Walking in London: London walk in Kingston upon Thames town centre
This London walk takes place in Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey – a 30-minute train ride from Waterloo Station. This 17-minute walk takes you from Kingston Bridge into Kingston town centre via the ancient market square, Clattern Bridge, Rose Theatre and Kingston Town Hall. I then turn down through the main shopping area to end at Kingston’s Red Telephone Boxes architectural installation. The train station to London Waterloo is just around the corner from there. Part 1 of this walk takes you along Kingston Riverside.
00:15 TKMaxx
01.50 John Lewis (good for a toilet break)
02:45 Bentalls Centre (good for a toilet break)
05:38 Market place
08:37 Clattern Bridge
10:08 Rose Theatre
10:50 Town Hall
12:20 Return to market square
14:00 Main shopping centre
16:25 Road in the direction of the train station to Waterloo
16:55 Red Telephone Boxes architecture
17:16 Timelapse to music of walk back
18:10 Photo montage
Music credits:
Tracks 1 and 3 (intro music and outro music over timelapse/photos, respectively):
Track 1 Take the Chance by Nicolai Heidlas
Track 3 Chase your Dreams by Nicolai Heidlas
Both tracks can be found on HookSounds:
Nicolai's YouTube channel is well worth checking out:
Track 2 (music used to cover music that was being played by others): As Leaves Fall by Ikson. Lovely music can be found on his YouTube channel here:
Ikson's music is available on SoundCloud:
The two combined walks – Kingston Riverside (Part 1) and Kingston Town Centre (Part 2) - work very well in reverse, starting at the telephone boxes and ending at Ravens Ait where a pub or two is around the corner for refreshment before the return walk. Or you could continue to Surbiton (around 20 minutes) and get a train to Waterloo from there (I can provide route information or a new walking video on this). From Surbiton you can also take a train to Hampton Court (King Henry VIII) and either walk back along the tow path to Kingston (a good 30-45 minutes, especially if you are tired by then!) or take the train again. In summer, boats also run along this stretch to Kingston and Richmond.
My equipment:
Gimbal - DJI Osmo 2 Mobile, what a joy this has been to learn and balance;/
LG mobile phone - a bit on its last legs and overheating at all the hard work, but just about hanging in there.
I do the immersive first-person walks with these two items.
For vlogging to camera, I use my Canon G7X Mark ii. One day I hope to buy a proper camera gimbal so as to use the Canon for the actual filming, but this will take a bit of saving up for, and then a bit of learning!
Walking In London: London walk along the Thames at Kingston Riverside
This London walk takes place in Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey – a 30-minute train ride from Waterloo Station. This 17-minute walk takes you along the River Thames on a beautiful autumn day with Halloween just around the corner. The sky is blue, the trees are turning yellow and orange, and everyone is enjoying one of our final warm days to make the most of the sunny riverside before more ‘typical’ autumn weather takes hold.
The walk starts at Ravens Ait which is on Portsmouth Road just down from Harts Boatyard pub. I walk along Queens Promenade past all the river views, coffee shops and restaurants to Kingston Bridge. There is a Part 2 video which takes you into Kingston Town Centre via the ancient market place, Clattern Bridge and red telephone boxes to complete the walk.
All parts of the walk along the route I have taken are timestamped below.
Route timestamps:
0:25 Ravens Ait to Kingston Bridge along Queens Promenade 17:30
03:05 Riverside toilets (not always open)
05:15 Riverside coffee shop
05:45 Parrs Boats
08:25 Turks Launches (one of their boats was in the Karma Chameleon video for Culture Club)
10:15 Riverside restaurants, pubs and coffee shops 15:50
17:30 Kingston Bridge
The two combined walks – Kingston Riverside (Part 1) and Kingston Town Centre (Part 2) - work very well in reverse, starting at the telephone boxes and ending at Ravens Ait where a pub or two is around the corner for refreshment before the return walk. Or you could continue to Surbiton (around 20 minutes) and get a train to Waterloo from there (I can provide route information or a new walking video on this). From Surbiton you can also take a train to Hampton Court (King Henry VIII) and either walk back along the tow path to Kingston (a good 30-45 minutes, especially if you are tired by then!) or take the train again. In summer, boats also run along this stretch to Kingston and Richmond.
Music credits:
Tracks 1 and 3 (intro music and outro music over timelapse/photos, respectively:
Track 1 Take the Chance by Nicolai Heidlas
Track 3 Chase your Dreams by Nicolai Heidlas
Both tracks can be found on HookSounds:
Nicolai's YouTube channel is well worth checking out:
Track 2 (music used to cover music that was being played by others): As Leaves Fall by Ikson. Lovely music can be found on his YouTube channel here:
Ikson's music is available on SoundCloud:
My equipment:
Gimbal - DJI Osmo 2 Mobile, what a joy this has been to learn and balance;/
LG mobile phone - a bit on its last legs and overheating at all the hard work, but just about hanging in there.
