Queens Promenade

Gucci adds style to the Queens Prom pocket park celebrations 0
- Environment, Food, News
- 11th May 2021
Gucci, the seventeen-and-a-half-year-old Pomeranian terrier, was enjoying a day out along the Queens Prom today (Tuesday). He was watching the mayor of Kingston Cllr Margaret Thompson, cut a ribbon to mark the third year of the Queens Promenade Friends’ group and their creation of the colourful pocket park around a formerly disused caretaker’s hut, and
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Ravens Ait gets tough on Dugs 0
- Food, History, News
- 30th April 2021
In a severe blow to any Dougs, Duggies, Douglases or Dougals hoping to enjoy a barbie meal on Surbiton’s Ravens Ait, just off Queens Prom, the Thames island has introduced a tough new policy. It has decided to crack down on dugs, according to the sign which has appeared in the loos. “Disappointed,” was the
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Enjoy a barbie on the river 0
- Food, News
- 16th April 2021
The smell of burgers, sausages and juicy skewers will be wafting over the Thames today (Friday) and over the weekend. Ravens Ait is holding a barbecue weekend and everyone is invited! The Beer, Bar and BBQ event will run this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (April 16-18) and next weekend (April 23-25) and then on May
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Paddleboarders get back on the water for one-to-ones with Leah 0
- News, Sport
- 22nd May 2020
Good news for paddleboarders – and those who wish to learn the fast-growing sport. You’re allowed to get back on the water and be taught one-to-one by qualified instructors like Surbiton’s Leah Fraser. The rules around watersports have recently changed, which means Leah, who runs The Good Life Paddle Company, is not only allowed to
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Portraits at pocket park 0
- Arts, Environment, News
- 22nd April 2020
Whose for a delicious cup of tea? These three amigos (Keith McMahon, Julian Meers and Elliot Newton) were depicted by illustrator Lisa Tolley at a pre-COVID get-together at the pocket park along the Queens Promenade. Tools Down, the fourth in a series which denotes spring time, shows the work and camaraderie of the volunteers who
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Lend a hand before storm hits 0
- Environment, News
- 15th February 2020
It’s the calm before the storm so volunteers at Queen’s Promenade are making the most of it this morning (Saturday) by putting up new tit and robin bird boxes made by Thames Ditton’s Men in Sheds project. Other tasks at the pocket park along the riverside walk – if time allows before Storm Dennis hits
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