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SUMMARY:Highlights of Historic Highgate
DESCRIPTION:Discover the history and architecture of Highgate\, one of London’s most attractive neighbourhoods. \nFrom the tranquillity of Tudor Lauderdale House and the architectural variety of its historic high street dating from the late 1600s\, to the grandeur of its 18th Century mansions\, the elegance of its churches and the heritage of its historic pubs\, Highgate is a beautiful area with a rich history. \nFamous for Highgate Cemetery\, the final resting place of many notable figures including George Eliot and Karl Marx\, the area gets its name from its lofty location – which still provides fantastic views of the city – and the fact that it was an historic gateway into London\, the location of a toll gate used by drovers herding cattle\, sheep\, pigs\, geese and other livestock down to the Smithfield meat market. \nOn this walk you will hear more about this fascinating urban history as well as stories of many of its famous past residents including William Murray\, who was Lord Chief Justice in the 18th century\, poet Samuel Taylor-Coleridge and pop star George Michael. \nStarting and finishing at Lauderdale House\, the tour will take in a range of local architectural treasures including Highgate School and St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church and will last approximately 90 minutes. Meet Lettie your tour guide at the East Entrance of the House (directly off Highgate Hill) at 10.45am for a prompt start at 11am.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/highlights-of-historic-highgate/2025-08-24/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250817T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250817T123000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
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SUMMARY:Highlights of Historic Highgate
DESCRIPTION:Discover the history and architecture of Highgate\, one of London’s most attractive neighbourhoods. \nFrom the tranquillity of Tudor Lauderdale House and the architectural variety of its historic high street dating from the late 1600s\, to the grandeur of its 18th Century mansions\, the elegance of its churches and the heritage of its historic pubs\, Highgate is a beautiful area with a rich history. \nFamous for Highgate Cemetery\, the final resting place of many notable figures including George Eliot and Karl Marx\, the area gets its name from its lofty location – which still provides fantastic views of the city – and the fact that it was an historic gateway into London\, the location of a toll gate used by drovers herding cattle\, sheep\, pigs\, geese and other livestock down to the Smithfield meat market. \nOn this walk you will hear more about this fascinating urban history as well as stories of many of its famous past residents including William Murray\, who was Lord Chief Justice in the 18th century\, poet Samuel Taylor-Coleridge and pop star George Michael. \nStarting and finishing at Lauderdale House\, the tour will take in a range of local architectural treasures including Highgate School and St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church and will last approximately 90 minutes. Meet Lettie your tour guide at the East Entrance of the House (directly off Highgate Hill) at 10.45am for a prompt start at 11am.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/highlights-of-historic-highgate/2025-08-17/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250816T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250816T123000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250731T150949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250731T150949Z
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SUMMARY:Historic Homes of Hampstead Village
DESCRIPTION:Since its development from a village to an 18th Century spa town and then a Victorian suburb\, Hampstead has retained its unspoilt Georgian charm with many listed townhouses and terraces. \nIn the 19th and 20th Centuries this made it very popular with artists\, intellectuals and creatives of all kinds and there are many stories of influential figures who are former residents who left their mark on the area. \nThis includes several generations of architects\, such as Norman Shaw\, Ewan Christian and Erno Goldfinger\, many of whom built their own homes there\, adding to its architectural variety. Furthermore\, in the 20th Century the area gained a reputation as the location of several modernist architects’ experimental housing projects for wealthy clients\, including Hopkins House and Maxwell Fry’s Sun House. \nJoin our knowledgeable guide on this walking tour to learn more about the people and buildings that have shaped Hampstead\, where you will be introduced to a selection of the area’s finest architects’ homes\, historic houses\, and modernist masterpieces.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/historic-homes-of-hampstead-village/2025-08-16/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250810T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250810T123000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250731T151610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250731T151610Z
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SUMMARY:Highlights of Historic Highgate
