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Richmond - Twickenham - Kew
Tudor Palace
Discovering
Richmond
This walk combines the highlights of the Historic Richmond and Richmond Hill
walks and includes the Terrace Gardens and Riverside
11.00am - Sundays
3 February, 2 March, 6 April, 2 November and 7 December
Ticket £3.00
Meet at:
Richmond Information Centre
Old Town Hall
Whittaker Avenue
Richmond
Soup Kitchen at Ham
1940's
Wartime Walk
Air Raids, Rationing, the Blitz, Dads Army
and the GIs stationed in Richmond
11.00am - Saturday 7 June
Ticket £3.00
Meet at:
Richmond Information Centre
Old Town Hall
Whittaker Avenue
Richmond
St Anne's Church
Kew
Walk
The Hanoverian
Royal Family enjoyed life at Kew and were closely
associated with St Anne's
Church where the artists Gainsborough
and Zoffany are buried
A walk around Kew Green and the riverside to hear the facinating history
of
their lives
Enjoy tea and cricket in summer at the church
2.00pm - Sundays 1 June, 6 July, 10 August, 7 September and 5 October
Ticket £3.00
Suitable for wheelchairs
Meet at:
St Anne's Church, Kew Green
Orleans Gallery
Twickenham Riverside
Exiled French Royals found refuge in "dear quiet Twick" where
an octagonal garden pavilion was said to have been designed
for a Queen's
visit and a Palladian villa was built for a royal mistress
Enjoy a stroll taking in the Parish Church,
Orleans Gallery, York House and Marble Hill
3.00pm - Sundays 15 June, 13 July, 17 August
14 September and 12 October
Ticket £3.00
Meet at:
Twickenham Museum
25 The Embankment
(where tickets are available)
Art Deco Houses
East
Twickenham Walk
Discover medieval Twickenham Park where barons once camped and building
plots
were sold for votes
Eclectic styles of architecture, a film studio and
a Mausoleum
in a wild life garden
This walk ends at the Kilmorey Mausoleum which is managed
by The Environment
Trust
11.00am - Saturday 5 July
Ticket £3.00
Meet at:
Richmond Information Centre
Old Town Hall
Whittaker Avenue
Richmond
The Cricketers
The
Pub Walk
Coaching inns and watermen's taverns down cobbled lanes
Join us on a summer evening for pub lore galore!
Walk ends at the White Cross - a public house since 1780
7.30pm - Thursday 31 July
Ticket £3.00
Meet at:
Richmond Information Centre
Old Town Hall
Whittaker Avenue
Richmond
Richmond Theatre
The Tombstone Trail
Explore the tranquil setting of Richmond Cemetary and discover a hidden haven
of interesting graves and monuments. This walk lasts 2 hours.
11.00am - Saturday 4 October
Ticket £5.00
Meet at:
Sheen Road (Kings Ride Gate)
Richmond Cemetary Entrance
Asgill House
Victorian
Walk
A bygone age of cobbled streets, gas lights and horse-drawn vehicles
brought to life.
A picture of Richmond during Queen Victoria's reign
11.00am - Saturday 2 August
Ticket £3.00
Meet at:
Richmond Information Centre
Old Town Hall
Whittaker Avenue
Richmond
"Maids of Honour" Row
Tudor Walk
Travel back 500 years to Tudor times when the court resided at
HenryVII's New Palace. Envoys and royal visitors were received,
affairs of state decided, archery practiced and tournaments were
held on
the Green
11.00am - Saturday 6 September
Ticket £3.00
Meet at:
Richmond Information Centre
Old Town Hall
Whittaker Avenue
Richmond
Former Residence
of Virginia Woolf
Literary Walk - with Tea/Coffee at the
Riverside Hotel
George Eliot and Virginia Woolf both had homes in Richmond
Hear about their lives and works and of other famous writers with a
Richmond connection
2.00pm - Every Sunday in November
Ticket £5.00 incl tea/coffee
Meet at:
Richmond Theatre
Richmond Green