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Capital Ring Section 6 Page 1 CAPITAL RING Capital Ring section 6 page 1 CAPITAL RING Section 6 of 15 Wimbledon Park to Richmond (Friars Lane) Section start: Wimbledon Park station Nearest station to start: Wimbledon Park (District line) Section finish: Friars Lane (Richmond) Nearest station to finish: Richmond (District line, Overground and Rail) Section distance 6.8 miles plus 0.5 miles of station links Total = 7.3 miles (11.7 km) Introduction At around seven miles this is one of the longer sections of the Capital Ring, with some quite long and steep ups and downs. The route is mainly on rough tracks or paths and grass on Wimbledon Common and in Richmond Park. There is some pavement walking before Wimbledon Common and hard paths in Wimbledon Park and after leaving Richmond Park. There are steps on a footbridge over the A3 which can be avoided by using the traffic light controlled Pedestrian Crossings. The walk goes through Wimbledon Park, Wimbledon Common and past Wimbledon Windmill, before going through Richmond Park, London's largest national nature reserve. It also takes in Petersham Meadows, famous in the paintings of Turner. There are pubs, cafes and toilets along the way at Wimbledon Park, Wimbledon Common, Richmond Park and Richmond. There are breakpoints served by buses before entering Wimbledon Common, near the A3 crossing and near the Petersham Road crossing. Updated by members of the Ramblers for Transport for London In this format: text © Ramblers 2020, maps © OpenStreetMap Downloaded from: http://innerlondonramblers.org.uk/capital-ring Capital Ring section 6 page 2 Walking directions At the exit from Wimbledon Park station, there is no Capital Ring sign but there is a sign to Wimbledon Park which can be followed. Did you know? Wimbledon Park dates Coming out of Wimbledon Park Underground station, turn left and then first from the 16th century; right into Home Park Road. Continue along Home Park Road and then turn then it formed part of right through the gates into Wimbledon Park, and then down the steps or the extensive grounds ramp. Turn left and follow the path through the playground, exiting with the of the earliest Wimbledon manor toilet block to your right. Go ahead and walk beside the lake passing the house and was used for Waterfall Garden on your right. deer hunting and hawking. It is more At the brick watersports centre building turn right and then immediately left famous for its modern and follow the path straight ahead alongside the tree-lined fence. At the use, as across the lake you can see the All end of the fence go straight ahead across the grass (or follow round the England Lawn Tennis tarmac path) to the park exit at Wimbledon Park Road. and Croquet Club After leaving the park, turn left and continue to the bottom of the hill where you turn right and cross over into Bathgate Road. Turn right into Queensmere Road and at the end turn right and cross the road at the traffic lights to enter Wimbledon Common. Updated by members of the Ramblers for Transport for London In this format: text © Ramblers 2020, maps © OpenStreetMap Downloaded from: http://innerlondonramblers.org.uk/capital-ring Capital Ring section 6 page 3 As you enter the Common take the path ahead bearing slightly left into the Did you know? Wimbledon Windmill is wood. Continue ahead until you reach the windmill - the most prominent the last remaining feature in the area. There is a seasonal museum there, as well as a cafe hollow post flour mill in and toilets. the country. The main body of the mill, with its There is no waymark as you leave the windmill but continue straight ahead machinery, turned on a central post, through past the café and take the path to the left passing the clubhouse of the which a hole was bored London Scottish Golf Course with its red lion on each gable. Turn right for a drive shaft taking down the hill to Queen’s Mere, an attractive lake. power to the machinery. Updated by members of the Ramblers for Transport for London In this format: text © Ramblers 2020, maps © OpenStreetMap Downloaded from: http://innerlondonramblers.org.uk/capital-ring Capital Ring section 6 page 4 On reaching the lake, turn left uphill on a wide path and at the top follow Did you know? Richmond Park is the main track across the golf course. Where the path divides after exiting London's largest Royal the wooded area between the two fairways, take the path straight across Park, covering 2,500 the fairway not the one alongside it. As you re-enter the woods, take the