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Sport and outdoor activities

There are lots of parks and open spaces in Kingston and Richmond.

You can find them in Kingston by searching on the Kingston Council website

You can find them in Richmond using this Play Map (PDF) or on the Richmond Council website.

Activity type Age range if stated Gender if specified Location When  Disability/Condition Link to provider 
Accessible /Adventure Playground Inclusive Play Project 0 to 15   Twickenham Saturday Disabilities and Additional Needs Marble Hill Playcentre
Adventure Holidays 5 to 19   As arranged by provider

2 night/3 day respite

As arranged by provider

Children and young people with disabilities Yorda
Archery

8 to 25

  Chessington Alternate Tuesday evenings Disabilities and Additional Needs TAG Youth Club 
Arts and crafts 18+   Whitton Tuesday Disabilities and Additional Needs Ruils
Athletics     Kingston  Thursday, fortnightly, term time only Disabilities and Additional Needs Special Olympics Surrey
Ball Sports ( this is a communication programme for the whole family using ball sports) 8+   Barnes and Richmond Park Summer programme Communication Needs Action Attainment
Bowls Club 18+   Twickenham Monday Disabilities and Additional Needs Ruils
Breathe and Body workshop 18+   Online   Disabilities and Additional Needs Ruils
British Blind Sport - various     Various Various Blind and partially sighted Metro Blind Sport
*Canoeing 12 to 18 and 18+   Kingston Tuesday evenings All ability/pan disability Albany Outdoors
Choir 18+   Twickenham Tuesday All ability/pan disability Ruils
Circus Skills     Hammersmith and Fulham Various and holidays Inclusive And Circus
Climbing

8 to 25

  Surbiton Alternate Tuesday evenings Disabilities and Additional Needs TAG Youth Club 
Creative Writing Group 18+   Alternating between online and Twickenham Monday All ability/pan disability Ruils
Cycling (adapted cycle hire scheme)         Disabilities and Additional Needs TAG Youth Club 
Cycling (companion) All ages   Bushy Park   All ability/pan disability Companion Cycling 
Cycling (adapted cycles) Not specified   London   All ability/pan disability Bikeworks
Cycling (Buddy) Not specified   Osterley Park    All ability/pan disability Our Barn
Cycling All ages   Kingston (Weir Archer) Monday and Wednesday All ability/pan disability Wheels for All 
Cycling 14+   Carshalton Monday, Wednesday and Thursday All ability/pan disability EcoLocal Cycling
Cycling (Mountain Biking)  14 to 30   Redhill Sundays Additional Needs Special Olympics Surrey
Cycle training  9 to 12   Kingston   Additional needs (Child must live in Kingston borough) Bikeability
Cricket 4+   Worcester Park Weekly sessions Tuesday to Sunday Club can provide coaching for children with special needs. Please discuss with one of the coaching team. Worcester Park Cricket Club
Cricket and Lawn Tennis 5+   New Malden Every day This club is inclusive to all and sometimes host disability specific events Malden Wanderers Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club
Day and residential river cruises     Kingston By arrangement  Children and young people with special needs, illness etc Thames River Boat Project
Fencing 8 to 25   Hampton Monthly on a Tuesday Disabilities and Additional Needs TAG Youth Club 
Football

6 to 12

12 to 16

  Tolworth Monday evenings Disabilities and Additional Needs Motspur Park Community FC
Football

5 to 12

13+

  Motspur Park Friday Downs Syndrome DS Active Fulham FC Badgers
Frame Football 5 to 16   Motspur Park Monthly on a Saturday Cerebral palsy or any form of physical disability, restricted mobility or a young person who normally uses a walker or crutches. Fulham FC

Football

16+   Teddington Saturday Special Educational Needs and Disabilities RISE (opens in new window)
Football

5 to 16

16+

Girls only Kingston Saturday Pan disability Fulham FC 
Football 5 to 16   Kingsmeadow Kingston Thursday evening

Pan disability

Fulham FC 
Football 16+   Motspur Park Friday evening Pan disability Fulham FC 
Football 16+ Women /females Motspur Park Saturday morning Pan disability Fulham FC 
Football

