THE WALKS PROGRAMME
Welcome to my walks!

Pre-booking essential as groups limited to 8 maximum – contact Diana to book or join the email list for regular updates.
  • Walks last approx. 2hrs – 2 ½hrs.
  • Small groups – Maximum size 8 (Walks cancelled if fewer than 5).
  • Price £20, of which £1 goes to a nominated charity* (Cash on arrival preferred or BACS transfer can be arranged).
  • Walks go-ahead in all weather.
  • Pre-booking essential. Free cancellation up to 48 hrs before.
  • All walks led by Diana Kelsey.
  • 2026  Donations of £1 per person to London Air Ambulance . www.londonsairambulance.org.uk Charity No. 801013

APRIL TO LATE JUNE WALKS

I am taking a break from my regular Sunday/weekday walks programme.  I’m travelling (yes… again!).  I will start up my programme again late June.

  • However I am around to do walks in May  (4th week) and from 13th June onwards.  Chose the walk and date, guarantee 4 people (or £80) and I will top up numbers from my mailing list (full details see DIY WALKS below).
  • There are also a couple of DIY walks already commissioned on which places are available.
  • Sunday 24 May pm. – River Westbourne – Bayswater to the Thames
  • Friday 29 May – Walthamstow Village + William Morris Gallery (mid am start, Morris gallery pm) ….full details of these walks below!

Click here for my full list of walks.

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D.I.Y. WALKS (fancy the walk, but cannot make the date)

  • Choose the walk from  this programme or any walk on my website (90+Walks I Do).
  • Check first for dates I am available in the next couple of months (I can hold a couple of dates).
  • Guarantee a group of 4 @ £20 per head (or £80).
  • I will then promote it to top up numbers to maximum of 8.
  • The walk will go ahead, even if it is just your group of 4 (and whatever the weather!).
  • £1.00 per head donation  to London Air Ambulance . www.londonsairambulance.org.uk Charity No. 801013 (or a charity of your choice, which must be Charity Commission registered  and for humans!).

Do not hesitate to contact me to discuss – DiaKelsey3@aol.com or 07973 316 102

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PRIVATE GROUPS

Flexibility of route/refreshment stops/timing and no added strangers!

I would be delighted to do private groups – with my following provisos:

  • £200 minimum charge for up to 10 participants, £20 per additional person.  (Full days minimum £300 for up to 10 and £30 per additional person.
  • Payment – bank transfer 48 hrs before the event, or cash/cheque on day possible by prior arrangement.
  • Suggested maximum 15 (including group leader).

Do not hesitate to contact me to discuss – DiaKelsey3@aol.com or 07973 316 102

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Sunday 24 May

LONDON’S LOST RIVERS – THE WESTBOURNE Part 2 – Lower reaches (4 m.) Bayswater to the Thames (6 PLACES)

Rising in Hampstead the Westbourne, flowed down through Kilburn, Bayswater, Knightsbridge and Chelsea. As London’s population multiplied in the 17th century it became polluted and was diverted underground. However it still leaves it’s mark – both in the street layout and in the names…Bayswater, Knightsbridge and street names featuring ‘brook’ or ‘bourne’, or even ‘pont’.  The walk will start in Bayswater and follow its course for 4 miles to Chelsea Embankment where it flows into the Thames. The route crosses Hyde Park along the Serpentine, and then weaves through the elegant back streets of Knightsbridge and Chelsea.  We will end by walking through both the new Chelsea Barracks development and new Grosvenor Waterside developments to end on Chelsea Bridge, to see (if the tide is low)  the river flow into the Thames.

STARTS 1.30pm – Lancaster Gate Tube

Ends approx 5.00pm Chelsea Embankment (bus to Sloane Square/Victoria)

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Friday 29 May

EXPLORE WALTHAMSTOW – Historic Village, Neon Haven and William Morris Gallery (optional extra)  (3 PLACES)

Walthamstow is not what you might expect…yes it is suburban as we start the walk through its wind-swept 60’s town square and cross its noisy roads, but we soon come to the first surprise…‘Old Walthamstow’, a conservation area with a real village feel.  It has a 17c Vestry and early 19c grand mansions, Victorian almshouses, a church set in an ancient churchyard, and even a half timbered 15c house. Walthamstow is now the haunt of millennials who frequent Orford Rd with its eclectic shops and gourmet café’s.  Another surprise is ‘God’s Own Junkyard’ with its quirky ‘Neon Heaven’, voted the highlight of the morning on previous walks. The last part of the walk begins with a 15mins stretch uphill through suburban Walthamstow to reach the massive ‘art-deco/eastern bloc totalitarian’ Town Hall. Then 10mins along a busy main road (sorry!) brings us to the substantial Georgian mansion, Morris’s teenage home and now the William Morris Gallery and park with its Morris-inspired garden, where the walk will end.  (This walk has an ulterior motive – to entice you to make a day of it by visiting (on your own) the newly refurbished William Morris Gallery in the afternoon. (It’s a small gallery so 1-1 ½ hrs should be sufficient.)
The whole circular route including walk back to tube is 3+ miles.
The walk will explore Walthamstow Village in the morning.  Stop for lunch in the village. Then in the afternoon 20 min. walk up to Morris Gallery via the town hall. (Cost £30 for full day. Lunch extra.  £20 morning only)

STARTS tba mid-morning – Walthamstow Central Station. ‘‘Selbourne Road and Buses’ exit – meet at top of stairs by the Information and Assistance Desk

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I am around 4th week in May and from 13 June onwards for DIY bookings (chose the walk chose the date)

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