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Thursday 30 August 2018

Evening Walk - The Royal Parks with the Serpentine Pavilion & The Mastaba: Queensway to Whitehall

Length: 6.0 km
Net Walking Time: 1 ½ hrs      

Meet: Queensway Station  (corner of Queensway and Bayswater Road) at 18.30 hours.
Queensway is on the Central Line in Zone 1, Bayswater (Circle and District lines) is a 3-minute walk away.
Finish: Whitehall, near Charing Cross/Embankment/Westminster stations.
Drop-Outs: Hyde Park Corner or Green Park tube stations, or buses.

Map-led, through Central London's extensive parks, past the Serpentine Gallery’s Summer Pavilion in Kensington Gardens and past Christo’s floating artwork, The London Mastaba, on the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park.

Eat/Drink: The Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens (this park closes at 20.00), The Lord of the Moon of the Mall (Wetherspoon’s) in Whitehall plus numerous options around Trafalgar Square.
For walk directions, map and gpx/kml files click here. T=short.19

1 comment:

Thomas G said...

18 met at the posted time, 1 lagged 10 minutes behind, catching us while still in Kensington Gardens. We veered off the gpx route to pass by the Serpentine Pavilion (the bar inside shuts at 6, unfortunately) and then admired The Mastaba, majestically dominating the Serpentine, and veered off route again in Green Park to get away from the traffic a wee bit. Bucks Palace was next, then St. James's Park including its Pelicans and through the Government Quarter. Most, if not all, turned into the Wetherspoon's for some sustenance.
n=19 w=pleasant-late-summer-evening.