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River Thames bank route

Kew, Richmond, England

River Thames bank route

Length3 mi
Elev. Gain23 ft
Est. Steps7000

Park

Stroller friendly

Kid friendly

Dog friendly

Scenic view

Lake or River

Created by Cicusnagyi
Introduction
River Thames bank route is a 3 mile (7,000-step) route located near Kew, Richmond, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 23 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
You are passing a big green, then you go down to the river bank. It is through trees and very green while you are staying all the way by the river. It is giving an ultimate forest/park feeling and you are running on natural ground.

Kew Green

Park
Kew Green is a large open space in Kew in west London. Owned by the Crown Estate, it is leased to the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is roughly triangular in shape, and its open grassland, framed with broadleaf trees, extends to about thirty acres. Kew Green is overlooked by a mixture of period townhouses, historic buildings and commercial establishments.

Westerley Ware

Park
Westerley Ware is a small garden and recreation ground in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is at the foot of Kew Bridge, between Waterloo Place (a row of houses and flats off Kew Green) and the Thames riverbank. Historically common land, it has a memorial garden – bordered by hedges – to the fallen in the First World War, a grass area, three hard tennis courts and a children's playground.

Kew

Place
Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Richmond and 7.1 miles (11.4 km) west by south-west of Charing Cross; its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace.

Kew Bridge

Building
Kew Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge over the River Thames in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the London Borough of Hounslow. The present bridge, which was opened in 1903 as King Edward VII Bridge by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, was designed by John Wolfe-Barry and Cuthbert A Brereton.

Kew College

School
Kew College is a non-denominational mixed preparatory school in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Despite its name, Kew College is solely a primary school for children aged 3 to 11.

Bull's Head, Strand-on-the-Green

Food
The Bull's Head is a Grade II listed public house at 15 Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick, London, England. This riverside gastro-pub is also a gentlemen's club, known for its exotic table dancers and vintage whisky collection, dating back to 1777. With the oldest bottle being the same bottle from which Oliver Cromwell drank from after seeking refuge at the consequently named Oliver's Island, a .9 acre islet opposite the pub on the River ThamesIt was built in the 18th century, and the architect is not known.

Kew Cricket Club

Place
Kew Cricket Club plays matches on Kew Green in Kew, which is now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.The club was formed in 1882 following the amalgamation of two local clubs, Kew Oxford Cricket Club and Kew Cambridge Cricket Club, but cricket had been played on Kew Green for many years before this.

Kew Mortuary

Place
The Kew Mortuary or Dead-House is a small, shed-like building, approximately 3.75 by 2.25 metres (12.3 ft × 7.4 ft) and 2.8 metres (9 ft 2 in) high, attached to the back of Caxton House, 110 Kew Green (TW9 3AR), just to the east of Kew Bridge on Greyhound Lane facing Westerley Ware. This Victorian mortuary building retains an original slate slab.

Kew Pier

Place
Kew Pier is a pier on the River Thames, in London, United Kingdom. It is situated close to Kew Gardens and Kew Bridge in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

St Anne's Church, Kew

Building
St Anne's Church, Kew, is a parish church in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The building, which dates from 1714, and is Grade II* listed, forms the central focus of Kew Green. The raised churchyard, which is on three sides of the church, has two Grade II* listed monuments – the tombs of the artists Johan Zoffany (d.
Route Details

Length

3 mi

Elev. Gain

23 ft

Est. Steps

7000
Created by
Cicusnagyi
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