With the fast pace of life in London sometimes you need to get away from the hassel and bussel of things and a good place to unwind and catch you breath is the fantatic Richmond Park. One of the royals parks which is open to the public 7 days a week and is home to around 650 free roaming deer! The park is designated as a national nature reserve (NNR), a site of specia Scientific interest (SSSI) and a Specail Area of Consercation (SAC)
To get to Richmond Park from Central London I would suggest Train from London Waterloo to Putney Station then get on the 74 bus to Roehampton than its a 5 mins walk to Roehampton gate.
To get to Isabella Plantaion you need to walk from Roehampton Gate to Robin Hood Gate, then keep opn walking toward kingston gate, its half way inbetween Robin Hood Gate and Kingston Gate.

Stein's beer garden in Richmond is a German restaurant and, well... beer garden by the river Thames. From the road it's a little difficult to find but if you walk along the river you can't miss it. The food is good and the portions quite generous considering German food can be quite filling. Rather than having a waiter take your order, it works a little bit like a fast food place in that you go to the till and place your order, then they bring it to you. You can of course order beer or other alcoholic beverages, but only if you also have some food. I guess that's to avoid having the whole place full of people who just want to get drunk. Because it's set up like a German beer garden you may have to share your bench and table with other people, especially as it seems to be quite popular and busy when the weather is nice. There is no indoors area, so it doesn't seem to be open in the colder or wetter months. It is definitely an authentic German place, run by the Stein family and frequented also by some members of the German community in Richmond. It's definitely a place I'd like to go back to, also to "acclimatise" my British friends to Germany before we visit ;-)