A short and scenic walk from Vauxhall Bridge to Battersea Park, past the American Embassy and Battersea Power Station. Great views of the river, plus the opportunity to explore various recently-created open spaces beside it. Finish at Battersea Park's lakeside café.

Spring brings flowers, improvements within Christchurch Gardens and Shillington Park—and a couple of new options for an al fresco coffee.

Read about the first illuminated flotilla on the Thames in 300 years, and about how the long-awaited opening of Battersea Power Station has already given us a new section of Thames Path - and a new riverside park.