Length: 6.0 km
Net Walking Time: 1 ½ hrs
Meet: Queensway Station (corner of
Queensway and Bayswater Road) at 18.45 hours.
Queensway is on the
Central Line in Zone 1, Bayswater (Circle and District lines) is a
3-minute walk away.
Finish: Whitehall/Trafalgar Square, near Charing
Cross, Embankment, Westminster & Waterloo stations.
All the above stations are in Zone 1.
Drop-Outs: Hyde Park Corner or Green Park tube stations, or
buses.
Map-led, through Central London's extensive ‘Royal’ Parks, past
the 2025 Serpentine Gallery’s Summer Pavilion in
Kensington Gardens (which has just opened).
Opening Hours: The Gardens are open to 21.45: https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/kensington-gardens.
Hyde Park, Green Park and St. James’s Park are open to midnight: https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks
Eat/Drink: Numerous options around
Whitehall and Trafalgar Square.
For walk directions, map, photos and gpx/kml
files click here . T=short.19
1 comment:
n=6 on a w=summery evening.
The parks were full of people on this, one of the first, properly warm-until-the-end evening. The new Serpentine Pavilion looked interesting but we could not get inside due to some guest-listed sponsor's event. Walking around it (at 5-10m distance) was almost as good though, as the three-part structure allows plenty of views into the interior space.
On then past the various selfie-mobs, the geese, ducks and pelicans, but instead of ending near Westminster tube, we decided to call into the Two Chairmen pub for a drink first (as only 2 of the group professed an interest in food), imbibing outside on the pavement to then walk on to a food pub or restaurant as just the 2. That was the plan, but - lo and behold - suddenly everyone wanted part of the sit-down action and we needed a table for 6. The Sanctuary (Fuller's) duely obliged.
Tasty food, decent ice cream, plenty of drinks and some good conversation was had. No complaints.
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