DESCRIPTION:Discover the history and architecture of Highgate\, one of London’s most attractive neighbourhoods. \nFrom the tranquillity of Tudor Lauderdale House and the architectural variety of its historic high street dating from the late 1600s\, to the grandeur of its 18th Century mansions\, the elegance of its churches and the heritage of its historic pubs\, Highgate is a beautiful area with a rich history. \nFamous for Highgate Cemetery\, the final resting place of many notable figures including George Eliot and Karl Marx\, the area gets its name from its lofty location – which still provides fantastic views of the city – and the fact that it was an historic gateway into London\, the location of a toll gate used by drovers herding cattle\, sheep\, pigs\, geese and other livestock down to the Smithfield meat market. \nOn this walk you will hear more about this fascinating urban history as well as stories of many of its famous past residents including William Murray\, who was Lord Chief Justice in the 18th century\, poet Samuel Taylor-Coleridge and pop star George Michael. \nStarting and finishing at Lauderdale House\, the tour will take in a range of local architectural treasures including Highgate School and St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church and will last approximately 90 minutes. Meet Lettie your tour guide at the East Entrance of the House (directly off Highgate Hill) at 10.45am for a prompt start at 11am.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/highlights-of-historic-highgate/2025-08-10/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250802T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250802T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250718T111904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250718T111904Z
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SUMMARY:Suffragette City
DESCRIPTION:London was at the centre of the suffragette protests just before the First World War\, when the capital was rocked by arson attempts\, hunger strikes and massive demonstrations. The walk will visit the church where Emily Wilding Davison’s funeral cortège began\, and the headquarters of the Women’s Social and Political Union\, and the site of the Suffragette Hospital where all the staff\, including surgeons\, were women\, dealing with soldiers straight from the trenches. Along the way we will explore vegetarian restaurants and the 1911 Census boycott. \nFrom a recent review: “I know a good deal about the suffragettes but I learned a whole lot more. Very well researched and delivered.”
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/suffragette-city/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250706T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250706T133000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250424T175345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T175345Z
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SUMMARY:Historic Holborn
DESCRIPTION:High Holborn was originally a westward path up from a crossing over the River Fleet\, leading through green fields and connecting the mediaeval City to Westminster. The areas to either side featured bishop’s palaces\, the first church of the Knights Templar\, legal inns and ancient markets. Later\, smart residential enclaves developed\, then coaching inns\, industry\, jewellery and diamond trades thrived\, followed by extreme poverty and slums\, contrasted with Victorian temples of commerce.\nMore recent rejuvenation now sits by side by side with much of the old fabric of the area\, including several Grade I listed buildings. We explore them all on this wander through the alleyways and green spaces at the south-east boundary of today’s Camden borough.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/historic-holborn/2025-07-06/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250702T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250702T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250605T112647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T112647Z
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SUMMARY:Meet the Guides - Camden Tour Guides Association FREE walk
DESCRIPTION:This FREE walk is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning about becoming a qualified Camden Tour Guide\, offering an opportunity to meet existing Camden Guides\, go with them on a tour around the King’s Cross area and have a chance to talk to them about the course and what it’s like to be a tour guide in Camden today. \nThe next course starts mid September 2025. If you are unable to come on this date but are interested in the course\, then please email course@camdenguides.com or visit our website for information at https://camdenguides.com/training.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/meet-the-guides-camden-tour-guides-association-free-walk-5/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250702T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250702T133000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250424T175701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T175701Z
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SUMMARY:The River Fleet from King's Cross to Farringdon
