. Administration was overseen by a Kew Commonable Rights Committee elected annually by Kew Vestry, the freehold remaining with the Crown. Kew War Memorial Recreation Ground was laid out here after WWI and had tennis courts, netball court, children's playground, lawns and flower gardens. By March 1939 the Committee could no longer afford to maintain it and applied to Richmond Corporation to take over its control and management, which was approved by the Commissioner of Crown lands in September. The name Westerly Ware comes from netting weirs or 'wares' used to catch fish.

The Wetland Centre was built by The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust on the site of the former Barn Elms reservoirs owned by Thames Water, prior to which the land was used for market gardens and allotments, and it had formerly been part of the Barn Elms estate. The four concrete reservoirs had become redundant due to the building of the Thames Water Ring Main; Thames Water wished to use the land sympathetically and at that time Sir Peter Scott, founder of WWT, was looking for a site within London for a WWT Centre. Work to create the Wetlands Centre took c. 5 years and it opened in May 2000. Outside the Peter Scott Visitor Centre is a bronze sculpture of Scott with two Bewick's Swans by Nicola Godden.

* on The National Heritage List for England, Parks & Gardens

The Manor of York was the property of the Crown from Henry VIII's reign and the land leased out from the mid C17th-mid C19th. York House was built in the C17th and by 1661 was one of the largest houses in Twickenham. Over the years it had various illustrious tenants. For a time part of its grounds were detached, but it was reassembled by James Whitchurch in 1746 since when the boundaries have remained virtually unchanged. By early C19th the grounds included a paddock, formal kitchen garden, lawn with gravelled terrace walk, an elm grove with serpentine walks, a small formal garden and many additional buildings and outhouses. When Indian industrialist Sir Ratan Tata bought the house in 1906 he substantially altered the gardens, including a sunken garden near the house and, near the river, a hedged formal garden with a substantial fountain of large female figures, and a Japanese garden. In 1924 York House was acquired by Twickenham UDC and converted for council use, the gardens becoming public open space in perpetuity.