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Nature-based walks · Richmond Upon Thames

Give 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.

11Phone boxes
11Walks
5Routes
1London borough
What is Box Walks

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.

Why take part

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.

Create community

Make new friends while walking

Join our group walks, make new friends and learn how you can supercharge your environmental efforts in your home.

Stay in touch

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.

Routes & walks

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 to Twickenham Green via Thames River route map

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

TIME1h 15m
DISTANCE4.57km
EFFORTEasy
Richmond Green to Richmond Green via Terrace Gardens route map

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

TIME50min
DISTANCE3.10km
EFFORTEasy
Richmond Green to Barnes via Richmond Park route map

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

TIME2h 20m
DISTANCE8.99km
EFFORTModerate
Kew Green to Barnes via Thames River route map

Kew Green ↔ Barnes via Thames River

Areas: Kew, Chiswick and Barnes

Boxes: Walter and Wendy

Themes: Water and wetlands

TIME1h 25m
DISTANCE5.45km
EFFORTEasy - Moderate
Kew Green to Twickenham Green via Thames River route map

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

TIME2h 25m
DISTANCE9.36km
EFFORTModerate
Kew Green to Richmond Hill via Thames River route map

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

TIME1h 35m
DISTANCE5.97km
EFFORTEasy - Moderate
Kew Green to Barnes via Richmond Park route map

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

TIME3h 35m
DISTANCE13.72km
EFFORTDifficult
Barnes to Kew Green via Wetland Centre route map

Barnes ↔ Kew Green via Wetland Centre

Areas: Kew, Sheen, Mortlake and Barnes

Boxes: Walter, Peter and Wendy

Themes: Water, plastics and wetlands

TIME2h 15m
DISTANCE8.83km
EFFORTModerate
Richmond Green to Richmond Green via Richmond Park route map

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

TIME2h
DISTANCE4.76km
EFFORTEasy
Richmond Green to Twickenham High Street via Thames River route map

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

TIME55m
DISTANCE3.23km
EFFORTEasy
Kew Green to Richmond Green via Thames River route map

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

TIME1h 15m
DISTANCE4.72km
EFFORTEasy
Meet the operator

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