Holborn - 50 Shades of Gray’s Inn Road
Saturday 4th March 11am and Friday 31st March 11am
Explore this fascinating area, which is far from grey! You will see gardens and graves, meet doctors and dentists, lawyers and ladies of the night - and even a cross dresser. (And despite the title, you can safely bring your granny along!) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/50-shades-of-grays-inn-road-tickets-26440817196
Islington Pride – 50 Years of LGBT History
Saturday 4th March at 2pm
Islington has a long history of campaigning for LGBT equality. Starting at the Islington Museum this walk covers a large number of significant Islington "firsts" such as the UK's first gay mayor, MP , march and demonstration as well as local characters including Joe Orton and the extraordinary Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
The walk has been designed in partnership with Islington Museum to tie-in with their current Islington's Pride exhibition. It is also available on 11th March with another Islington guide. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/islington-pride-a-guided-walk-through-50-years-of-lgbt-history-tickets-32088417320
City of London – A Watery Walk
Sunday 12th March at 11am
Follow the River Thames as it flows alongside the City of London from Blackfriars to Tower Bridge.
As well as providing some stunning iconic views, this watery walk encompasses many aspects of the City's long history. It features a range of landmarks including wharves, churches, livery halls and bridges you will see where the "lost" rivers of the Fleet and the Walbrook still join the Thames. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-of-london-a-watery-walk-tickets-30242569339
The Angel, Islington – A Watery Walk
Sunday 26th March at 11am
The New River, The Regent's Canal and Spas for the taking of health-giving waters have all played a key role in shaping this part of Islington. Find out about remarkable feats of engineering, see the well where Sadler's Wells began and ponder on mysterious graffiti. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-angel-islington-a-watery-walk-tickets-24236833020
Holborn - Residents, Rascals and Riots
Saturday 22nd April at 11am
Meet eccentrics, inventors, writers and ordinary people on this walk through Holborn.
We will visit some well-known areas and some less known ones and find out about the colourful characters whose lives, work and in some cases, crimes have shaped this area. We will meet some idealists and be shocked by some very bad behaviour indeed. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/residents-rascals-and-riots-tickets-24482238033
London's Burning – A City Transformed
Thursday 27th April at 2pm and Sunday 30th April at 11am
This is one of the regular walks which official City of London guides take turns at leading.
It explores the many times that London has faced destruction, only to rise again from the ashes.
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.
The City of London – Literary Greats
Saturday 29th April 2017 at 11am
Explore the streets, alleyways and churches of the City and their links to literature. Meet poets and writers who lived and worked in the City and their creations. From the author of some of the most erotic love poetry in the English language (who became Dean of St Paul's) to a Noble Prize winner who worked in one of the City's banks. Shakespeare and his fellow actors await you in a churchyard and the Man with the Twisted Lip lurks close to Charles Dickens. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-of-london-walk-literary-greats-tickets-32462675737
Planning Ahead
You might also be interested to know that on Thursday May 25th 2017 Lansdown's London is taking part in a fund raising event for the MS Trust which aims to raise £20,000 in 20 hours with back to back guided tours. Our Cool Clerkenwell and Bloomsbury – Lost & Found walks will be part of the programme.
Visit https://www.20in20.london for more information.
Jo Wilkinson and Karen Lansdown are lifelong Londoners who grew up together in central London. Jo is an official City of London and Camden tour guide, and Karen an official City of London and Clerkenwell & Islington tour guide.