Udney Hall Gardens

Teddington was a medieval fishing village, and the old church of St Mary has brickwork in the south aisle that may date from the C16th. The remainder of the building dates from the 1753-4 apart from the chancel, which is C19th. St Mary's became too small for the growing population as Teddington developed from the 1860s and a new large church of St Alban replaced it in 1888. However it was rededicated in 1938 and now once again serves the parish of Teddington. St Mary's small burial ground was enlarged over the years and the earliest legible tombstones date from the mid C18th and are in the north-west part of the churchyard. The most recent date on a gravestone is 1952. Mature trees include lime and yew and the churchyard is managed in parts, and left wilder elsewhere. The churchyard of St Alban across Ferry Road was cleared in 1991 and has been built on although some of the larger, mature trees remain.

Providing a rare opening to the Thames in this stretch of the river, Manor Road Recreation Ground has fine mature horse-chestnuts in a short avenue of three trees leading towards the river where a tarmac terrace with seating runs along the front, looking across to Teddington Lock. The park is largely grassed, with a raised area running across the site, either side of which are curious brick semi-circular structures set into the slope. Along the road-side of the park are a number of trees (sweet chestnut) planted on 31 January 1995 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. The plaque set into a tree stump for this occasion is the only indication of the park's name.

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.