Gangsters, Gelato & Garibaldi with Jo and Karen
Friday 14th July at 2pm
Discover the colourful history of the Italian community in Clerkenwell and the Hatton Garden area. Explore the steep and narrow streets of the area known as "The Hill", once home to a lively mix of politicos, priests and gangsters, ice cream sellers, organ grinders and fortune tellers. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gangsters-gelato-and-garibaldi-clerkenwell-holborn-guided-walk-tickets-35719505001
Cool Clerkenwell with Karen
Saturday 22nd July at 11am
Clocks and Crusaders, Gin and Jerusalem, Huguenots, Radicals and Criminals. Explore the narrow streets of Clerkenwell bursting with colourful characters, fascinating stories and hidden gems. Includes a visit to the well that gives the area its name which is not usually open to the public. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cool-clerkenwell-guided-walk-tickets-35789423128
London's Burning – A City Transformed with Jo
Thursday 27th July at 2pm and Sunday 13th August at 11am
Explore the many times that London has faced destruction, only to rise again from the ashes.
This is one of the regular walks which official City of London guides take turns at leading.
There is no need to book. Meet outside the City of London Visitors' Information Centre, EC4M 8BX (southside of St Paul's Cathedral) and pay on the day. £7 adults / £6 concessions.
Lost & Found – Bloomsbury with Jo
Saturday 29th July at 11am
Bloomsbury has many close associations with children and young people, in both fact and fiction. This walk through one of London's most attractive areas includes Peter Pan and his lost boys, Captain Coram and his foundlings, a world-famous children's hospital, a Nobel prize winning poet, a stunning Art Deco building which is said to have been the inspiration for a classic children's toy and much more. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lost-found-bloomsbury-guided-walk-tickets-35790755112
City Highlights - The Top Ten Sights with Jo
Sunday 30th July at 2pm and Wednesday 9th August at 2pm
Enjoy an insider's tour of the City, including The Guildhall, Mansion House, the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange - grand buildings in the heart of a city where big money and history are still being made.
This is one of the regular walks which official City of London guides take turns at leading.
There is no need to book. Meet outside the City of London Visitors' Information Centre, EC4M 8BX (southside of St Paul's Cathedral) and pay on the day. £7 adults / £6 concessions.
Islington Pride – 50 Years of LGBT History with Karen
Wednesday 9th August at 2pm
This walk commemorates the 50th anniversaries of the death of Joe Orton on 9th August and the 1967 Sexual Offences Act which came into force on 27th July.
Orton's local pub, the gathering point for the UK's first gay rally and the former home of a member of the extraordinary Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are just a few of the venues featured on this fascinating walk.
This FREE walk has been funded by Islington Museum to complement their 1967 – Up Against exhibition. The walk is also available on 27th July with a fellow Islington guide. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/islington-pride-a-guided-walk-through-50-years-of-lgbt-history-tickets-31058611142
Sensational Smithfield with Karen
Sunday 13th August at 2:30pm
Fun and frolics, Animal and Human Slaughter. Body Snatchers, Ghosts, Monks and Film Locations. Lots to discover on this walk around the are of London's famous meat market. Sights include the market buildings, The Charterhouse, St Bartholomew's hospital and church and the Golden Boy at Pye Corner.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sensational-smithfield-guided-walk-tickets-27236508129
NEW Not the Bloomsbury Group with Jo
Bank Holiday Monday 28th August at 11am
Bloomsbury is best known as the home of Virginia Woolf and her friends but this walk focuses on other literary and artistic geniuses who have lived and worked in the area. Find out who could hear his neighbours’ love life through the wall, why a detective writer decided she had to move out and how the director of Bedlam encouraged a local artist. Meet an inspirational feminist, see some trail blazing bookshops and encounter a naked poet. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/not-the-bloomsbury-group-guided-walk-tickets-35793464215
NEW Sculpture in the City with Karen
Bank Holiday Monday 28th August at 2:30pm
The modern City of London is not just about business. The insurance district with its many iconic contemporary buildings is also an urban sculpture park with works by world class artists. Visit each of the 18 works, by 16 artists, that have been selected for Sculpture in the City 2017. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sculpture-in-the-city-2017-guided-walk-tickets-35874971004