Evening Walk - Thames Path: Isleworth to Twickenham

Length: 7.1 km, Ascent/Descent: negligible

Net Walking Time: 1 ½ hours tops

 

Take the 18.22 train from Waterloo to Weybridge (via, amongst others, Vauxhall, Clapham J, Putney, Chiswick, Kew Bridge, Brentford), arrives Isleworth at 18.58. 

Return trains to Waterloo: 8 per hour, (some fast, some not). Isleworth is in Zone 4, Twickenham in Zone 5.

 

Take 10 minutes along residential streets to link up with the walk route at the Duke of Northumberland's River to reach the Thames at Isleworth. You then follow the River Thames towpath passing luxury houses to Richmond (with several riverside pubs) to enter Marble Hill Park (free) and House (museum, English Heritage), with views of Ham House (NT) on the opposite bank. You come to Eel Pie Island opposite York House (council offices) – do not miss its riverside gardens and statues, before heading inland to Twickenham station.

Tea: The Cabbage Patch (Fuller’s), The Eel Pie (Hall & Woodhouse) or The Shack 68 or The Albany, plus several restaurants.

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