Wednesday Walks

APRIL - JUNE, 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, 2 APRIL 2025 11:00 AM (£15)

Bohemian Fitzrovia

Your guide: Elaine Wein elaineguide1@gmail.com

Meeting point: Goodge Street Tube Station

This walk explores the actors, musicians and literary figures that made their home in the pubs and cafes of Fitzrovia. On our walk we will pass the beautiful Fitzrovia Chapel, get hunger pangs in Charlotte Street and see the workhouse that inspired Charles Dickens.

We will hear about the “unpickable lock challenge”, and finally learn about the Cleveland Street Scandal.

WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025 11:00 AM (£15)

Finchley Road and Frognal 

Your guide: Rhona Levene (rhona@walksroundlondon.com)

Meeting point: Finchley Road and Frognal station on Overground/Mildmay line

Join Rhona for a stroll around the western side of Hampstead where we'll see a wide variety of housing styles! Typical of the Hampstead area there are plenty of famous names who have at some point lived in the area.....including father of Arts & Crafts designer CA Voysey.

WEDNESDAY, 4TH JUNE, 2025 11:00 AM (£15)

The Hidden River Fleet and its long-lost tributaries

(from Clerkenwell to the Thames)

Your guide: Jenni Bowley (jenni@bowley.net)
Meeting point: Russell Square station

You may know that the Fleet now lies hidden beneath Farringdon Road, the once substantial river now confined in sewers and storm drains, but did you know that there are at least three hidden tributaries in the short distance from Clerkenwell to the Thames? Join Jenni to find out where these are hidden and to hear stories of the prisons and other institutions that once lined the river's banks.