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Rob talks about his favourite buildings in the London Borough of Wandsworth, including the former Youngs brewery and Battersea Power Station This sixty minute virtual tour explores the buildings of London Borough of Wandsworth Wandsworth once comprised lower lying land that was later used for market gardening, but it has an industrial history, particularly along…
Read moreA walk that tells the story of the Woolwich Arsenal, Thamesmead and a dangerous bend in the river Thames called Tripcock Ness This is the fourth of a series of walks following the Thames from London out towards the Thames Estuary, looking at industrial, maritime and military history. The walk takes in an area…
Read moreThis one hour walk around the Angel area of Islington will visit the locations that feature in five paintings by very different artists. This one hour walk around the Angel area of Islington will visit the locations that feature in five paintings by very different artists – Canaletto, Walter Sickert, Francis Hayman, Thomas Rowlandson and John O’Conner. Clerkenwell and Islington Guide and art history enthusiast…
Read moreSee the former port of Colchester, fishing-cum-commuter villages, woods, marshes, a flood barrier, gay history and The Essex Serpent The River Colne runs through Colchester, emptying into the Blackwater at Brightlingsea and Mersea Island. Starting at Hythe we go south past an industrial area on one side of the river, and on the other new…
Read moreThe third of a series walks along the River Lea from Harpenden to Wheathamstead, taking in a site where Julius Caeser fought the Britons The River Lea is one of the longest, and most important tributaries of the Thames – taking a 42 mile journey from Bedfordshire to join the Thames at Bow Creek in…
Read moreA tour about things under the ground, featuring a church crypt, Roman remains, underground shops and other places under London’s streets There is so much under the streets of London and most of it we take for granted. This walk is about things underground. We’ll visit some underground spaces – a church crypt, the remains…
Read moreSpy stories from the streets of London during World War One and Two A 50 minute talk about espionage and counter intelligence that tells the true stories that inspired spy fiction. You will hear about the reasons the British security services were set up, how they are organised, their role in two world wars and…
Read moreA walk around this seaside town on the Thames Estuary, which also has an industrial past The historic harbour and seaside town of Whitstable is widely known for its annual Oyster festival, but it has other charms too. On this walk around the town and seafront we will visit the charming gardens of Whitstable Castle,…
Read moreThe second of a series walks along the River Lea, starting as it emerges south of Luton and into Hertfordshire at Harpenden The River Lea is one of the longest, and most important tributaries of the Thames – taking a 42 mile journey from Bedfordshire to join the Thames at Bow Creek in East London….
Read moreHillingdon is one of London’s biggest boroughs and one of the most architecturally varied – from Harmondsworth Barn to Heathrow Terminal 5 This sixty minute virtual tour explores the buildings of London Borough of Hillingdon Hillingdonis one of the largest and most architectually varied boroughs in London. Traces of the rural area that once bounded…
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