COMING EVENTS
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Unless otherwise noted, all our meetings will be held in the Judge Lecture Theatre, Tiffin Boys School, Kingston upon Thames. Meetings begin at 7:30pm. Access is from the London Road entrance where there is ample free parking. The venue is easily accessed by bus routes 57, 85, 131, 213, 371, 514, K2, K3, K4, K5, and night buses N57 and N213. The bus stops for both directions are located near the car park entrance. Everyone is welcome to these meetings, which take place on the third Wednesday of the month.
Wednesday 21st October 2009
Refurbishing Kingston Riverside.
John Miles, Chairman, Canadian and Portal Estates, will present his ideas for the refurbishment of an important stretch of the Kingston Riverside.
Wednesday 18th November 2009
The Importance of the Spaces in between Buildings
Discussion led by Declan Terry, retired consultant building services engineer and Board member of a local Housing Association, and Neil Philpott, arboriculturalist to the former GLC and former Chairman of the Kingston Society, on the contribution made by trees and plants to the townscape.
We have no meeting in December 2009
Wednesday 20th January 2010
Annual General Meeting and Supper
A social as well as an official occasion.
Wednesday 17th February 2010
Towards a sense of place: a change in the emphasis in Kingston's core strategy
Andrew Lynch Planning Manager Royal Borough of Kingston
Wednesday 17th March 2010
Flood risk strategy for the Lower Thames (that includes Kingston)
Graham Piper Project Manager, Lower Thames Strategy, Environment Agency
Wednesday 21 April 2010
The role of the architect in the design and building process
Simon Tupper Initiatives in Design
COOMBE CONDUIT
The last of this year’s Open Days at Coombe Conduit was on Sunday 13th September from 12.00 - 16.00 pm.
In 2010 the first of our Open Sundays will be on the second Sunday of April from 14.00 - 16.00 pm.
Coombe Conduit is one of Kingston's oldest buildings. The Conduit was built for Henry V111th in about 1540 to collect fresh water from springs on Kingston Hill and channel it to his palace at Hampton Court. Visitors can see water still flowing into lead-lined cisterns in two brick-walled chambers, which are connected by an 80ft underground passage. The entry to the conduit is a chapel-like building of brick and stone topped with crow-stepped gables.
On Coombe Lane West, the A238, the entrance to the site is by a gate, in high wooden fencing, near the corner of Lord Chancellor Walk, almost opposite Coombe Hill School. Parking is available in Lord Chancellor Walk. The 57 bus Kingston-Raynes Park-Wimbledon-Streatham stops close by and Norbiton Station is approx. three quarters of a mile away. Please note that there are no toilets on this site.
Admission is free. Volunteers to help as stewards for these Open Days are welcome: please contact info@kingstonuponthamessociety.co.uk.
Bushey Park Water Gardens
When Tom Blaney spoke to the Kingston Society in September 2006 he told us that the Water Gardens in Bushey Park were being restored. As from October 2009 the gardens are open every day except Mondays from 9am until the park closes. Do visit the tranquil ponds and cascades and take the opportunity to enjoy refreshments in the new cafe in the Woodland Garden.