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ANNUAL REPORT.
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER
OF THE DISTRICT.
The Urban District of Barnes possesses charms in the shape
of river, park, commons, and open fields, and is at the same time an
up-to-date suburban one.
The attractions of the district are its river, Richmond Park,
Barnes, Sheen and Palewell Commons, while in the vicinity are
Kew Gardens and Wimbledon Common. The river runs along the
whole northern side of the district. The towing-path running from
Hammersmith to Kew forms a stretch of four miles.
600 acres of Richmond Park are in the parish of Mortlake.
126 acres of Barnes Common extend on the east of the district.
52 acres of East Sheen Common „ south ,,
15 acres of Palewell Common „ south-east „
The district is situated in the north-western part of the
county of Surrey, within the Metropolitan Police and the London
Postal Area, bounded on the north by the River Thames, on the
south and east by the Roehampton part of the Metropolitan
Borough of Wandsworth, and on the west by the Borough of
Richmond. The surface of the ground on the eastern side of the
district rises with a gradual slope from the river towards the south,
proceeding westwards the slope of the ground gets more marked,