Courses of Walks

From September 2024 to June 2025 WLWU are offering the following three short courses of eight walks, on a Tuesday or Thursday morning with a midway break to coincide with the half term school holidays.  

All walks start at 11 am and last between 90 minutes and 2 hours, starting and finishing close to a public transport hub.

All courses cost  £140 per person for 8 walks.

A discount is available for PREBOOKED WALKS as follows:

7-8 walks - £17.50 per walk

4-6 walks - £18.50 per walk

1-3 walks - £20 per walk

If you would like to attend the occasional walk or would like to bring a friend, please do contact us as we may be able fit you in. 

To check on availability and enrol on any of the following courses please click on this link ENROL HERE

JANUARY TO JUNE, 2025

SPRING TERM - BEGINNING OF TWO CENTURIES 

London at the beginning of the 20^th and the 21st century

Tuesday January 21 to March 18, 2025

Thursday  January 23 to March 20, 2025

A series of walks through eight London locations highlighting aspects of life during the first 25 years of the 20^th and 21^st centuries. Where the Edwardians meet Generation Z! 

What a difference a century makes - to where we live, where we work, how we move around and what buildings grace our streets!

Tuesday Schedule

• January 21 - Housing the people - Clerkenwell
• January 28 - Metroland
• February 4 - 02 - The Bright New Millennium  
• February 11 - Bloomsbury Influencers
• February 25 - Edwardian Entertainment
  
• March 4 - An Edwardian Suburb - Muswell Hill 
• March 11 - Reach for the Sky - The City of London 
• March 18 - The Rebirth of White City

Thursday Schedule

• January 23 - Metroland
• January 30  - Housing the people - Clerkenwell
• February 6 - 02 - The Bright New Millennium
• February 13 - Bloomsbury Influencers
• February 27 - Edwardian Entertainment
  
• March 6 - An Edwardian Suburb - Muswell Hill
• March 13 - Reach for the Sky - The City of London
• March 20 - The Rebirth of White City

SUMMER TERM  - VILLAGE LONDON - FOURTH SERIES

Tuesday April 29  to June 24, 2025

Thursday May 1 to June 26, 2025

More than any other world city London is a collection of villages. This assortment of villages, some dating back to medieval times, expanded, particularly, during the 19^th Century. As the fields between these settlements were built on, London emerged as one huge conurbation. 

Today, those villages can still be identified, as having their own specific features, which may include a church, a high street, a market or a particular housing style.

This series of 8 walks includes three “villages” south of the river, three in the west and two in north London. From  Harrow on the Hill to Herne Hill  and from Holland Park to  Camden Town you will learn how these villages developed and what they offer the inquisitive visitor today.