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Specialist walks

Walking Tour - Walking The River Lea Part One - Starting at the Source
Sat 30 Mar 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: First in a series of walks along the River Lea. Starting at the source of the River you'll visit stone age Waulud's Bank, a moated farmhouse and a Victorian mansion as the Lea wends its way through meadows in North Luton
Walking Tour - The Real West End. Off the Beaten Track in Covent Garden
Mon 1 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Joanna Moncrieff
Description: On Easter Monday explore the lesser known parts of Covent Garden with City of Westminster Guide Joanna Moncrieff
Virtual Tour  - Exploring Roman London
Mon 8 Apr 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: See where you can find Roman remains on this Virtual Tour that tells the story of Londinium
Walking Tour - Circling the Triangle: Continued History of Crystal Palace
Tue 9 Apr 6:00 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: Tracing the social history of this elevated area from an historic wood to fashionable commercial and cultural district.
Walking Tour - Walking The River Lea Part Two - Into Hertfordshire
Sat 13 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Continuing a series of walks along the River Lea this one starts at Luton Airport and ends in the Hertfordshire town of Harpenden
Virtual Tour - Hackney's Best Buildings
Wed 17 Apr 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Part of a series on the best buildings in each London borough. Hackney has historic churches, fine Georgian Houses, examples of 20th century civic pride and modern regeneration.
Virtual Tour - Hertfordshire - Countryside on London's Border
Thu 18 Apr 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Hertfordshire is one of England's smaller counties, but it has lots to see, and all within easy reach of London. This virtual tour will give you inspiration for country walks in bluebell woods, and old pubs near ancient churches.
Walking Tour - Mary Wollstonecraft and Newington Green
Sat 20 Apr 2:00 pm
Your guide: Oonagh Gay
Description: Explore radical history of Newington Green
Walking Tour - Bread, Milk, Fish and Gold: Cheapside's Great Market
Tue 23 Apr 6:00 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: A canter through the historic market of Cheapside, featuring medieval riots, fabulous processions and as a centre of luxury goods.
Walking Tour - In Vincent's Footsteps: from Covent Garden to Stockwell
Sat 27 Apr 11:00 am
Your guide: Stephen Benton
Description: Follow the route Vincent Van Gogh might have taken when he walked from his work in Covent Garden to his lodgings in Stockwell in the 1870s
Walking Tour - The Pattern of Human Existence: London’s Livery Companies
Fri 3 May 2:30 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: Taking in some of the great Companies, showing their all-encompassing past impact and continued relevance with some superb Hall buildings.
Walking Tour - Czech Shoes and Mucking Flats - the Thames at East Tilbury
Sat 4 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Tenth in a series of walks along the Thames, this walk looks at the Bauhaus inspired Bata shoe factory built in the 1930s with a surrounding village for workers. The walk then passes Coalhouse Fort for a walk along an isolated part of the Thames to Mucking Flats, where you'll see many birds along the foreshore.
Walking Tour - The Pattern of Human Existence: London’s Livery Companies
Mon 13 May 6:00 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: Taking in some of the great Companies, showing their all-encompassing past impact and continued relevance with some superb Hall buildings.
Walking Tour - The City of London's Forgotten Transformation
Tue 21 May 6:00 pm
Your guide: Richard Watkins
Description: Telling the story of how the City was transformed in Victorian times through great buildings, plaques, statuary, historic roads and vistas.
Walking Tour - In Vincent's Footsteps: from Covent Garden to Stockwell
Sat 25 May 11:00 am
Your guide: Stephen Benton
Description: Follow the route Vincent Van Gogh might have taken when he walked from his work in Covent Garden to his lodgings in Stockwell in the 1870s
Virtual Tour - Brent's Best Buildings
Sun 26 May 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A look at the best buildings in London Borough of Brent including the domestic buildings of Metroland, old churches and Wembley Stadium. Part of a series looking at the best buildings in each London Borough
Walking Tour - Uncovering Woolwich Dockyard
Tue 28 May 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Exploring old dry docks, store houses and chimneys that made up the Royal Navy's Woolwich Dockyard
Virtual Tour - Barking and Dagenham's Best Buildings
Sun 2 Jun 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Part of a series looking at the best buildings in each London Borough. Barking and Dagenham is home to the ruins of medieval Barking Abbey, historic Valence House and beautiful Eastbury Manor House and lots of other interesting buildings too.
Virtual Tour - Churches, Castles and Country Towns - a Lincolnshire Journey
Sun 9 Jun 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: A virtual staycation in one of England's largest counties. From the splendour of Lincoln Cathedral to the rolling hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds, visiting historic castles and pretty market towns on the way, you'll see why Lincolnshire is such a great place to visit
Walking Tour - Exploring the Solar System in Otford
Tue 25 Jun 2:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: The pretty village of Otford in Kent is home to a mind blowing model of the solar system set out around the village. Come and walk the country footpaths on the way to Pluto, and see some historic medieval buildings on the way
Virtual Tour - Castles Around London
Sun 29 Sep 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: This Virtual Tour hosted on Zoom is about Castles that you can visit that are a short journey from London. Some still have substantial remains, some are more like bumps in the ground, but all have a story attached. Rob will talk about the sieges, the royal residents and treacherous deeds that took place in them.
Virtual Tour - Christmas in Georgian London
Thu 5 Dec 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Christmas tradidions evolve in Georgian London - masked balls, twelth cake and celebrations on St Nicholas Day
Virtual Tour - A Victorian Christmas in Islington
Thu 19 Dec 8:00 pm
Your guide: Rob Smith
Description: Readings from the local newspapers of the 1870s illustrate how Christmas was reinvented by the Victorians. Hear about Christmas in islington from wealthy shoppers to Christmas Day in the workhouse

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