5 to 16

16+

 

  Motspur Park Saturday

Junior Blind / Partially Sighted

Fulham FC 
Football

5 to 9

9 to 12

13 to 16

  Motspur Park Saturday Autism Fulham FC
Football 18+  

Kingsmeadow

Kingston

Tuesday Mental wellbeing Fulham FC
Football

12 to 16

16+

  Kingston Wednesday Pan disability and amputee programme Chelsea FC
Football Para Talent Hub 7 to 16       Cerebral palsy, visual or hearing impairments Fulham FC
Forest Adventures

1 to 5 

 

6 to 11

  Chessington Wednesday during terms times and throughout the school holidays Inclusive sessions -Children with and without disabilities Yorda Adventures
Gardening 16 to 25 years   Isleworth Mondays and Fridays Disabilities and Additional Needs Our Barn
Gardening/Community Allotment  18+   Teddington Wednesday Pan disability Ruils
Golf     Epsom Thursday eve, fortnightly, term time only Disabilities and Additional Needs Special Olympics Surrey
Gym/Fitness Sessions  8 to 30 years     Whitton Disabilities and Additional Needs TAG Youth Club 
Holiday Playscheme 5 to 19   Chessington Most school holidays Children and young people with disabilities Yorda Adventures
*Holiday Playscheme

4 to 12

13 to 18

 

Kingston

Whitton

Easter, summer and half term holidays 

Children and young people with disabiliities and/or Special Educational Needs Challengers
Horse Riding. therapy, non riding options 4+   Kingston 7 days a week Pan Disability Barnfield Riding for the Disabled
Horse Riding (including Hippotherapy and Carriage Driving)

Children 

Adults

  Richmond Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday during term times Children and adults with disabilities and learning difficulties

Park Lane Stables

Riding for the Disabled

Horse Riding

Children 

Adults

  Hampton Court   Children and adults with disabilities and learning difficulties The Horse Ranger Association Riding for the Disabled
Horse Riding

Children 

Adults

  Epsom 7 days a week including evenings Children and adults with disabilities and learning difficulties Epsom Riding for the Disabled
Horticulture, animal care 5+   Heathrow

Wednesdays

Children and adults with disabilities and learning difficulties Heathrow Special Needs Centre 
Ice Skating 5 to 18+   Bracknell Thursday eve term times Mainly catering for children with learning difficulties usually on the autism scale but hope in the future to expand to support children with hearing and sight problems.
 
Bracknell Ice Rink 
Inclusive Play Project 0 to 15 Children and Families Twickenham Saturday Disabilities or Additional Needs Marble Hill Playcentre
Karate 8 years +    East Molesey Monday Disabilities or Additional Needs Abel Karate
Karate 8 to 30 years   Whitton Youth Zone Monday Disabilities or Additional Needs TAG Youth
Karate for Fun 5+   Twickenham Tuesday Disabilities and Additional Needs Skylarks
Karate 8+   Twickenham Tuesday Disabilities and Additional Needs Skylarks
Martial Arts and gymnastics This provider is developing their offer for young people with SEND.   Twickenham   Young people with learning difficulties and those on the autistic spectrum. Busen Martial Arts Centre
*Kayaking

12 to 18

and 18 +

  Kingston Tuesday evenings Disabilities and Additional Needs Albany Outdoors 
Sport Plus sessions

3 to 12

12+

  Roehampton  Saturudays Special Educational Needs and Disabilities SEN Unity
Multi Sports (basketball, cricket, short tennis, volleyball and much more) 15 +   Chessington Mondays  Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Inspire Sport
Multi Sports:
  • Athletics
  • Boccia
  • Cycling
  • Golf
  • Kayaking
  • Skiing
  • Ten-Pin Bowling
      Various depending on sport Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Special Olympics Surrey

Multi Sports (basketball, cricket, hockey and tennis)

8 to 25   Hampton Saturday Special Educational Needs and Disabilities RISE 

Multi Sports

16 to 25   Isleworth Tuesday evening and Thursday daytime Disabilities and Additional Needs Our Barn (opens in new window)
Multi Sports 8 to 25 years   Ham Wednesday Disabilities and Additional Needs TAG Youth Club 
Parkour and Ninja Warrior sessions

8 to 14 

15 to 25

  Ham Youth Centre Weekly on a Wednesday and alternate Sundays Disabilities and Additional Needs TAG Youth Club 
Play sessions     Twickenham Tuesday and Friday Disabilities and Additional Needs Skylarks
Play sessions Under 12   Chessington Various days during school holidays

Inclusive sessions - Children with and without disabilities and their siblings.