DESCRIPTION:This walk traces the route of the now-subterranean River Fleet\, which also marks the border between today’s Camden and Islington boroughs. ‘Beating the Bounds’ around the borders between parishes\, land ownerships and similar is an ancient tradition\, where the boundary was literally paced out and marked with stones each year. Our route also explores nearby signs of previous boundaries of parishes\, vestries\, water conduits and historic landowners.\nAlong the way\, we’ll see varied architecture from pretty Georgian and Victorian terraces to old burial grounds\, narrow passages that were once slums and restored industrial buildings; see if we can spot historic boundary markers; meet mediaeval monks\, Tudor and Victorian philanthropists\, a dynasty of 19C architects and builders; and hear of lost wells and pleasure gardens.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/the-river-fleet-from-kings-cross-to-farringdon/2025-07-02/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250621T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250621T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250502T180849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T180849Z
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SUMMARY:Cold Comfort Farm in Highgate
DESCRIPTION:Discover the life of Stella Gibbons\, who published over 20 novels as well as Cold Comfort Farm\, her first novel\, which achieved widespread success and is a satiric classic. She lived on the Holly Lodge Estate\, Highgate\, which had been built on land once owned by Angela Burdett-Coutt. John Betjeman and J.B. Priestley lived nearby\, both of whom wrote about single professional women making their own way\, often in flats like those on Holly Lodge Estate- described as Tudor towers visible on the Highgate landscape.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/cold-comfort-farm-in-highgate/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250424T174748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T174748Z
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SUMMARY:Steam engines to search engines: a guided walk in King's Cross
DESCRIPTION:00 years ago King’s Cross was a rather desolate place\, marked by brick kilns\, rubbish heaps and slums. The arrival of the railways changed the area forever: join Elena’s walk to discover the traces of King’s Cross past – pioneering stations\, model dwellings\, splendid hotels and many historic building and structures which have been beautifully reimagined and repurposed for 21st century living. Today\, King’s Cross is hailed as one of the great success stories of urban regeneration. Come and discover why!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/steam-engines-to-search-engines-a-guided-walk-in-kings-cross-5/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250618T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250618T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250605T112503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T112503Z
UID:10000112-1750269600-1750273200@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Meet the Guides - Camden Tour Guides Association FREE walk
DESCRIPTION:This FREE walk is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning about becoming a qualified Camden Tour Guide\, offering an opportunity to meet existing Camden Guides\, go with them on a tour around the King’s Cross area and have a chance to talk to them about the course and what it’s like to be a tour guide in Camden today. \nThe next course starts mid September 2025. If you are unable to come on this date but are interested in the course\, then please email course@camdenguides.com or visit our website for information at https://camdenguides.com/training
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/meet-the-guides-camden-tour-guides-association-free-walk-4/
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250615T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250615T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250424T175023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T175023Z
UID:10000103-1749985200-1749992400@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Secrets of St. Giles: a walk through London's infamous past
DESCRIPTION:Join Elena to discover the fascinating history of St. Giles.\nWe will delve into the darker chapters of London’s past as we uncover the secrets of this infamous neighbourhood.\nWe will wander through the alleys where tales of poverty and crime once echoed (Dickens will get a mention or two\, of course…) and discover the remnants of centuries-old buildings that bear witness to St Giles’ tumultuous history.\nAs we wind our way from the ancient church built on the site of a leper colony to the site of the infamous rookeries and gallows\, now replaced by some of the most striking modern architecture in London\, we’ll talk music\, pubs\, executions and developers’ greed. There is something for everyone!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/secrets-of-st-giles-a-walk-through-londons-infamous-past-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250614T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250614T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250528T111158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T111158Z
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SUMMARY:Primrose Hill and the Navvies Who Built Canals and Railways
DESCRIPTION:The neighbourhood radiates brilliant industrial solutions of Victorian engineers\, but who built it? This walk puts hard-living navvies at the centre of the story and tells how the area developed in the face of the railway’s soot and smoke. The walk follows a beautiful stretch of the Regent’s Canal\, and from the top of the famous hill you have superb views over London. You’ll see railway landmarks as well as the artists’ studios and pastel-painted streets that came later\, in one of which lives Paddington Bear. Primrose Hill cherishes a high street largely free of chain shops and numerous good pubs. It’s all minutes from Camden Market but feels miles away.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/primrose-hill-and-the-navvies-who-built-canals-and-railways/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250528T105838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T105838Z
