- Regents Park stroll, 2.5milesBaker Street, London£5.00
- We will meet in Baker Street outside the Baker Street tube station, to your right as you exit. If you can see the Sherlock Holmes statue then you are in Marylebone Road, please turn right and right again and you will see the group in Baker Street.
- 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 walk round the Boating lake, through the elegant flowerbeds in the Avenue Gardens to arrive at English Gardens. 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 (pictured above) and finish our walk at Queen Mary’s Gardens.
- Optional picnic at the end of the walk, so please bring a packed lunch if you are staying. Baker Street tube station s 10mins away..
What to bring:
Packed lunch
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 30 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