Wednesday Walks

JULY - AUGUST, 2024

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, 7TH AUGUST, 2024 11:00 AM (£15)

THE CHANGING FACE OF BATTERSEA

Your guide: Elaine Wein 

Meeting Point: Battersea Power Station Tube Station

Battersea has evolved over time from an agricultural area in Anglo Saxon times, a place of pleasure and entertainment in 1600s, an industrial hub in 19th and 20th Centuries, to the regenerated area of offices, homes and high-tech industries we see today in the 21st century. On our walk we will discover the now lost Pleasure Gardens created for the Festival of Britain in 1951, look at the restoration of the Grade II* listed Power Station with its challenging history of redevelopment and hear about the latest planned regeneration projects for the area.

Contact:elainewein@btinternet.com

WEDNESDAY, 4TH SEPTEMBER, 2024 11:00 AM (£15)

SHAKESPEARE ACT 1 - SHOREDITCH

Your guide: Jenni Bowley

Meeting point: Shoreditch overground station

Act 1 follows Shakespeare’s early life in London. We'll find out why he was in Shoreditch, who he was working with - and who his main competitors were! We'll visit the site of The Theatre (most associated with early career) and locate The Curtain Theatre where a new museum dedicated to Shakespeare is due to open following years of archaeological investigation. We'll then walk along the route that Shakespeare would have taken into the City to London Bridge and the many theatres of Southwark.

Contact: jenni@bowley.net