History
Originally housed in Messenger’s Boathouse, Kingston, from 1861 to 1935 the club was situated on Raven's Ait on the Thames between Kingston and Surbiton. In 1935 the club moved downstream to the Albany Boathouse before moving into its purpose-built facilities in Canbury Gardens in 1968.
Although associated with Kingston Amateur Regatta since the club's founding, the regatta actually predates the club by one year.
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