Bushey Park sits at the edge of one of Richmond's grand open spaces, and it shows in the streets around it — solid Victorian semis and converted flats rather than new-build blocks, the sort of place where dog walkers and pushchairs outnumber anyone in a hurry. It reads as settled rather than transient, with a median age into the mid-forties and a population small enough that it still feels like a single neighbourhood rather than a postcode of convenience. For commuting and schooling, the picture is coherent rather than spectacular. Teddington station gives you a route into London without needing a car, and St Mary's and St Peter's Church of England Primary, rated Outstanding, anchors the family end of things — though with only one school actually counted in the area itself, choice narrows quickly once children move beyond primary age, and families often look outward for secondary options. Housing here leans heavily towards flats bought leasehold rather than houses bought outright: of the recent sales sampled, flats dominate and leasehold edges out freehold, so a For Sale board on this street is more likely to mean a first or second-home purchase than a forever-family house. At a median of £423,000, it's actually cheaper than the Richmond upon Thames borough average by some margin — a rare pocket of relative affordability inside an expensive corner of London, even if it still sits well above the England-wide median. The green space is the headline of daily life: five sites and over 350 hectares of it, which for a population under 1,500 is an extraordinary ratio and explains why the weekend shape here is built around walking, running, or simply getting outside rather than around a high street of restaurants — the data doesn't point to a dense dining scene, and that fits a place oriented toward the park rather than a strip of bars. Connectivity is solid, with two-thirds of homes on full-fibre broadband, useful for the working-from-home crowd that a place like this tends to attract. The one figure worth sitting with is crime: an A for safety sounds reassuring, and set against the national or regional backdrop the raw numbers are modest, but the comparison to its own borough tells a sharper story — the crime rate here runs far above the Richmond upon Thames average, driven mostly by violence and anti-social behaviour rather than burglary or vehicle crime. It's the one grade that doesn't match the otherwise genteel, green, well-schooled picture, and it's worth checking current local reporting rather than taking the letter grade alone. This is a place that suits people who want mature green space on the doorstep, don't need a buzzing evening scene, and are buying into flats or smaller houses rather than family piles — with eyes open about the borough-relative crime picture rather than the headline grade.