UID:10000110-1749301200-1749308400@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Disgraceful Women of Old St John's Wood
DESCRIPTION:This walk begins 200 years ago in St John’s Wood\, where family arrangements routinely diverged from Victorian rules of respectability. What did it mean to be a Kept Woman? Was it only disreputable or an act of shameful immorality? Some mistresses were movers and shakers\, like Harriet Howard who financed the return of Louis Napoleon to the French throne. Novelist George Eliot lived placidly for many years with someone else’s husband\, not far from a brothel where sex workers were known as laundresses. A bigamous Agapemonite minister lived with multiple rich unmarried female followers. All this took place in a suburb built with high walls and thick trees to ensure privacy and discretion. \nWe walk south into Lisson Grove\, considered a Victorian slum\, where journalist WT Stead staged a scandal he called The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon\, when he bought Eliza Armstrong from her mother to prove it could be done. Come on this walk to consider scandals of 200 years ago that might sound familiar today\, and at the same time join up two neighbourhoods you never thought about together before
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/disgraceful-women-of-old-st-johns-wood-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T133000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250424T175701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T175701Z
UID:10000106-1749294000-1749303000@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:The River Fleet from King's Cross to Farringdon
DESCRIPTION:This walk traces the route of the now-subterranean River Fleet\, which also marks the border between today’s Camden and Islington boroughs. ‘Beating the Bounds’ around the borders between parishes\, land ownerships and similar is an ancient tradition\, where the boundary was literally paced out and marked with stones each year. Our route also explores nearby signs of previous boundaries of parishes\, vestries\, water conduits and historic landowners.\nAlong the way\, we’ll see varied architecture from pretty Georgian and Victorian terraces to old burial grounds\, narrow passages that were once slums and restored industrial buildings; see if we can spot historic boundary markers; meet mediaeval monks\, Tudor and Victorian philanthropists\, a dynasty of 19C architects and builders; and hear of lost wells and pleasure gardens.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/the-river-fleet-from-kings-cross-to-farringdon/2025-06-07/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250528T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250528T133000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250424T175345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T175345Z
UID:10000104-1748430000-1748439000@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Historic Holborn
DESCRIPTION:High Holborn was originally a westward path up from a crossing over the River Fleet\, leading through green fields and connecting the mediaeval City to Westminster. The areas to either side featured bishop’s palaces\, the first church of the Knights Templar\, legal inns and ancient markets. Later\, smart residential enclaves developed\, then coaching inns\, industry\, jewellery and diamond trades thrived\, followed by extreme poverty and slums\, contrasted with Victorian temples of commerce.\nMore recent rejuvenation now sits by side by side with much of the old fabric of the area\, including several Grade I listed buildings. We explore them all on this wander through the alleyways and green spaces at the south-east boundary of today’s Camden borough.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/historic-holborn/2025-05-28/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250424T180025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T180025Z
UID:10000108-1747404000-1747411200@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:The Garretts of Gower Street
DESCRIPTION:Doctor\, decorator\, prisoner\, politician\, militant suffragette and mathematical genius. Join Sue in Bloomsbury to explore the life and legacy of the extraordinary women of the Garrett family.\nMillicent led the non-violent suffragists\, Elizabeth was the first woman to qualify in England as a doctor\, Louisa ran a military hospital in WW1\, Agnes and Rhoda established a top interior design company\, Fanny was a landscape gardener\, Philippa a brilliant mathematician and Amy set up a progressive school.\nSee the places they lived and worked and the legacy they left behind.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/the-garretts-of-gower-street/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250401T175323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T175323Z
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SUMMARY:Discovering the hidden gems of Hatton Garden
