The next London Walk will be on Thursday 15th August 2024 and will be in the Kensington area of London. The walk commences at 2pm and ends at @ 4pm. Cost is £15 for those aged over 65. The walk is open to any Buntingford U3a member. Please contact Mike for more details or to book. mikemurfitt@sky.com
- Kensington specialises in hiding the best of itself
- Kensington Palace
- Kensington Gardens
- Kensington Palace Gardens aka Millionaires’ Row
- London’s finest Conservation Area
- Byways and hidden lanes
- Georgian townhouses
- 1,000 years of history
- No end of famous people, past and present
- Grace and Favour Apartments aka The Old Stable Block
- The Kensington eyrie – London’s nonpareil penthouse
- Private art galleries
- Kensington Square – much-loved, dignified, time-honoured (17th-century)
- Hidden in plain sight – the High Street’s architectural prodigies and secrets*
- London’s one-of-a-kind mews
- Pub perfection
- Street furniture that tells many a tale
- The Victorian mortuary
- Tiny, tucked-away specialist shops
- A-List cafes and restaurants, international cuisine
- St Mary Abbots – “the cathedral of parish churches”
- Paved in gold – the UK’s wealthiest neighbourhood
- Paved in literary gold – poets’ and novelists’ Kensington
- Abundant trace evidence of Kensington’s past
- A fine collection of Ascot hats
- The Kensington airstrip
- Where they interrogated Nazi war criminals
- Well-connected guides
- Location, location, location**
- Japanese loos