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. We will visit various places of interest relating to the Black community in the area.
You can exit at Westbourne Park Underground or carry on for an extra 2 miles along the Grand Union Canal to Paddington via Little Venice.
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 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 (District, Circle and Piccadilly Lines)
Paddington Railway and Underground Station