DESCRIPTION:This fascinating area\, located on the West bank of the now subterranean River Fleet\, is home to so much more than gold and diamonds.\nOnce the site of medieval monasteries and noble estates\, it later became the heart of the London Jewish diamond trade. The Italian community made this area their home in the 19th century\, leaving an indelible mark on its streets.\nFrom long forgotten palaces to ancient churches\, from terrible poverty to beautiful jewellery\, come and meet the characters\, both real and fictional\, criminal and charitable\, who have made this unique and fascinating part of London their home.\nIf you are a lover of London’s hidden gems- both literal and figurative – this walking tour is for you!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/discovering-the-hidden-gems-of-hatton-garden/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250426T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250426T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250131T195232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T195232Z
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SUMMARY:Abolition! Anti-Slavery Campaigning in Central London
DESCRIPTION:This walk reveals where many key London events took place in British campaigns against slavery and slave-trading between the mid-1700s and mid-1800s. Fugitive and former slaves\, white lawyers\, activists and orators along with black activists\, authors and musicians come alive in a walk from Chancery Lane to Fleet Street\, Lincoln’s Inn and Covent Garden\, ending at Embankment Gardens. The capture in London of escaped slaves led to legal cases campaigners loudly supported. Slaves were given as gifts by West Indies slave-owners to wealthy Londoners who considered them fashion-accessories. There were small communities of free blacks\, many working as servants. Blacks made free by fighting on the British side during wars thronged to London\, some becoming beggars but others getting by and even moving into the middle class. On the walk you meet Olaudah Equiano\, James Somerset\, Granville Sharp\, Billy Waters\, Sarah Parker Remond\, Thomas Clarkson\, Mary Prince\, Ottobah Cuguano\, Elizabeth Heyrick\, Samuel Johnson\, the Fisk Jubilee Singers and more names now usually forgotten.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/abolition-anti-slavery-campaigning-in-central-london/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250425T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250425T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250401T175011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T175011Z
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SUMMARY:A history walk in Hampstead\, the quaintest of urban villages
DESCRIPTION:Perched on a North London hilltop\, Hampstead has retained the charm of a country village with wisteria covered cottages\, atmospheric pubs\, cobbled street and a history that goes back centuries.\nThis “urban village” attracted\, and continues to attract\, artists\, actors\, writers\, musicians and glitterati of all kinds: indulge in a bit of celebrity spotting while walking up and down its quiet streets lined by pretty houses from all architectural eras.\nWe will admire the grand Burgh House\, and Fenton House\, the oldest surviving mansion in Hampstead. We will be walking in the footsteps of famous thespians\, like Dame Judy Dench\, bestselling authors like HG Wells and Daphne Du Maurier\, and world renowned painters like John Constable\, who was inspired by the Heath and painted his view of St Paul’s Cathedral from here. And we will visit a back-to-front church and an old graveyard which is the last resting place of many celebrities.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/a-history-walk-in-hampstead-the-quaintest-of-urban-villages-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250330T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250330T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250131T195040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T195040Z
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SUMMARY:London's Sex Industry and the Stage in the Long 18th Century
DESCRIPTION:Charles II lifted the Puritan ban on theatre-going\, and by 1700 London was sex-capital of Europe. This walk starts with the stage at a time when all actresses were assumed to be prostitutes and theatres a place for clients to find them. We pass through areas where street-walkers and bawdy houses were closely linked with playhouses\, and we hear about high-class masquerades where actress-courtesans like Sophia Baddeley might appear. There are the bawds who kept houses\, the women who worked in them\, like Sally Salisbury\, and Harris’s List\, where they might advertise. We hear about homosexual Molly Houses as well as Jelly Houses\, Coffee Houses\, Bagnios and Masquerades. Links between corrupt government officials and criminals formed the plot of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera in 1728\, with its cast of thief-takers\, highwaymen\, pickpockets and sex workers like Jenny Diver who met in flash houses where they spoke a secret language. The unscrupulous Society for the Reform of Manners tried to close down vice\, but things began to change when Social Reformers said women selling sex were victims needing rescue. The walk starts in Lincoln’s Inn Fields and passes through Covent Garden and surrounding streets like Drury Lane\, where ordinary folks lived who sold sex – orange-girls like Nell Gwyn\, flower girls and patrons of dance halls. The underworld called this red-light area where you might meet thief Jack Sheppard’s partner Edgworth Bess the Hundreds of Drury.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/londons-sex-industry-and-the-stage-in-the-long-18th-century-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250328T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250328T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250312T193626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T193626Z
