On Monday 18 March 2024 Kingston Association for the Blind (KAB) launched their new Queen’s Promenade recorded Audio Described Guide.

KAB has been working for the past 2 years with VocalEyes to produce an interesting guide full of history, facts and descriptions to make the walk accessible and inclusive. 

Through the new guide blind and partially sighted people will be able to stroll along Queen’s Promenade beside the River Thames and listen to descriptions of historical buildings, local landmarks, and the Thames riverside ending with a chance to discover a new sensory garden too.

Odette Batteral, Chief Executive of Kingston Association for the Blind explains to RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey about how the guide came about, a flavour of some of the 10 stop on the guide and how KAB hope the guide will open up the history of the local area to blind and partially sighted people.

The Queen’ Promenade recorded Audio Described Guide  has been made possible with grants from The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames and Sport England to encourage people to stay active and well while enjoying walking outdoors along the riverside. A big thanks for the kind support of the Kingston Historical Society, the Friends of the Queen's Promenade and KAB members who helped with the wonderful stories and testing of the audio tracks.

To find out more about the Queen’s Promenade recorded audio Described Guide and listen to the guide too do visit the following pages of the Kingston Association for the Blind’s website - https://kingstonassociationforblind.org/advocacy/

(Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)