Welcome to Capital Walkers, the friendly London Ramblers group for people aged 40+. We walk every weekend and usually at least once during the week.
A narrated walk for Black History Month. We start in South Kensington and visit places of interest enroute to North Kensington. Many will be surprised to learn that areas of North Kensington are some of the most deprived areas in the UK. We will start in the wealthiest and most affluent areas including walking along Kensington Palace Gardens the elegant, tree-lined avenue often dubbed “Billionaire’s Row”. It stretches from Kensington High Street past Kensington Palace toward Notting Hill Gate.
We will then walk through Notting Hill down to Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Park. This area has deep history particularly with the Caribbean community highlighted annually with the Notting Hill Carnival which we will explore its origins. We will visit various places of interest relating to the Black community in the area. We will visit the site of Kelso Cochranes murder and the Mangrove Cafe and discuss the significance and parallels with current day events.
No lunch stop as we are starting after lunch.
Numerous drop out points
No booking required- no need to text, email or call - just turn up
The pace of walk will be brisk between narration stops- but graded leisurely due to narration stops
The finishing time is an estimate only and will be dependent on a number of factors, such as, weather, the speed at which the group walks and the number of breaks taken
Outside Boots which is to the left as you exit the ticket barriers at Gloucester Road Tube station ( Piccadilly Line only as District and Circle Line suspended for engineering works)
Westbourne Park Underground Station
