| Name of walk | Richmond Walks |
| Date of walk | 2026-09-01 |
The photos below are from a series of walks around Richmond, London, in July and September 2026. They include walks on the Thames Path to Kew and to Ham House.
A post box on Richmond High St. decorated for the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough.
Richmond Library and Theatre opposite Little Green.
Cricket on Richmond Green.
On the far side of The Green I sought out Old Friars. Lord Richard Attenborough and his wife, the actress Sheila Sim, lived here for over 50 years, until 2013. They are buried in St. Mary Magdalene Church just a few minutes away.
Brendan heading to the stone archway to Old Palace Yard.
A previous resident here was Guglielmo Marconi
We walk past the White Swan pub.
Entrance to the Old Deer Park. Brendan had thought I'd said Old Dear Park, which made us giggle.
We head towards the town.
In the opposite direction is Richmond Railway Bridge and the walk to Kew.
Bamber's Steps.
The steps where the legendary Bamber Gascoigne often swam. He lived close by.
When I watch University Challenge and I hear "Asking the questions is...." I still expect to hear the words "Bamber Gascoigne" even two presenters later. He died in 2022.
St Helena Terrace.
In the window of an artist's studio.
The White Cross pub often floods. At high tide the steps allow access by kayak, and the side entrance for those on foot.
A pigeon photobombs my picture of Richmond Bridge.
On the terrace of Richmond Riverside development is a bronze statue of Virginia Woolf who lived and worked in Richmond for ten years.
View back to the pub side entrance.
Richmond bridge minus pigeon.
Richmond Bridge Boathouses.
I head up Richmond Hill and along the promenade for the view over the Terrace Gardens. Behind me is Downe House which was once lived in by Mick Jagger, and is still lived in by Jerry Hall.
Great views out.
An ait in the middle of the Thames. I walk as far as the vehicle entrance to Richmond Park.
At the top of Richmond Hill I take Queen's Rd, then Park Rd passing the front garden of Sir David Attenborough, which always looks lovely. Then back via Friars Stile Road to Richmond Hill and back down the hill to Richmond Bridge.
View from Richmond Bridge towards Ham.
View from Richmond Bridge to the Quinlan Terry Riverside Development.
I am addicted to Lindt chocolate. Richmond High St. has a shop that sells nothing but Lindt chocolate. I had to show amazing restraint!
Another Attenborough Centenary post box.
The Museum Of Richmond is upstairs in the old town hall.
I was first introduced to the Carthusian Order by my friend and old walking partner, Fr. John. He was a Carthusian at Parkminster before he became a Catholic priest. It is one of the most austere orders of monks. He gave me a very interesting, but disturbing book called 'An infinity of little hours', about life in the Order. It isn't for everyone.
I do love a mammoth!
We ate here a few times. Excellent! The church is just behind.
St. Mary Magdalene Church. Their ring of eight bells was being restored on the occasions I visited, so I didn't manage a grab in the tower.
I did visit for Sunday Service.
The church had been packed, but there had been a Christening too.
On the right was the grave stone of Lord Richard Attenborough and family. So sad that his daughter and granddaughter died in the Asian tsunami of 2004.
Hogarth House, the site of the Hogarth Press which published Virginia Woolf's books, as well as T.S. Elliot's poem, The Wasteland. They had to turn down James Joyce's Ulysses as it was too long for their small printing press to take on.
Blue plaque on Hogarth House.
Footbridge of Richmond Railway Bridge for our walk to Kew.
Richmond Lock.
View into the Old Deer Park from the Thames Path to Kew.
Heron.
View across to Isleworth, the birth place of David Attenborough.
The path ahead.
View to The King's Observatory. I am standing on the old meridian line.
A very good view.
Close up view.
View to Syon House, the London home of the Duke of Northumberland, which is opposite Kew Gardens.
We now leave the river to visit Kew Gardens again.
Subway to the Terrace Gardens that I viewed from Richmond Hill. We are now back to the river and heading for Ham House.
View towards Grover's Island in the middle of the river.
View back to Richmond.
In close up.
The Victorian gothic Petersham Hotel on the left.
Marble Hill House.
The far end of Ham Polo Club.
Ham House built in 1610. Brendan goes inside, I stick to the gardens.
The drought has had a big effect on the gardens.
From the centre a pathway goes off from every angle.
Kitchen garden.
We stop at the cafe.
We walk back via Petersham and Ham Polo Club.
The Jacobean style Arched Lodge is the gatehouse to Ham House and the entrance to the German School.
Montrose House. Tommy Steel lived here from 1969-2004. I noticed the cow on the roof, so I looked that up. Maybe it was meant to be a Little White Bull? Or not. Richard E. Grant also lives in Petersham. He has one hell of a house! I never realised I was a minimalist until I saw a video of his home and garden. Gloriously ostentatious!
The Dysart, an award winning restaurant inside a half-timbered country inn.
Bits of the walks came from ‘Richmond Revealed, Richmond in six walks’ by Paul Jackson. It is an excellent book with lots of colour photos, but mostly I just wandered, then looked up places of interest after I’d seen them.
Next time I visit I’ll have a more detailed look at Petersham and go across the river to Twickenham and Isleworth.
Jo.