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SUMMARY:Steam engines to search engines: a guided walk in King's Cross
DESCRIPTION:Discover the fascinating history of King’s Cross\, one of the most successful regeneration project in London\, with our accredited guide Elena Paolini. \n200 years ago King’s Cross was a rather desolate place\, marked by brick kilns\, rubbish heaps and slums. The arrival of the railways changed the area forever: join Elena’s walk to discover the traces of King’s Cross past – pioneering stations\, model dwellings\, splendid hotels and many historic building and structures which have been beautifully reimagined and repurposed for 21st century living. Today\, King’s Cross is hailed as one of the great success stories of urban regeneration. Come and discover why!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/steam-engines-to-search-engines-a-guided-walk-in-kings-cross-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250323T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250323T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250119T113320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250119T113320Z
UID:10000092-1742738400-1742745600@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Radical Theatre Kings Cross to Kingsway
DESCRIPTION:This walk explores some of Camden’s rich history of radical theatre over the last 100 years from the propaganda plays of the Actresses Franchise League\, through pacifist plays of WW1\, agitprop and “alternative” theatre of the 1970s and more. We start at Kings’ Cross and finish near Holborn station
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/radical-theatre-kings-cross-to-kingsway/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250321T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250321T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250312T193504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T193504Z
UID:10000098-1742554800-1742562000@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Steam engines to search engines: a guided walk in King's Cross
DESCRIPTION:Discover the fascinating history of King’s Cross\, one of the most successful regeneration project in London\, with our accredited guide Elena Paolini. \n200 years ago King’s Cross was a rather desolate place\, marked by brick kilns\, rubbish heaps and slums. The arrival of the railways changed the area forever: join Elena’s walk to discover the traces of King’s Cross past – pioneering stations\, model dwellings\, splendid hotels and many historic building and structures which have been beautifully reimagined and repurposed for 21st century living. Today\, King’s Cross is hailed as one of the great success stories of urban regeneration. Come and discover why!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/steam-engines-to-search-engines-a-guided-walk-in-kings-cross-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250314T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250314T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250312T193317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T193317Z
UID:10000097-1741950000-1741957200@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Steam engines to search engines: a guided walk in King's Cross
DESCRIPTION:Discover the fascinating history of King’s Cross\, one of the most successful regeneration project in London\, with accredited guide Elena Paolini. \n200 years ago King’s Cross was a rather desolate place\, marked by brick kilns\, rubbish heaps and slums. The arrival of the railways changed the area forever: join Elena’s walk to discover the traces of King’s Cross past – pioneering stations\, model dwellings\, splendid hotels and many historic building and structures which have been beautifully reimagined and repurposed for 21st century living. Today\, King’s Cross is hailed as one of the great success stories of urban regeneration. Come and discover why!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/steam-engines-to-search-engines-a-guided-walk-in-kings-cross-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250311T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250311T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250103T154952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250103T154952Z
UID:10000091-1741690800-1741698000@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:A history walk in Hampstead\, the quaintest of urban villages
DESCRIPTION:Perched on a North London hilltop\, Hampstead has retained the charm of a country village with wisteria covered cottages\, atmospheric pubs\, cobbled street and a history that goes back centuries. This “urban village” attracted\, and continues to attract\, artists\, actors\, writers\, musicians and glitterati of all kinds: indulge in a bit of celebrity spotting while walking up and down its quiet streets lined by pretty houses from all architectural eras. It feels a bit like finding yourself on a film set!\nWe will admire the grand Burgh House\, and Fenton House\, the oldest surviving mansion in Hampstead. We will be walking in the footsteps of famous thespians\, like Dame Judy Dench\, bestselling authors like HG Wells and Daphne Du Maurier\, and world renowned painters like John Constable\, who was inspired by the Heath and painted his view of St Paul’s Cathedral from here. And we will visit a back-to-front church and an old graveyard which is the last resting place of many celebrities.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/a-history-walk-in-hampstead-the-quaintest-of-urban-villages-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250307T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250307T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250103T154823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250103T154823Z
