Please note, these directions are not necessarily the shortest route, but they are considered to be the safest route for the blind and partially sighted.
Directions From Kingston Train Station
At Kingston train station there are two exits. Use the Richmond Road exit. Turn right and walk to an under passage. As you walk along, follow a wall on your left-hand side. When you come to the end of the wall, you will feel with your cane some vertical line markings on the floor that inform you that there are some steps. Do not go down the steps but follow the vertical lines until they end and then turn left.
Go forward in a straight line. It is a very open space but try to walk in a straight line. You will find crossings marked on the pavement with bumps on your left and your right but do not use them. Instead, keep going forward until you find two planters with trees in them. Walk between those planters. Keep walking until you find a bumpy mark on the pavement that indicates a controlled crossing in front of you. This crossing is directly opposite the Rotunda.
Cross the street pressing the button at the traffic light. Find the entrance to the Rotunda. Keep the Rotunda on your left. Once you pass the Rotunda, keep the wall on your left and you will pass the Cornerstone Pub. Continue walking with the wall on your left, or if it is easier, you can follow the ridge from the cycle lane on your right. There will be gaps in the wall but do not turn into them.
The first gap is a garage entrance. You will pass Prizm on your left and then the second gap is an alleyway. When the cycle lane finishes, you find a wall which is part of Wilko. Keep it on your left without following the corner round past the entrance. There will be a crossing in front of Wilko’s entrance but do not cross there. Rather, continue straight on with sound of the traffic on your right. You will find a second crossing but ignore it and keep the traffic on your right. You will pass an apartment block on your left. Once you get to the end of this block there will be a light controlled crossing. This is a double crossing, meaning that there is an island in the middle of the road use the light-controlled crossing that is straight ahead but slightly to the left.
At the other side you will be at the Fairfield bus station. Turn left and you will find a non-controlled crossing, the only vehicles that cross here are busses turning slowly into the station. Cross here and on the other side there will be a wall on your right and the back of bus stop shelters on your left. Continue walking with the traffic on your left. You will find a non-controlled crossing. This crossing is only used by buses slowly turning out of the station. Cross over.
At the other side, the traffic will be on your left and a wall on your right. You will find a non-controlled crossing which is used by cars slowly turning out of a car park. Cross over. Once at the other side, continue with the wall on your right and the traffic on your left. There will be crossing bumps on the left but continue straight on. You will feel a gap in the wall which is a little street. Turn in there and you will find walls both sides. This will take you to Fairfield East Road. This is a dead-end residential area. Cross over the curb. Once you get to the other side you will find a tree. Pass trees on your right until you find the Kingston Quaker Centre on your right. This is your destination.
Directions from Cromwell Road Bus Station
When you exit the bus turn left so that the noise of the traffic is on your left. There will be bus shelters both on your left and right, just keep walking with the noise of the traffic on your left until you reach a crossing. This is a controlled crossing where buses exit the station.
Cross over and once on the other side after a few steps there will be another controlled crossing on your left. Cross here unto an island in the middle of the road, once you are on this island there is a metal fence in front of you, follow this fence to the right to another crossing on your left. This is not a controlled crossing; however, the road is a bus lane and buses will be turning slowly onto this road.
Once you cross over there will be the wall of one side of the Rotunda. Follow this wall keeping it to your left. You will pass the entrance of the Rotunda which is significant for the big pillars in front of it. Continue along the path keeping the Rotunda on your left.
Once you pass the Rotunda, keep the wall on your left and you will pass the Cornerstone Pub. Continue walking with the wall on your left, or if it is easier, you can follow the ridge from the cycle lane on your right. There will be gaps in the wall but do not turn into them. The first gap is a garage entrance. You will pass the Prizm on your left and then the second gap is an alleyway.
When the cycle lane finishes, you find a wall which is part of Wilko. Keep it on your left without following the corner round past the entrance. There will be a crossing in front of Wilko’s entrance but do not cross there. Rather, continue straight on with sound of the traffic on your right. You will find a second crossing but ignore it and keep the traffic on your right. You will pass an apartment block on your left.
Once you get to the end of this block there will be a light controlled crossing. This is a double crossing, meaning that there is an island in the middle of the road use the light-controlled crossing that is straight ahead but slightly to the left. At the other side you will be at the Fairfield bus station. Turn left and you will find a non-controlled crossing, the only vehicles that cross here are busses turning slowly into the station. Cross here and on the other side there will be a wall on your right and the back of bus stop shelters on your left.
Continue walking with the traffic on your left. You will find a non-controlled crossing. This crossing is only used by buses slowly turning out of the station. Cross over. At the other side, the traffic will be on your left and a wall on your right. You will find a non-controlled crossing which is used by cars slowly turning out of a car park. Cross over. Once at the other side, continue with the wall on your right and the traffic on your left. There will be crossing bumps on the left but continue straight on. You will feel a gap in the wall which is a little street. Turn in there and you will find walls both sides. This will take you to Fairfield East Road. This is a dead-end residential area. Cross over the curb. Once you get to the other side you will find a tree. Pass trees on your right until you find the Kingston Quaker Centre on your right. This is your destination.
