NOVEMBER - JANUARY, 2025

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month where we will introduce you to hidden corners of London and tell you some of London's best stories.

There is no need to book for these tours, just turn up and pay the guide £15 (new price)  on the day.  It would, however, help the guide if you could email in advance if you expect to attend - also let us know if you change your mind!

WEDNESDAY, 6TH NOVEMBER, 2024 11:00 AM (£15)

This walk will be cancelled if tube strike

EXPLORING BELSIZE PARK

Your guide: Rhona Levene

As we walk around Belsize Park hear the sometimes extraordinary lives and achievements of the many artists who have lived and worked in the area over the decades. If you have seen the film "Lee" starring Kate Winslet you'll be pleased to see the house where Lee lived. We will also see at least three groundbreaking places of architectural interest and hear of some of those residents.

Contact: rhona@walksroundlondon.com

WEDNESDAY, 4TH DECEMBER, 2024 5:00 PM (FREE)

SEASONAL LIGHTS AND HIDDEN PLACES

Your guide: the WLWU team!

Meeting point: Lambeth North tube station

As you have seen on many of our walks, London is full of sudden contrasts... dull insalubrious streets and then round the corner we are staring at temples to modernity. This walk is no exception. walk will include a Cathedral, a museum, a taste of Africa, a former theatre and boxing ring, and a turbine hall. We will finish about 7pm in front of the Tate Modern where there will be a Christmas Market and great views over the Thames. Please joint us afterwards in the Tate Corner bar for a festive drink.

WEDNESDAY, 1ST JANUARY, 2025 11:00 AM (£15)

Shakespeare Act II - The Bard on Bankside

Your guide: Jenny Rossiter (jenny.rossiter@gmail.com)

Meeting point: Blackfriars station (south side of river)

During this walk you will hear about the seedier side of 16th Century entertainment – bawdy theatres, Stews and Bear Pits - in Southwark, south of the river, now known as Bankside. It was outside the City of London and so subject to fewer trading and business regulations. The area was home to entertainment, prostitution and gambling. It was here that Shakespeare established the original Globe Theatre.