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Kingston Group

We are the Kingston Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

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Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Overview

From Kingston station we walk through streets to Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park to look out for the Brimstone butterfly often seen there in March.  We then walk to Pen Ponds and Sidmouth Woods. Lunch stop is at Pembroke Lodge.  We then head to Petersham Road to explore parts of Ham. including Ham Avenues.  Skirting Ham House we find the river and our walk back to Kingston to finish at the Boaters Inn in Canbury Gardens.  The pub is just north of Kingston town.  A ten minute walk south from the pub along the river brings you to Kingston bridge. 

Sunday, 1 March 2026
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
3:30 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
12.9km / 8.0mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
linear

Lunch stop at Pembroke Lodge where there are plenty of benches for picnicers.  The park has red and fallow deer from which we keep our distance and the route may be altered slightly to accommodate that if the need arises - for this reason no dogs allowed on this walk. There may be mud.  Toilets at Isabella and Pembroke Lodge. 

Features

  • Refreshments available (Pub/cafe)
  • Toilets available
  • Accessible by public transport
  • No car needed

Starting point

Grid reference:
TQ 18211 69557
Nearest postcode:
KT1 1UJ
what3words:
grows.tone.risen
Start time:
10:00 am

Meet outside main entrance to Kingston Railway Station at 10.00.

Finishing point

Grid reference:
TQ 17915 70243
Nearest postcode:
KT2 5AU
what3words:
recent.gentle.cook
Estimated finish time:
3:30 pm

The Boaters Inn is in Canbury Gardens about a ten minute walk south along the river to Kingston bridge.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking