It provides the foreground of the scenic view from Richmond Hill across Petersham Meadows, with Ham House further along the river.

[2] Its assets were: 4 hides; 1 church, 5 ploughs, 1 fishery worth 1,000 eels and 1000 lampreys, 3 acres (1.2 ha) of meadow.

The explorer George Vancouver retired to Petersham, where he wrote A Voyage Of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World.

The Portland stone monument over his grave, renovated in the 1960s, is now Grade II listed in view of its historical associations.

[17] Petersham Road (part of the A307) includes an extremely sharp right-angled bend edged by a pair of handsome wrought iron gates.

[18] Adjacent to Montrose House and equally as impressive is Rutland Lodge, built in 1666 for a Lord Mayor of London;[19] it is Grade II* listed.

[21] Petersham is served by only two bus routes: the 65 and 371, both linking the village with Richmond and Kingston upon Thames.

[26] During World War II it was used as an Anti-Aircraft Command post[27][28][29] and it has also been used as a recording studio[30] and as a filming location.