10.15 am
Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) | Map
“in Greenwich you step into a trompe-l’oeil picture, a Canaletto scene of order and majesty”
10.30 am
10.45 am
Monument underground station, London (Fish Street Hill exit)
Guided by Karen or Kim or Richard III or Sue
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“Elsewhere is always surprising… ” “history as a seance” “the Victorian underside of 21st-century London”
10.45 am
Rotherhithe Overground station, London
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“You are amongst the first people in 150 years to enter this secret, underground, Victorian chamber”
10.45 am
St. James' Park underground station, London (Westminster Abbey/Broadway exit, opposite 40 Broadway)
Guided by Brian or Chris or Gillian or Hilary or Mary or Tom
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“England in microcosm in a building of splendour, intricacy and consummate virtuosity”
11 am
Covent Garden underground station, London
Guided by Ulrike
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2 pm
Holborn underground station, London (main exit, debouches onto Kingsway)
Guided by Angela or Molly or Shaughan
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“habitat of the wigged and gowned English barrister… like a clutch of Oxbridge colleges in the heart of London”
2.30 pm
Piccadilly Circus underground station, London (exit 4, Eros exit – between the world-famous Eros statue and the Criterion Restaurant canopy)
Guided by Adam or Karen or Richard B or Simon W.
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“elegant arcades, secret doorways and peekaboo views”
“royal chocolates (we sample them, gratis)”
2.30 pm
Russell Square underground station, London
Guided by Gillian or Hilary or Tom
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“Whoever travels without a guide needs 200 years for a 2-hour journey” Rumi
2.30 pm
7 pm
Westminster Underground station, London (exit 4)
Guided by Liam
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The great seminal London Walk. Miss it and you’ve missed London…
7.30 pm
Embankment underground station, London (river exit) | Map
Guided by Peter G.
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“this part of London is like a haunted house… gas-lit alleyways, film-set perfect Georgian streets”
7.30 pm
| Date | Time | Walk | Meeting Point |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 December 2019 | 2.30 pm | Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions | Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) |
| 30 December 2019 | 1.45 pm | London in Poetry | St. James's Park tube station, London |