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Thames Path: Richmond and Teddington Circular Short Walk

A lovely section of the Thames: Ham House, Marble Hill House, New Orleans Gallery, a sculpture garden, riverside pubs

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History

This is a list of previous times this walk has been done by the club (since Jan 2010). For more recent events (since April 2015), full details are shown.

Date Option Post # Weather
Thu, 19-Dec-24 a Evening Walk - Thames Path: Teddington to Richmond
Thu, 08-Aug-24 Evening Walk - Thames Path: Richmond Circular via Teddington [New Walk] 6 grey and humid and on the cold side

Thursday 19-Dec-24

Thomas G
Length : 6.6 km
Ascent : negligible
Net Walking Time : 1 ¼ hours

Take the 18.12 service from Waterloo (calls Vauxhall, Clapham J, Earlsfield, Wimbledon,…, Kingston,…), arrives Teddington 18.45.
Fast Return trains are on xx.15, xx.28, xx.45 and xx.58. Richmond is also served by the Overground and the District Line.

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.

We have walked the full version of the walk (Richmond Circular via Teddington), and found the return along the westerly side of the river a little unsatisfactorily. So, here it is starting from Teddington Station (then finding the route to the Thames and Teddington Lock) and following the easterly Thames-side to the honeypot that is Richmond (honey = pubs and restaurants).

Refreshments: Plenty of options.

For a detailed route map, gpx/kml file, photos and pdf directions click here . T=short.52.a

Thursday 08-Aug-24

Thomas G
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

  • Thu, 08-Aug-24

    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 6 joined us. grey and humid and on the cold side