Wednesday Walks

DECEMBER - FEBRUARY, 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, 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 6.30 pm in front of the Tate Modern where there will be a Christmas Market and great views over the Thames. Please join 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.

WEDNESDAY, 5TH FEBRUARY, 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.