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May 2024

Art & Industry in East London

Roughly following the line of the Greenwich Meridian from the Bow Back Rivers at Pudding Mill Lane , this east London walk traces the industrial heritage of lower Lea Valley from fine porcelain in the 18th century, through gasworks, gin, cosmetics and explosives to film studios. As we go we follow part of The Line, London’s first dedicated modern and contemporary art walk. We finish at the now green oasis of Cody Dock with the chance for refreshments before the a short walk to Star Lane DLR station.

Sunday 12th May 2pm

Guide – Sue

Rebels and Blue Stockings

Free-spirited and independent, educated and uninterested in marriage and children, the figure of the New Woman threatened conventional ideas about ideal Victorian womanhood. On this walk we will discover how Kate Greenaway, a female artist from a working class background, Eleanor Marx, a regular at the British Library Reading Room and the archeologist Mary Brodrick found a life outside conventional Victorian norms. The founding of Bedford College, led to higher education for women, and the creation of College Hall enabled women students to study independently. A lovely Bloomsbury stroll!

Sunday 19 May 2pm

Guide – Oonagh

June 2024

Waterloo in Fiction

This walk explores the Waterloo of historical fiction. Tracy Chevalier’s Burning Bright brings William Blake’s Lambeth to life, Michael Sadleir’s Forlorn Sunset and Renton Nicholson’s Dombey and Daughter explore its seamier side in Victorian times, while for Sam Selvon’s Lonely Londoners of the 1940s, the station is a place of nostalgia. Above all, it is a place of arrival and departure.

Wednesday 5th June 6pm

Guide- Sue

Fanny Wilkinson’s Green Lungs for London – For London Open Gardens 2024

This walk from Tottenham Court Road through St Giles and Bloomsbury celebrates the life and work of Fanny Wilkinson, the first professional female landscape gardener: champion of tree planting for clean air and responsible for many of London’s parks and green spaces. Find out more about her life and legacy and see at some of her work.

London Open Garden walks are open to people who have booked a ticket for the weekend. The link will take you to their main booking site.

Sunday June 9th 11am