Evening Walk - 'Royal' Parks, with the 2026 Serpentine Pavilion

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 2026 Serpentine Gallery’s Summer Pavilion in Kensington Gardens (which opened some 7 weeks ago).

Opening Hours: The Gardens are open to 21.30: 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. 

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