Yorda Adventures
Sailing All ages   Portsmouth   All disabilities Disabled Sailors Association 
Scootering 8 to 25 year olds   Ham   Disabilities and Additional Needs TAG Youth Club 
Sensory Trail and Tree Trail All ages   Twickenham   Visitors with accessibility barriers Kneller Gardens 

Sensory Tree Trail

All ages   Hampton   Visitors with accessibility barriers Carlisle Park 
Sensory Trail and Sensory Footpath All ages   Twickenham   Visitors with accessibility barriers Heathfield Recreation Ground 
Softplay & Indoor Play Activities 0 to 12   Brentford Weekly on a Wednesday during term time Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Snakes & Ladders - SEND Sessions 
Skateboarding 8 to 25   Ham Monthly on a Sunday Disabilities and Additional Needs TAG Youth Club 
Skiing All ages   Aldershot Second Sunday of the month Disabilities and Additional Needs Special Olympics Surrey
Snowsports with TAG    

Esher - Dry Slope lessons 

Hemel Hempstead - Indoor Snow lessons

Contact TAG for the monthly schedules Disabilities and Additional Needs TAG Youth
Snowsports     Sandown (nr Esher) Thursday Cognitive and learning disabilities and milder physical disabilities – (ie Autism, Aspergers Syndrome, Downs Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy) Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Higher Spinal Cord Injuries (Tetraplegia), Epilepsy, Brain Injuries, Multiple Sclerosis, Spina Bifida) Sensory Impairment sessions. (Visual and Hearing Impairments) Sandown Sports Adaptive Ski Facility
Swimming 4 to 11 years   Harrow, Surrey and Sutton Various Children with a mobility, visual or hearing impairment Level Water
Swimming O to 20 years   Ashford, Middlesex Friday, Saturday and Sunday Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Lily Pad Swim
Swimming Any age   Putney Leisure Centre Enquire at Centre Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Putney Leisure Centre
Swimming 8 to 18   Teddington Tuesday Special Educational Needs and Disabilities RISE to Shine is a project to get young people who live or go to school in the Borough involved in the London Youth Games.
Swimming and sub aqua 7+   Teddington Wednesday and Fridays Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Teddington Torpedoes

Swimming     New Malden Saturday Visually impaired

Association for the Blind (KAB)

Phone 020 8605 0060 to enquire.

Swimming Children and adults   Chessington   Private lessons available that would be suitable for children with special needs Hook Swim School 
Swimming     Kingston Thursdays This club is for people with a physical disability Spartan Swimming Club for the Physically Disabled
Ten Pin Bowling     Tolworth Tuesday evenings Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Special Olympics Surrey
Ten Pin Bowling     Tolworth First and third Mondays of the month Visually impaired Association for the Blind (KAB)
Tennis 5+   Roehampton Tuesday Downs Syndrome DS Active
Theatre workshop 18+   Online Mondays and Fridays Disabilities and Additional Needs Ruils
Yoga (Developmental for children)     Twickenham Friday Disabilities and Additional Needs Skylarks
Wellbeing walks 18+   Richmond various Monthly Disabilities and Additional Needs Ruils
Walk/Ramble All ages   Barnes Occasionally Inclusive activity fully accessible and suitable for wheelchair users Activity Station 
 Water Sports  8+    Brentford Summer programe Communication Needs Action Attainment
 *Water Sports 12 to 18 and 18 +    Kingston  Tuesday All ability/pan disability Albany Outdoors
Wheelchair athletics     Kingston Various Disabled athletes Weir Archer Academy