PADI Scuba Diving Courses in South West London

Located within easy reach of Chiswick, Hammersmith, Fulham and Twickenham 

Our Scuba Diving Facilities - Greater choice and flexibility

At Oyster Diving, we believe learning the theory behind diving is as important as the environment within which you learn it. That’s why we've chosen to teach all of our open water diving theory classes online. This allows you to learn anywhere in the world with an internet connection, at a convenient time and location to suit you. The PADI e-learning system is designed so you can learn the theory at a relaxed pace in comfortable surroundings such as your home, office or even on the beach. You will have the full support of our experienced PADI instructors if you have any questions.

It normally takes 10 to 12 hours to complete the theory online depending on how many sessions you chose to do it over. Much of this time is spent watching entertaining and interesting video clips and and answering multiple choice questions. Once you have completed the online theory simply print off your final scores and bring them along with you to the pool session.

Our Scuba Diving Facilities - Pool

To learn and practice your diving skills we’ve searched high and low to find the right pool for our customers. The pool is located in close proximity to Fulham, Chiswick, Twickenham, Putney, Hammersmith, Kensington, Kingston and Notting Hill.

Situated in the summer house of one of London's finest private mansion houses and close to the River Thames and Richmond Park, this fantastic pool has plenty of room to swim around in, practice your underwater skills and fine-tune your buoyancy.

The pool sessions take place on a Sunday morning from 9.30am to approximately 1pm. We then pop around the corner to the Rose of York, a family-friendly pub by the River, for a bite to eat and sign your log books.

Completing your PADI Diving Course

Open water dives are conducted over a seperate weekend in a lake near either Heathrow or in Chepstow. The lakes are ideal for training purposes with purpose built training platforms and sunken wrecks such as planes, boats and cars. There is suprisingly plenty of life too, such as pike, roach, crayfish and trout. If you decide to come along to Chepstow then you can choose to stay in a heated Wig Wam for only £20 per night!

We also run regular group trips abroad for students who wish to complete their course with the same instructor and meet fun and like-minded people. Alternatively our Travel Centre would be happy to provide you with a quote so you can complete your dives somewhere more exotic.

Directions to the pool

The pool at Montrose House is in close proximity to the M4/A4 and M3 and is about a mile away from Richmond rail and tube station. On signing up to the course you will receive an e-mail with the full address details.

Driving from Central London

Take the A316 towards Richmond and Twickenham. At the roundabout sign posted to 'Syon Park' take the first exit towards Richmond. Continue towards Richmond until you pass over the River Thames and reach a mini-roundabout with the cinema directly opposite. Take a right here and continue along the River towards Kingston. After about 1 mile you will reach the set of traffic lights with a T-junction. Turn right here and the house is located 50 meters on the left hand side.

 Parking
There is plenty of free parking at the house.

From the M25

Exit at the M3 junction and continue towards London. The road will eventually turn in to the A316 and will take you past Twickenham Rugby Stadium. Continue along this road until you reach a roundabout sign posted to 'Syon Park'. Take the third exit towards Richmond. Continue towards Richmond until you pass over the River Thames and reach a mini-roundabout with the cinema directly opposite. Take a right here and continue along the River towards Kingston. After about 1 mile you will reach the set of traffic lights with a T-junction. Turn right here and the house is located 50 meters on the left hand side.

Parking
There is plenty of free parking at the house.

By Train and Tube

From Richmond Rail/Tube Station (1.2 miles away)
Richmond Station is serviced by the District line, Overground and mainline rail to London Waterloo, Twickenham and Surrey. It takes 15-20 minutues to walk to the pool or there is a regular bus service and a taxi rank directly in front of the station (approx £5 to reach the pool).

Turn left out of Richmond station, walk down the High Street, at the bottom of the road turn left up Hill Street. Continue past the cinema and Richmond Bridge along Petersham Road for just under a mile. When you reach the traffic lights (just passed the Rose of York pub), turn right. Continue for approximately 200 yards, Montrose House is on the left hand side. Please go to the first gate you come to.

Bus
The no. 65 (Kingston) bus takes you directly to the house.

PADI Diving courses serving the Chiswick, Hammersmith, Richmond, Chelsea, Fulham, Putney, Twickenham, Kensington, Nottinghill Teddington, Kingston and Surbiton areas.