Length: 10.5 km
Ascent: negligible
Net Walking Time: 2 hours
Take the 18.13 service from
Waterloo (calls Vauxhall, Clapham
J, Putney), arrives Richmond 18.32. Richmond is also served by the Overground and the District Line.
Fast Return trains are on xx.15,
xx.28, xx.45 and xx.58.
This is a lovely Thames Path walk through one of its prettiest stretches
through London. It follows long arcs of the river giving sweeping views, and is
surprisingly rural. The return leg is on its opposite bank. You cross Richmond
Bridge at one end, and a pedestrian bridge by Teddington Lock at the other.
Along the way it passes several attractions - some grand historic houses, some
local riverside city parks with a café, and a host of riverside pubs.
The attractions include Richmond (an upmarket riverside town), Ham House, Marble Hill House, Orleans House Gallery, York House gardens and riverside sculpture garden, Teddington Lock, Eel Pie Island. Just off route is Strawberry Hill House.
Refreshments: Plenty of options en route, for details check the webpage or pdf.
For a detailed route map, gpx/kml file, photos and pdf directions click here. T=short.52
1 comment:
6 off the train(s), with a 7th also there but staying behind, awaiting a delayed friend, who may or may not have arrived at some point. We di not see either of them again. Grey skies with an at times cold breeze encouraged fast walking, so that's what we did.
The outbound route is very nice, although entirely on hard surfaces. The return has a very long, slightly soul-destroying stretch along a busy road, with not that much to look at in the form of grand houses or somesuch.
1 fell a bit behind due to carrying a very heavy backpack, us other 5 settled into The Old Ship Inn (Young's) for a meal in Richmond, where walker n=6 joined us. w=grey-and-humid-and-on-the-cold-side
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