acres. It is a national left fork, indicated by a waymark, and follow the path downhill. nature reserve and has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Continue down the hill and near the bottom turn left at a waymark sign Interest; it is also along a broad, and often muddy track, with playing fields to your right. Turn Europe's largest urban right at a triangular clearing where the waymark may be obscured by park. It has some brambles and follow a narrower path down to join a broad path to the right. ancient trees with the oldest oaks some 700 Continue along this path, keeping the Beverley Brook on your left. years old. Before the sports pavilion turn left over a brick bridge. Here the waymark Did you know? post indicating turn left over the bridge is hidden by brambles and nettles. Over to the right, in the park, among the trees, Follow the gravel track to the pedestrian lights and cross Kingston Vale is White Lodge, built in (the A3) Proceed straight ahead to enter Richmond Park at the Robin Hood 1727 and now home of Gate. There are public toilets just inside the park. the Royal Ballet Lower School and a dedicated museum; it featured in As you enter the park, walk straight ahead, with the car park on your right, the film Billy Elliot. to a crossroads. Turn right and at a Capital Ring waymark on a small Updated by members of the Ramblers for Transport for London In this format: text © Ramblers 2020, maps © OpenStreetMap Downloaded from: http://innerlondonramblers.org.uk/capital-ring Capital Ring section 6 page 5 wooden post about 55 yards along, turn left onto a dirt path and then cross Did you know? Oak Lodge was a sandy ride. originally the home of the Park's molecatcher Go uphill with Spankers Hill Wood on your right. Cross the road and follow but became a grand the path with the car park and refreshment kiosk on your left towards Pen house for the Countess Ponds. Continue on this path between the two lakes which form Pen of Pembroke in 1788. In 1847 it was the Ponds and then continue uphill in the same direction, crossing a broad residence of the then track about half way up. Prime Minister, Lord John Russell, and so Look for the next waymarker which indicates a left turn just before the brow became the childhood of the hill soon with a fence and wood to your right. At the next fork turn home of his grandson, Bertrand Russell. right. On your left is a bench and a very old hollow oak tree. When Oak Lodge appears on your right, follow a tarmac access road to the main road (Queens Road). Cross over and turn right if you want to go to Pembroke Lodge, a popular restaurant with glorious views across the Thames Valley. The main route continues ahead; look to the left for the viewing point with extensive views of the Thames and the Surrey Hills and Windsor. Follow the path down to the right around the fence of Pembroke Lodge Gardens - keeping to the higher path. From here you can see Richmond bridge over the Thames, Ham House and Twickenham rugby ground. Updated by members of the Ramblers for Transport for London In this format: text © Ramblers 2020, maps © OpenStreetMap Downloaded from: http://innerlondonramblers.org.uk/capital-ring Capital Ring section 6 page 6 Before forking left down the hill towards Petersham Meadows, take a Did you know? Henry's Mound is a detour to the right to the metal gate into Pembroke Lodge Gardens to find burial mound. Legend Henry's Mound up on the left. says that Henry VIII stood here in 1536 Return to the path and fork left at a bench down the hill. Here the waymark waiting for a flare that post is missing. Walk down to Petersham Gate where the route leaves the would tell him that Anne Boleyn had been park. If in doubt, take any path down the hill and turn right along the path executed. At the top along the bottom of the hill. Petersham Gate is in a gap in the 8 mile there is a protected (12.8 km) long, 8 foot-high brick wall that encloses the park. view: no tall buildings can be built to obscure Cross Petersham Road and take the footpath to the right of what was the view of St Paul’s Cathedral, 12 miles previously a pub named the Dysart Arms. The fingerpost sign indicating the away. path is obscured by a tree. Updated by members of the Ramblers for Transport for London In this format: text © Ramblers 2020, maps © OpenStreetMap Downloaded from: http://innerlondonramblers.org.uk/capital-ring Capital Ring section 6 page 7 Follow the path round with the churchyard to your left and at the end turn right along a driveway.
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