Regents Park and Primrose Hill, 3 miles
About the event
• We will meet outside the Regents Park tube station and make our way to Regents Park. • The Regent’s Park is one of the Royal Parks of London and combines large open spaces with tree-lined pathways, formal gardens, and four children’s playgrounds. It has excellent sports facilities, and contains central London’s largest outdoor sports area. • The Regent's Park is named after the Prince Regent, sometimes known as the playboy prince, who later became King George IV (1762-1830). • We will first see the English Gardens, we will also visit newly opened Queen Elizabeth II garden. • From there we will make our way to Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens to see more than 12,000 roses. From there to the Japanese garden island, from here will carry on by the rockery garden and walk round the Boating lake, through the elegant flowerbeds in the Avenue Gardens. • We will then claim to the top of Primrose Hill for the amazing vista of City of London (pictured above). • We will finish our walk at Chalk Farm station. Optional lunch/drinks in local spoons at the end of the walk.
What to bring: Comfortable footwear Water Photo-taking gadgets and chargers An umbrella just in case (it's London after all)
The walk is free for members who have subscribed for an annual membership. For other members the fee is £5 cash/card on arrival to contribute towards the organiser's meetup fees and costs.
The annual pass option is £15 payable by cash/card on the day. This will provide access to at least 40 walks per year (members are welcome to bring a guest to each event).
All walks are free for the NHS staff (also welcome to bring a guest).
*'No Show' Policy:* *If the member replied 'yes' but did not attend the event, did not update the RSVP and did not inform the organisers on 3 occasions – this triggers an automatic removal from the group. That's once for events with a waiting list.*
*Trivium*: Queen Mary's Gardens, in the Inner Circle, were created in the 1930s, bringing that part of the park into use by the general public for the first time. The site had originally been used as a plant nursery and had later been leased to the Royal Botanic Society.
