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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250614T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250614T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20250528T105838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T105838Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T133000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
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/2025-06-07/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250528T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250528T133000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED: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/2025-05-28/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20250424T180025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T180025Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250426T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250426T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250425T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250425T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
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:20260423T160837
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:20260423T160837
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250323T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250323T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20250119T113320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250119T113320Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250321T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250321T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
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:20260423T160837
CREATED:20250312T193317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T193317Z
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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 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/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://camdenguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Steam-Engines.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250311T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250311T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
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:20260423T160837
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:20260423T160837
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:20260423T160837
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:20260423T160837
CREATED:20250103T154345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250103T154345Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250216T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250216T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20250119T113629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250119T113629Z
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SUMMARY:Gospel Oak - Walking the Suffragette Line
DESCRIPTION:Starting at the western end of the Suffragette Line on the edge of Parliament Hill we see where fields gave way first to Victorian cottages and later to award-winning modernist Council housing. \nOn our way to Chalk Farm\, we discover how the area got it’s name\, hear about some runaway elephants and wonder at he “craziest Victorian church in London”\, We see where political writer Karl Marx and novelist Buchi Emecheta lived and finish back with the railways at the Roundhouse
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/gospel-oak-walking-the-suffragette-line/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250131T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250131T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20250103T154116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250103T154116Z
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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. We 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. As 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-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250125T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250125T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20240801T173549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240801T173549Z
UID:10000079-1737810000-1737817200@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Primrose Hill and the Navvies
DESCRIPTION:Primrose Hill is now one of London’s desirable areas\, but it was born with the blood\, sweat and toil that built the canal and railways. The neighbourhood radiates brilliant industrial solutions of Victorian engineers\, but who built it? This walk puts hard-working 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 great 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-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250118T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250118T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20250103T153931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250103T153931Z
UID:10000086-1737198000-1737205200@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. We 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. As 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-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250111T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250111T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20240801T173905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240801T173905Z
UID:10000080-1736600400-1736609400@camdenguides.com
SUMMARY:Abolition! Anti-Slavery campaigning: Central London Landmarks
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 espoused by campaigners. Slaves were given as gifts by West Indies travellers and slave-owners to wealthy Londoners who often considered them fashion-accessories. There were small communities of free blacks\, many working as servants\, and 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-central-london-landmarks/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241207T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241207T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20240722T184949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T184949Z
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SUMMARY:Gin Lane: Thieves and Thief-takers in the Night-Cellars of Seven Dials
DESCRIPTION:Now it’s trendy and pretty\, but 18th-century Seven Dials was notorious for poverty and crime. With no organised police force\, thieves\, highwaymen and fences bribed those hired to catch them\, meeting in low-down dives where they spoke a secret language called flash. The notoriously corrupt Jonathan Wild captured thief Jack Sheppard more than once\, but Jack made dramatic escapes from prison aided by his sexworker-partner Edgworth Bess. \nWith gin selling at a penny a glass\, carousing was full-on in areas outsiders called rookeries\, thieves’ kitchens\, the Holy Land (because of the Irish presence) and\, for Drury Lane’s red-light zone\, Little Sodom. A range of middle-class spies\, social investigators\, reporters and slum-tourists came to look and sometimes participate in goings-on they found appalling and titillating. John Gay portrayed popular hero Jack Sheppard and Public Enemy Jonathan Wild in the characters of Captain MacHeath and Mr Peachum\, in The Beggar’s Opera\, London’s favourite theatre-piece throughout the 18th century. What fun!
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/gin-lane-thieves-and-thief-takers-in-the-night-cellars-of-seven-dials-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241201T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241201T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20241109T155745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241109T155745Z
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SUMMARY:The Regent’s Canal: King’s Cross-Granary Square-Camden
DESCRIPTION:On this walk we will start at the impressive new developments around King’s Cross and St Pancras including two magnificent railway gateways to London. We will see impressive monuments to Victorian enterprise and engineering in the beautifully restored and revived Granary Building and the extraordinary Coal Drops now the home to London’s thriving University of the Arts. You will pass quiet stretches of canal side including the lovely urban oasis of Camley Street Nature Park. See how this area has undergone a massive transformation from declining transport and warehousing hub to a dynamic urban quarter attracting major tech firms like Google which has honoured its industrial heritage. We pass Camden Lock with its vibrant alternative scene and finish our walk close to Camden Town tube. This walk is fundraiser. All takings this walk will go to the Inland Waterways Association to support the restoration and upkeep of Britain’s wonderful heritage of canals.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/the-regents-canal-kings-cross-granary-square-camden/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241109T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20240722T185302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T185302Z
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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. \nHow much did social class determine whether society was appalled by alternative sexual arrangements? Were unmarried women with lovers heroines or victims? 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/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241103T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241103T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20240904T103552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T103743Z
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SUMMARY:A watery wander around King’s Cross and St. Pancras
DESCRIPTION:An almost-circular walk around King’s Cross and St. Pancras stations and the extraordinary\, vibrant redevelopment of what was a semi-derelict wasteland of railway lands. The area originally had a plentiful supply of water from the now-hidden River Fleet and associated lost springs and wells\, then the man-made Regent’s Canal supplied more water from the early 1800s.\nThis walk explores how all things watery have influenced the development of the area\, from lost pleasure gardens and an ancient church by a riverbank\, to canal locks\, steam engines and gas storage holders\, then today’s inspiring water features and a tranquil nature reserve. \nThis walk starts outside King’s Cross Station\, lasts 2 – 2 1/4 hours and ends near St. Pancras Station. \nPre-book only via Eventbrite\, click here to choose your date.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/a-watery-wander-around-kings-cross-and-st-pancras/2024-11-03/
LOCATION:King’s Cross Station\, Euston Road\,\, London\, N1 9AL\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley Thompson":MAILTO:walk@lesleythompson.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241025T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241025T133000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20240928T141628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T141628Z
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SUMMARY:Camden Town Walk: a journey through history and culture
DESCRIPTION:Discover Camden Town with Elena and Mike. \nIt’s lively\, it’s quirky\, it’s cosmopolitan and it’s packed full of history! Camden Town is all of these things. It’s a neighbourhood that has been shaped by many communities\, from the Irish to the Greek-Cypriots\, each leaving an indelible mark. Charles Dickens\, a very unhappy former resident\, immortalised Camden Town’s poverty\, squalor and deprivation in his literary musings. \nCamden Town was developed at the end of the 18th century with the aim to attract the wealthy middle classes\, but the arrival of the railways put a stop to those ambitious plans. On the plus side\, it now boasts the best-preserved railway heritage complex in the UK! \nOn this walk you will hear about the gin warehouses that once lined the Regent’s Canal\, the Victorian ice-wells now hidden from view and the hundreds of horses working in the goodyards. You will also discover how Camden’s numerous pubs\, ballrooms and warehouses have become a mecca for music makers and music lovers over the decades.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/camden-town-walk-a-journey-through-history-and-culture/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241024T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241024T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T160837
CREATED:20240928T141019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T141019Z
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SUMMARY:Colours of Bloomsbury
DESCRIPTION:Bloomsbury is such a lively area. On this walk through the streets and squares of Bloomsbury\, Maggie Coates will tell the tale of some of the colourful humans who have helped to create it. From the people who made a “red” square to the architect of a black and white church\, from Graham Greene to a black icon.
URL:https://camdenguides.com/event/colours-of-bloomsbury/
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