RingRingRingRingRingRingGive your walks a purpose
Adventure walks using our iconic, red phone boxes as your destination points. Unlock interactive content and learn how to protect our natural world.
Explore Richmond on foot, learn about the amazing places to visit and how to better protect our natural world. We provide nature-based walks using our iconic, red phone boxes as destination points, which unlock interactive content. Walk, play and supercharge your environmental efforts.
Walking trails
Showing you the best of the borough: Barnes, Kew, Richmond and Twickenham.
Games & quizzes
Games and quizzes to play for all ages, including some little box hunts.
Environmental knowledge
Bite-sized insights unlocked at every box, with practical actions you can take.
Walking community
Make new friends, keep fit, and explore together.
Earn badges
Collect activity badges and compete with everyone on the app.
Real-world impact
Every walk contributes to protecting our heritage and the environment.
Make new friends while walking
Join our group walks, make new friends and learn how you can supercharge your environmental efforts in your home.
Let's get connected!
Follow us on social media to be part of the phone box revolution, meet new friends and protect the natural world on your doorstep.
Explore our walks
We have 5 routes and 11 walks on the network, linking our 11 phone boxes across Barnes, Kew, Richmond and Twickenham.
Richmond Green ↔ Twickenham Green via Thames River
Areas: Richmond and Twickenham
Boxes: Bertie, Sophie, Ted, Polly, Ralph and Cara
Themes: Biodiversity, sustainable food, climate hope, pollinators, resource circularity and climate change
Richmond Green ↔ Richmond Green via Terrace Gardens
Areas: Richmond
Boxes: Sophie, Bertie, Freddy, Tilly and Ted
Themes: Sustainable food, biodiversity, fungi, trees and climate hope
Richmond Green ↔ Barnes via Richmond Park
Areas: Richmond, Richmond Park and Barnes
Boxes: Ted, Sophie, Bertie, Freddy, Tilly and Wendy
Themes: Climate hope, sustainable food, biodiversity, fungi, trees and wetlands
Kew Green ↔ Barnes via Thames River
Areas: Kew, Chiswick and Barnes
Boxes: Walter and Wendy
Themes: Water and wetlands
Kew Green ↔ Twickenham Green via Thames River
Areas: Kew, Richmond and Twickenham
Boxes: Walter, Bertie, Sophie, Ted, Polly, Ralph and Cara
Themes: Water, biodiversity, sustainable food, climate hope, pollinators, resource circularity and climate change
Kew Green ↔ Richmond Hill via Thames River
Areas: Kew and Richmond
Boxes: Walter, Bertie, Sophie, Ted, Freddy and Tilly
Themes: Water, biodiversity, sustainable food, climate hope, fungi and trees
Kew Green ↔ Barnes via Richmond Park
Areas: Kew, Richmond, Richmond Park and Barnes
Boxes: Walter, Bertie, Sophie, Ted, Freddy, Tilly and Wendy
Themes: Water, biodiversity, sustainable food, climate hope, fungi, trees and wetlands
Barnes ↔ Kew Green via Wetland Centre
Areas: Kew, Sheen, Mortlake and Barnes
Boxes: Walter, Peter and Wendy
Themes: Water, plastics and wetlands
Richmond Green ↔ Richmond Green via Richmond Park
Areas: Richmond
Boxes: Sophie, Bertie, Freddy, Tilly and Ted
Themes: Sustainable food, biodiversity, fungi, trees and climate hope
Richmond Green ↔ Twickenham High Street via Thames River
Areas: Richmond and Twickenham
Boxes: Bertie, Sophie, Ted and Polly
Themes: Biodiversity, sustainable food, climate hope and pollinators
Kew Green ↔ Richmond Green via Thames River
Areas: Kew and Richmond
Boxes: Walter, Bertie, Sophie and Ted
Themes: Water, biodiversity, sustainable food and climate hope
We're a charity on a mission
Box Walks is a registered charity getting Britain exploring and taking part in environmental action, while bringing our iconic red grade II listed phone boxes out of retirement and giving them new purpose. We're launching first in Richmond Upon Thames, with plans to expand across London.
Learn more about the charity