I do the immersive first-person walks with these two items.
For vlogging to camera, I use my Canon G7X Mark ii. One day I hope to buy a proper camera gimbal so as to use the Canon for the actual filming, but this will take a bit of saving up for, and then a bit of learning!
Kingston - Thames Bridges ep.2
Kingston is the second Thames bridge in the series.
This week Matt takes us through the history and engineering of the bridge, while Mark talks about the aesthetics. Both give the bridge a rating out of 10 one for engineering and the other for aesthetics
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A wooden bridge has existed at Kingston since the 13th century, indeed up until 1729 it was the only crossing between London bridge and Staines bridge. A 1710 account describes The great Wooden Bridge hath 20 interstices: two in the middle wide enough for barges it had 22 pierres of Wood and had in the middle two fair Seates for Passengers to avoid Carts and to sit and enjoy the delightfull Prospect. However this bridge collapsed in the severe frost of January 1814. The current bridge was opened in 1828 by the Duchess of Clarence, it was built of stone in a classical style following the rejection of a cast iron design due to the cost of the material at that time. In 1870 the bridge's toll was removed, to celebrate there was a fireworks display and the toll gates were burnt on Hampton Green.
Kingston bridge is built out of Portland stone, this material can produce brilliant structures like Hampton Court bridge that we saw last week. The thing I like most about this bridge is the detail the architect has managed to include even though he only used one material for example the barriers along each side.
This bridge was a disappointment as far as pioneering goes, four decades after the first Iron bridge in the world was opened in 1781 over the River Severn, the bridge failed to use this new technology. Thus as many as 5 spans was required in the Portland Stone bridge which was built. That said the bridge did not run over budget by more than £100- just 0.4% of the total projected cost- and in light of this the scheme's abandonment of the cast iron scheme due to the high cost of iron at the time, could be considered an intelligent move.
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What is Hogsmill River? Explain Hogsmill River, Define Hogsmill River, Meaning of Hogsmill River
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Title: What is Hogsmill River? Explain Hogsmill River, Define Hogsmill River, Meaning of Hogsmill River
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Description: The Hogsmill River in Surrey, England, is one of the tributaries of the River Thames. It rises in Ewell and flows into the Thames at Kingston upon Thames on the reach above Kingston road bridge. The river is 6 miles in length and has a catchment area of 73 km². The river flows through low-lying land, most of it sports grounds and green space, with the exception of Kingston town centre. The 12th century Clattern Bridge, one of the oldest road bridges in England, crosses the river in the centre of Kingston. The Coronation Stone, now sited close to the river in Kingston, is believed to have been used for the coronation of Saxon kings in the 10th century. It was used as a horse mounting block until 1850 when it was mounted on a plinth in the town centre. The river has five tributaries: Green Lanes Stream, Ewell Court Stream, Horton Stream, Bonesgate Stream and Tolworth Brook, as well as Hogsmill Stream, the main spring of the river just outside Bourne Hall Park in Ewell.
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The Hogsmill River | Wildlife film narrated by Griff Rhys Jones | CITIZEN ZOO | REWILDING
Join us as we explore the myriad of wildlife species that can be found along the Hogsmill River in the south of England. This short film is presented by Citizen Zoo with the support of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the London Wildlife Trust, as well as the help of the communities and volunteers that reside along this river’s banks.
Located in south west London, the Hogsmill River is classified as a chalkstream, a globally rare habitat with only 200 remaining worldwide. This amazing river, a tributary of the River Thames, rises from a chalk spring in Ewell and flows until its confluence in Kingston. It is a vital nature corridor running through the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames supporting a wide variety of wildlife species, many of which are hardly known about by local residents.
The river is home to species like the iconic kingfisher, the endangered European eel, dragonflies and damselflies, as well as supporting other wildlife such as bats, herons, egrets, foxes, badgers, roe deer and many small fish, birds and mammals.
As well as focusing on the wildlife, this video looks at the importance of community volunteers and conservation organisations in protecting these precious habitats and looking after our natural world. The film premiered on Sunday 9th June 2019 at WILD Kingston, a first of its kind event held at the Rose Theatre Kingston which sold out with an audience of 800. It was organised by Citizen Zoo to raise awareness of local wildlife and to inspire people to engage more with the local environment and volunteer with community groups.
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Citizen Zoo wants to 'Rewild Our Future' and is a social enterprise dedicated to wildlife conservation and education. They fundamentally believe that with the right support, guidance and motivation, anyone can be a successful conservationist benefitting their local environment and ecology. Citizen Zoo has adopted the term ‘Rewilding’ to explain their approach to nature. They want to ‘rewild our land’, restoring the pieces in the wildlife puzzle which have been destroyed over time to bring back functioning
ecosystems. They also want to ‘rewild people’ and reconnect them to the natural world, introducing them to species which share and enrich our local environment.
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