Welcome to Atlantis Tour Guides (the audio tour division of Tours by Foot). We are excited you chose to take our Kensington Gardens Self Guided Audio Tour.
INSTRUCTIONS:
This is a self guided tour that you can take at any time. It is not date specific and you can listen to it as many times as you'd like.
Find the audio stops listed below. You can listen out of order if you chose but the verbal instructions to get between stops will follow our suggested map route.
Each stop has a Google Map link to ensure you can easily fine the next stop, but you can also use this embeddable Google Map.
You can also use the .pdf file of the written tour script with clickable links for ease of download.
You can use this map by clicking on the square in the upper right corner. It will then open your Google Maps app (you must have this app for the map to work) with the stops shown. You cannot download the self guided tour map, but if you'd like to use this map without data, be sure to leave this page open!
Jump to an option to use this tour data free...
TOUR DETAILS
- Time: Just Over 1 Hour
- Start: Lancaster Gate Underground Station
- End: Kensington Palace
On this tour, you’re going to explore the most noteworthy locations in the park and some of the most beautiful places in our city. From a royal residence to art gallery, from a Princely memorial to a tiny temple and from Peter Pan to Princess Diana this tour will show you all that the stunning Kensington Gardens has to offer.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN...
We suggest you save this page to your home screen, making it easy for you to return to this page between stops. You can do this via the Add To Homescreen Button on your device.
STOPS:
Click on the name to hear the audio for each stop. The audio file will open in a new tab. You can also find a Google Map link to assist if needed in getting to the stop.
- Introduction (Outside Lancaster Gate Underground Station, W2 2TZ - map)
- STOP 1: The Italian Gardens (Kensington Gardens, W2 2UD - map)
- STOP 2: Peter Pan Statue (Kensington Gardens, W2 2UD - map)
- STOP 3: The Long Water and Henry Moore Arch (Kensington Gardens, W2 2UD - map)
- STOP 4: Queen Caroline's Temple (Kensington Gardens, W2 2UD - map)
- STOP 5: The Serpentine Gallery (Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA - map)
- STOP 6: The Albert Memorial and Royal Albert Hall(Kensington Gardens, W2 2UH - map)
- STOP 7: The Round Pond (Kensington Gardens - map)
- STOP 8: Queen Victoria's Statue (Kensington Gardens, W8 4PU - map)
- STOP 9: Kensington Palace Gardens and Princess Diana Memorial Garden (Kensington Gardens, W8 4PZ - map)
- STOP 10: Kensington Palace (Kensington Gardens, W8 4PX - map)
- STOP 11: Conclusion (Kensington Gardens, W8 4PX - map)
Data Free Option
If you would like to listen to this data free, we suggest you download the .mp4 file below. This is an audio file that includes the entire tour in one go. You can download it depending on your device settings and it should appear in your Files.
The audio is one long file, but you will be given instructions to pause between stops.
Click here to open the AUDIO FILE OF ENTIRE TOUR.
Time Stamps for individual stops:
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 02:10 - Italian Gardens
- 04:50 - Peter Pan Statue
- 06:49 - The Long Water and Henry Moore Arch
- 09:01 - Queen Caroline's Temple
- 10:15 - The Serpentine Gallery
- 11:51 - The Albert Memorial and Royal Albert Hall
- 15:51 - The Round Pond
- 17:22 - Queen Victoria Statue
- 19:45 - Kensington Palace Gardens and Princess Diana Memorial Garden
- 22:45 - Kensington Palace
- 26:56 - Conclusion