UID:10000090-1741345200-1741352400@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:A history walk in Hampstead\, the quaintest of urban villages
DESCRIPTION:Perched on a North London hilltop\, Hampstead has retained the charm of a country village with wisteria covered cottages\, atmospheric pubs\, cobbled street and a history that goes back centuries. This “urban village” attracted\, and continues to attract\, artists\, actors\, writers\, musicians and glitterati of all kinds: indulge in a bit of celebrity spotting while walking up and down its quiet streets lined by pretty houses from all architectural eras. It feels a bit like finding yourself on a film set!\nWe will admire the grand Burgh House\, and Fenton House\, the oldest surviving mansion in Hampstead. We will be walking in the footsteps of famous thespians\, like Dame Judy Dench\, bestselling authors like HG Wells and Daphne Du Maurier\, and world renowned painters like John Constable\, who was inspired by the Heath and painted his view of St Paul’s Cathedral from here. And we will visit a back-to-front church and an old graveyard which is the last resting place of many celebrities.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/a-history-walk-in-hampstead-the-quaintest-of-urban-villages/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250228T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250228T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250103T154605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250103T154605Z
UID:10000089-1740740400-1740747600@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Steam engines to search engines: a guided walk in King's Cross
DESCRIPTION:Discover the fascinating history of King’s Cross\, one of the most successful regeneration project in London\, with Elena.\n200 years ago King’s Cross was a rather desolate place\, marked by brick kilns\, rubbish heaps and slums. The arrival of the railways changed the area forever: join Elena’s walk to discover the traces of King’s Cross past – pioneering stations\, model dwellings\, splendid hotels and many historic building and structures which have been beautifully reimagined and repurposed for 21st century living. Today\, King’s Cross is hailed as one of the great success stories of urban regeneration. Come and discover why!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/steam-engines-to-search-engines-a-guided-walk-in-kings-cross/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250222T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250222T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250131T194753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T194753Z
UID:10000094-1740229200-1740236400@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Historic Workingclass Migrations to London: Irish\, Italian\, African\, Jewish
DESCRIPTION:Working-class migrants\, often maligned as ‘economic migrants’\, do business\, make families\, invent objects\, bring pleasures\, help each other\, fight and die together. One old area of central London shows strong and sympathetic traces of the migrations of poorer folk from the late-18th to 20th centuries from near and far\, including from within England itself. The walk begins in the Fleet Ditch and works its way uphill through early Italian and Irish settlements in Saffron Hill into areas of more mixing\, taking note of Blacks from Africa via the West Indies and ending with Jewish migrations from numerous locations that made Hatton Garden’s Diamond Street. On the weekend you can see traces of old migrations as well as new – it’s clearly still an area favoured for opening new small businesses.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/historic-workingclass-migrations-to-london-irish-italian-african-jewish-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250221T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250221T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202046
CREATED:20250103T154345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250103T154345Z
UID:10000088-1740135600-1740142800@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Barristers\, the Bard\, and Beyond: Exploring London’s Inns of Court
DESCRIPTION:Step into the heart of London’s legal and literary history with our captivating walking tour\, beginning at Holborn and exploring the iconic Inns of Court. Wander through Gray’s Inn\, Lincoln’s Inn\, Inner Temple\, and Middle Temple\, where centuries of legal tradition and stunning architecture come to life. These historic institutions have been the training grounds for barristers and solicitors\, shaping the British legal profession since the Middle Ages.\nAlong the way\, you’ll uncover ties to renowned literary figures such as Shakespeare\, whose plays were performed here\, and Dickens\, who wove these Inns into his stories.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/barristers-the-bard-and-beyond-exploring-londons-inns-of-court/
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