🟢🚶‍♂️ Walk: Hampton Court (Home Park) & Bushy Park + Kingston Market ❄️

🏞️ Join us for this royal scenic walk covering Henry VIII hunting grounds of Bushy Park (2nd largest park in London), around his old home of Hampton Court Palace and ending back at the Kingston Market (where you can pickup some halal food)

🎦 Bushy Park

✊ Note: Active Muslims is equally about focusing on the actual activity, in this case, it is a paced walk/hike (and not a stroll), therefore it is advised to approach and attend these events with that mindset, intention and purpose..

🟢WALK:
📏15km (9.3 miles)
🏔️ Elev. Gain: 20m [flat]
💓 Av.Pace 5km/h
🚥 View Walking/Hiking Levels Here

🔄 Starts/Ends: **Kingston Market/**Station

📍 Outside Kingston Railway Station (Oyster card friendly). Trains from Waterloo/Clapham/Vauxhall or bus from Richmond Station.
⌚ Meet from: 10:01am, we start our walk at 10:21am insha'Allah.

🚉⚠️ If you are arriving from Waterloo Station, you must catch no later than the 9:48am train to make this walk - double check train times beforehand in case of change.

🚻 Toilets: Available Kingston Market and in the park towards the end.
🎒 What to bring: appropriate clothing/shoes, water bottle, snacks to keep you going.
🧎 Prayer: If you are praying, please have/keep wudu (make it within other breaks) and be prepared to join at short notice.
👕 Advisable to have layers.
🥾 Hiking boots recommended (may be muddy slippy in winter)
🧦 Hiking socks/double socks advised (reduces chance of blisters)

When there is a waiting list, priority is given by attendance records / new joiners.
📊 [why it matters]

⛑️ Disclaimer: You are solely responsible for your own safety on these events and have the fitness level required for it. That you do not require special attention, medication or additional care. You are also responsible for your belonging at all times.

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🚦 Walk/Hike Levels:
🟢 Easy
🟡 Average
🟠 Moderate
🔴 Challenging
⚫ Very Challenging

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🌳 Hampton Court Palace is well known for being the home of King Henry VIII. By the 1530s, Henry VIII’s Hampton Court was a palace, a hotel, a theatre and a vast leisure complex. Behind the palace is The Long Water - this beautiful canal was commissioned by Charles II (1660) in preparation for the arrival of his bride, Catherine of Braganza. The couple honeymooned at the palace and boats in the shape of swans sailed up the canal in a romantic gesture.

Bushy park is the second largest of London's Royal Parks, Red and Fallow Deer still roam freely throughout the park, just as they did when Henry VIII used to hunt here (probably in-between having his ex-wifes heads chopped off - actually he only had 2 out of his 6 wife's heads chopped). This walk covers Bushy park, part of Barge Walk (riverside) and around Hampton Court Palace (aka Home Park).
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