Regents Canal and Park Walk

21 June 2025, 11.00

Regents Canal and Park

We are sorry but booking for this walk is now closed. Please check our website for details of future supportive walks. 

Bereaved parent and TCF volunteer Terry is running a supportive London Walk around Regents Canal and Park on Saturday 21 June 2025.

Terry writes:

We will meet at 11am at Paddington Railway Station**

This walk will take us to Little Venice and then along the canal to Primrose Hill with amazing views over London.

We will stop for lunch at Primrose Hill Village that has lots of cafes, restaurants and pubs, many with outdoor seating. For those preferring a picnic, there is a park with benches nearby.

After lunch we move onto Regents Park to walk around the lake then admire its many magnificent floral displays including the rose gardens which should be a riot of colour and scent.

The walk is due to finish at approximately 3.30 pm at Baker Street Underground Station, and there will be the option to a visit a pub near the tube station at the end of the walk.

Our walk will be approximately 5 miles in total at a steady pace. Please note that this walk is not suitable for those who require walking aids or who might find the pace too demanding.

The walks are free and are designed to offer you an opportunity to socialise and chat to other bereaved parents and siblings as well as to offer some exercise to support our mental and physical wellbeing.

Please note that the details of this walk may be subject to change

What a parent told us after a previous London Walk:

‘Thank you again for organising and leading the TCF London walks. It makes such a difference to meet other families who have lost a much-loved child. It’s not just the walk itself... but about having a date in the diary and something to look forward to and to reflect back on. Plus, the walks spark important conversations before and afterwards within our family about our son - and how much he meant to us all - which we might otherwise not be able to have. My husband and I talked more on the train to London than we have had the chance to do for a while. And again, around the dinner table with the rest of the family when we got home. It’s a way of acknowledging and giving space to such tragedy and the deepest loss we know is felt by everyone in the group. Thank you again.’

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We ask that you wait until you have been bereaved for at least 3 months before joining our supportive walks. New walk dates are regularly added, and we hope to welcome you at a future walk.

Our peer support is for parents bereaved of a child from one month old to an adult son or daughter, from any cause. We also offer support to bereaved grandparents and adult siblings (aged 18+)

Please call our Helpline on 0345 1232304 or email helpline@tcf.org.uk for support. 

We look forward to seeing those who have walked with us before, and to welcome those who are joining us for the first time.

If you haven’t walked with us yet, please don’t feel daunted or anxious about joining. You’ll quickly find yourself part of a warm, friendly and supportive community of others who have experienced similar bereavements.

**A welcome email will be sent out approximately one week before the walk, providing additional information and details about the meeting and lunch point. This email will come from info@tcf.org.uk, so please keep an eye out for it. (It may sometimes end up in junk or spam folders, so please check there if you’ve registered and haven’t received the email.)

Please remember, if you bring a friend or relative for initial support, they will not be able to join the walk itself unless they are also a bereaved parent, grandparent, or adult bereaved sibling.

As this is a supportive walk, we ask that you stay together as a group for the duration of the walk.

Please note that individuals join a TCF walk at their own risk.