Strawberry Hill, London

Strawberry Hill
Strawberry Hill  Strawberry Hill shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ155725
London borough	Richmond
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TWICKENHAM
Postcode district	TW1, TW2
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Twickenham
London Assembly	South West
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Coordinates: 51°26′17″N 0°20′06″W / 51.4381°N 0.3350°W

Strawberry Hill is an affluent area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in Twickenham. It is a suburban development situated 10.4 miles (16.7 km) west south-west of Charing Cross. It consists of a number of residential roads centred on a small development of shops and served by Strawberry Hill railway station. The area's ACORN demographic type is characterised as well-off professionals, larger houses, and converted flats. St Mary's University, Twickenham, the country's oldest Roman Catholic University, is situated on Waldegrave Road. Its sports grounds were used as a training site for the 2012 Olympics.

Strawberry Hill House

A tower at the Strawberry Hill gothic villa

The nineteenth-century development is named after "Strawberry Hill", the fanciful Gothic Revival villa designed by author Horace Walpole between 1749 and 1776. It began as a small 17th century house "little more than a cottage", with only 5 acres (20,000 m²) of land and ended up as a "little Gothic castle" in 46 acres (190,000 m²). The original owner had named the house "Chopped Straw Hall", but Walpole wanted it to be called something more distinctive and after finding an old lease that described his land as "Strawberry Hill Shot", he adopted this name.^[1][2]

After a £9 million, two year restoration, Strawberry Hill House re-opened to the public in October 2010.^[3]

Other attractions

Other local attractions include:

• St Mary's University, Twickenham^[4]
• Radnor Gardens
• Strawberry Hill railway station, built in 1873, is an example of the Victorian era railway building boom.

Education

References

1. Calloway, Stephen, Snodin, Michael, and Wainwright, Clive, Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill, Orleans House Gallery, Richmond upon Thames, 1980. p. 7-22
2. Warburton, Eliot. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and His Contemporaries. Henry Colburn. London. 1851. p. 11-28
3. Strawberry Hill. Strawberry Hill Trust. 28 March 2011.
4. "St Mary's University, Centre for Short Courses & CPD". www.hotcourses.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

Notes

• Jones, E. and Woodward, C. A Guide to the Architecture of London, 1983, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London

External links

• The Strawberry Hill Residents' Association