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Richmond - Twickenham - Kew

Old Palace

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

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 Ch

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

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

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 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

Theatre

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 Hse

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

"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

Virginia Woolf Hse

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