page_title: Barnes, London
section_title: Geography and transport
hierarchical_section_title: Barnes, London / Geography and transport
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Hammersmith Bridge, taken from the Hammersmith side of the river
context_page_description: Barnes is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It takes up the extreme northeast of the borough, and as such is the closest part of the borough to central London. It is centred 5.8 miles west south-west of Charing Cross in a bend of the River Thames.
  Its built environment includes a wide variety of convenience and arts shopping on its high street and a high proportion of 18th- and 19th-century buildings in the streets near Barnes Pond. Together they make up the Barnes Village conservation area where, along with its west riverside, pictured, most of the mid-19th-century properties are concentrated. On the east riverside is the WWT London Wetland Centre adjoining Barn Elms playing fields. Barnes has retained woodland on the "Barnes Trail" which is a short circular walk taking in the riverside, commercial streets and conservation area, marked by silver discs set in the ground and with QR coded information on distinctive oar signs. The Thames Path National Trail provides a public promenade along the entire bend of the river which is on the Championship Course in rowing. Barnes has two railway stations and is served by bus routes towards central London and Richmond.
context_section_description: Barnes is in south west London, bounded to the west, north and east by a meander in the River Thames.
caption: Hammersmith Bridge
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