Wednesday Walks

AUGUST - OCTOBER, 2026

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 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 5TH AUGUST, 2026 11:00 AM. (£15)

Made in London - Silk Weaving, Brewing and Brick Making

Your guide: Elaine Wein (elaineguide1@gmail.com)

Phone Number: 07871-099276

Meeting point: Liverpool Street Station (Bishopsgate East Exit - Street Level)

Starting at Liverpool Street station, we will hear about the fascinating history of silk weaving in Spitalfields, the weavers' different roles, where and how they lived and worked, rioted with some even dying to protect their industry. But the walk will not be limited to silk, we will also hear about beer, bricks and even a little about curry!

We will end our walk at Shoreditch High Street Station.

WEDNESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER,  2026 11:00 AM. (£15)

Royalty, Drugs & Demons - A Medical Walk in Westminster

Your guide: Elaine Wein (elaineguide1@gmail.com)

Phone Number: 07871-099276

Meeting point: Great Portland Street Tube Station

See where celebrities have their babies, where a King learned to swear and where a doctor was ridiculed for his “invisible” germs. We will learn about the oldest Medical Society and how employing a shop boy in a window led to the foundation of a 200 year old pharmacy and the Pharmaceutical Society. Finally we will end our walk hearing how the “Citadel of Medicine” inspired an inner demon.

WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER, 2026 11:00 AM. (£15)

Hidden Histories of the Strand

Your guide: Anne Tickell (annetickell@hotmail.com)

Phone Number: 07800-892197

Meeting point: On the steps of St.Martins in the Fields, Trafalgar Square

Once the most important route between the City and the Palace of Westminster is now so often seen as a means of getting somewhere else . It is however full of fascinating history, institutions and architecture. I plan to go along and behind to see if we might agree with Georege Newnes who wrote in 1891 ‘It is a great deal more than London's most ancient and historic street: it is in many regards the most interesting street in the world.'