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David is a member of the City of London Guides Lecturer’s Association, and the Clerkenwell & Islington Guiding Association living in Camden.
David loves to understand the development of urban spaces, the largely invisible history of what lies under the ground, and the stories that have been handed down over time. David has considerable knowledge of London History, including Clerkenwell & Islington, Medieval London, Shakespeare’s London, Georgian London, early Industrial History and Modernist Architecture. He guides for the National Trust at 2 Willow Road. He is a member of the London Topographical Society, Subterranea Britannica, and London and Middlesex Archeological Society. He has also helped to design a number of web sites (including the one you are currently using).
David’s walk portfolio:
- The industrial heritage of Camden
- A stroll through Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill
- Reformers of Euston Road
- Secrets of Clerkenwell
- Secrets of Finsbury
- Secrets of Cheapside
- Shakespeare in Shoreditch
- Shakespeare on Bankside
- Shakespeare in the City
- The Young Dickens in Camden
- Prostitution, Drink and Gambling – the wilder side of Clerkenwell (note – over 18s only)
Feedback from clients:
“I had the pleasure of participating in David’s walk around Clerkenwell last week, together with a friend who is a local resident. It was a revelation. David brought the buildings and people of this fascinating neighbourhood to life and demonstrated how layer upon layer of history are to be found in these narrow streets, squares and alleys. If his other tours are as well researched and presented as this, I will certainly be trying some of his others.” PT
“It was excellent. We both enjoyed it enormously and learnt masses of new things about an area I thought I knew well. ” AT
“I really enjoyed your walk around Euston today. It was an area I didn’t know much about and you brought it to life and made it so interesting. You had a good mixture of information about the social history of the area, its buildings and its residents and some fabulous stories about those who have made their mark in this part of London. I will recommend it to my friends – it was a great way to spend a couple of hours.” KP
Hi David
please can you let me know how long the Euston walk is in terms of time and distance
am correct in assuming that it is fairly flat
thanks
Dick Wootten
Dick,
The walk takes about 45 minutes at a brisk pace (although we walk slowly, talk a lot, so tends to be just under two hours). The standard route has a small number of steps in/out of Euston (which could be avoided), and a small number of steps in/out of British Library Courtyard (which I think could be avoided), and if Euston Square tube is open (it’s been closed most weekends in recent months) then I normally use the underpass at this point, but I could plan to avoid that. The route does a figure of eight around Euston – so it would be possible to cut short the walk about two thirds of the way through.
Hope this helps. Always happy to try to suit the people who are in the group.
Regards,
David