Guided tours & Walks at Kingston Heritage Festival 2024

Come on three interesting and fun guided walks and find out about the history of Kingston and Surbiton. 

07/09/2024 / 08/09/2024 / 14/09/2024 / 15/09/2024

Kingston Guided Walk on the 7/09/2024 / 08/09/2024 booking link: Kingston Tour Guides

Surbiton Guided Walk on the 08/09/2024 booking link: Kingston Tour Guides

Kingston Historic Walk on the 14/09/2024 and 15/09/2024 booking link: Open House Festival

Pubs of Old Kingston Walk on the 15/09/2024 booking link: Open House Festival

 
11.00 for Surbiton and Kingston. 14:00 for Kingston pub walk     
Kingston market place, Surbiton station and Fighting Cocks pub

    
Come on three interesting and fun guided walks and find out about the history of Kingston and Surbiton. Click the links above to book or to find our more information about each walk or email charlottemorrison18@hotmail.com for more information.

Encounter, Engagement, and Expression: Navigating Kingston with Art    
Walk, Community Art Workshop    
17/08/2024 and 19/10/2024    
Photo walk and cyanotype workshops: 10:00 - 14:00 
Embroidery workshops: 14:00 - 17:00    

Kingston Town / New Malden / Tolworth    
Calling for Kingston residents! Let's travel around the community with our cameras or mobile phones, connect to the community with textile art, and let art speak for our stories. Our collective artworks will also be exhibited in Kingston at the end of this year!

Supported by Mayor of London, this project is based in three communities (Kingston Town, New Malden, Tolworth). It encourages Hong Kongers and locals to participate in the two-day event to make friends, share stories and create collective artworks! We will start with a photo walk to learn about the local area and relevant community organisations. You can take photos of things of interest, and the image will be developed on fabric using cyanotype; the next day, we will further build up that piece of cyanotype cloth with embroidery.

Kingston Town KT1

Dates and Time:
17 August（Sat）10:00 - 14:00 &
25 August（Sun）14:00 - 17:00
Gathering Point：Kingston Train Station

New Malden KT3

Dates and Time:
14 September（Sat）10:00 - 14:00 &
21 September（Sat）14:00 - 17:00
Gathering Point：New Malden Train Station - High Street Exit

Tolworth KT5

Dates and Time:
12 October（Sat）10:00 - 14:00 &
19 October（Sat）14:00 - 17:00
Gathering Point：Tolworth Train Station
 

This series of workshops is supported by Mayor of London.

* Languages: Cantonese and English
* For photo walk (~1.5 hours), don't forget to come with waterproof clothing, bring along umbrellas or sun cream!
* Let us know if you have any disability or special requirement, our team will try our best to cooperate in coordination.   Book on the website. Alternatively contact Perle on 07737018157 or email info@vegecoopia.com for enquiries.    

All are welcome, and we highly encourage local residents to attend both days to make the most of the community art experience.

15/09/2024

12:45 - 15:00

Location: Surbiton

Cost: £20 per person

Join Brian Sullivan, attendant to the Mayor of Kingston and local amateur historian, on a special walking tour to discover Surbiton’s history, including its inns (past and present).

This unique tour will start outside Surbiton train station, itself part of Surbiton’s rich history. The group will then move on, including a stop at The Coronation Hall, Claremont Road, the Clock Tower and The Victoria, where Brian will regale you with some historical facts about Surbiton and anecdotes on some of our current public houses, as well as the inns of days gone by.

Tickets cost £20 per person (over 18’s only). We meet at 12.45pm outside Surbiton train station. Tour begins at 1.00pm and ends at 3.00pm in The Victoria.

Book your tickets

The booking form will ask for attendee name/s and how you wish to pay.  The form will take group bookings for up to 4 people.  If you wish to book for a group of 5 or more places email: mayors.office@kingston.gov.uk.

There are 2 complimentary drinks included in this tour; one at The Coronation Hall and one at the end of our walk; in The Victoria.  A nice cold lager or beer, wine or soft drink to refresh you.

This event is in aid of The Mayor’s Charitable Trust, which in 2024-25 is supporting local charity: Habitats & Heritage. 

Places are strictly limited so don’t delay why not book your tickets now.