Upping Your Game! Celebrating 500 Years of Sport and Fitness in Westminster

FAMILY FRIENDLY WALKOur iconic route showcases the secret haunts and public spaces that have hosted sports for both private and global enjoyment over 500 years. We encounter tennis, cockfighting, swimming, skating, falconry, riding, wrestling, bowling, running, Olympic and ceremonial sports, cycling and croquet. Skirting through a forgotten pleasure gardens into a landmark location reveals bowls, rugby, football, boxing, snooker and archery and, unexpectedly, football hooliganism. Which sporting heroes did Conan Doyle immortalize? Which sporting hero did Byron hobnob with, and George IV command to perform special duties at his coronation? What sport proved Boswell to be a true-born Englishman? What happened to the old tennis courts and cockpits? What connects the Titanic with two sports? Come and find out. Access – there are unavoidable steps on this walk