Directions from Fairfield Bus Station
When exiting your bus turn left so that the noise of the traffic is on your left. There will be some bus stop shelters on your right. Walk along the path with the traffic on your left. You will find a non-controlled crossing. This crossing is only used by buses slowly turning out of the station. Cross over.
At the other side, the traffic will be on your left and a wall on your right. You will find a non-controlled crossing which is used by cars slowly turning out of a car park. Cross over. Once at the other side, continue with the wall on your right and the traffic on your left. There will be crossing bumps on the left but continue straight on. You will feel a gap in the wall which is a little street. Turn in there and you will find walls both sides. This will take you to Fairfield East Road. This is a dead-end residential area. Cross over the curb. Once you get to the other side you will find a tree. Pass trees on your right until you find the Kingston Quaker Centre on your right. This is your destination.
Directions from Eden Street for buses leaving Kingston and heading towards Surbiton
When you exit the bus, turn left so the noise of the traffic is on your left. Depending on where you bus stops, you will be outside McDonalds, TSB Bank, Moss Bros, or Halifax. Walk keeping the traffic to your left and the buildings to your right. You will feel some bumpy marks indicating a crossing on your left but ignore this continuing straight on with the traffic on your left and the buildings on your right.
You will pass Specsavers and the Wheelwright Arms Pub, here there is a little street called Weston Park, but you do not need to turn up here, but continue straight on with the traffic on your left. You will then pass Metro Bank, Cotswolds and Skipton Building Society, here you will turn the corner on your right, ignoring the bumpy marks indicating crossing.
After you have turned the corner, you will pass a barber and a nail salon. You will enter an open space, just continue straight on keeping the traffic on your left. There will be some lamp posts on your left, if you pass these you will soon find the bumpy marks indicating a crossing on your left. You will want to cross here. This is a double crossing, meaning that there is an island in the middle of the road use the light-controlled crossing that is straight ahead but slightly to the right. At the other side you will be at the Fairfield bus station.
Turn left and you will find a non-controlled crossing, the only vehicles that cross here are busses turning slowly into the station. Cross here and on the other side there will be a wall on your right and the back of bus stop shelters on your left. Continue walking with the traffic on your left. You will find a non-controlled crossing. This crossing is only used by buses slowly turning out of the station. Cross over. At the other side, the traffic will be on your left and a wall on your right. You will find a non-controlled crossing which is used by cars slowly turning out of a car park. Cross over.
Once at the other side, continue with the wall on your right and the traffic on your left. There will be crossing bumps on the left but continue straight on. You will feel a gap in the wall which is a little street. Turn in there and you will find walls both sides. This will take you to Fairfield East Road. This is a dead-end residential area. Cross over the curb. Once you get to the other side you will find a tree. Pass trees on your right until you find the Kingston Quaker Centre on your right. This is your destination.
Directions from Eden Street for buses coming from Surbiton and heading into Kingston
When you exit the bus, turn right so the noise of the traffic is on your right. Depending on where you bus stops, you will be outside Wendy’s, German Doner Kebab or Santander. If you are getting off the 281 you will be outside Nationwide and you will need to cross a street, coming out of a carpark.
Continue walking with the traffic on your right and the buildings on your left. There will be some bus shelters on your right, keep close to these as you pass them, as once coming to the end of the bus shelters, there will soon be a crossing on your right. Cross here.
On the other side turn left, keeping the buildings on your right and the noise of the traffic on your left. You will pass Specsavers and the Wheelwright Arms Pub, here there is a little street called Weston Park, but you do not need to turn up here, but continue straight on with the traffic on your left. You will then pass Metro Bank, Cotswolds and Skipton Building Society, here you will turn the corner on your right, ignoring the bumpy marks indicating crossing.
After you have turned the corner, you will pass a barber and a nail salon. You will enter an open space, just continue straight on keeping the traffic on your left. There will be some lamp posts on your left, if you pass these you will soon find the bumpy marks indicating a crossing on your left. You will want to cross here. This is a double crossing, meaning that there is an island in the middle of the road use the light-controlled crossing that is straight ahead but slightly to the right. At the other side you will be at the Fairfield bus station.
Turn left and you will find a non-controlled crossing, the only vehicles that cross here are busses turning slowly into the station. Cross here and on the other side there will be a wall on your right and the back of bus stop shelters on your left. Continue walking with the traffic on your left. You will find a non-controlled crossing. This crossing is only used by buses slowly turning out of the station. Cross over. At the other side, the traffic will be on your left and a wall on your right. You will find a non-controlled crossing which is used by cars slowly turning out of a car park. Cross over.
Once at the other side, continue with the wall on your right and the traffic on your left. There will be crossing bumps on the left but continue straight on. You will feel a gap in the wall which is a little street. Turn in there and you will find walls both sides. This will take you to Fairfield East Road. This is a dead-end residential area. Cross over the curb. Once you get to the other side you will find a tree. Pass trees on your right until you find the Kingston Quaker Centre on your right. This is your destination.