A walk through some of Islington’s impressive housing estates. We’ll visit Victorian dwellings and early LCC estates and compare them with recently constructed schemes. We’ll talk about philanthropists, schools, churches, poverty and pride, architecture and design.

Travel back in time to the late Victorian era when the Nag’s Head of Holloway rivalled the Central London for shopping and entertainment. Hear about fancy tea rooms, banqueting halls, palatial variety theatres, unusual transport and a couple of labyrinthine department stores.

Poets and authors, playwrights and musicians, artists, diarists and thieves.

A mixed bag showcasing the diverse and often innovative creative people who have lived and worked in the Holloway area. Plus a couple of infamous characters too.

This walk brings the Grossmiths’ satirical spoof diary to life. You’ll visit real places and hear about real people of that era whilst listening to amusing excerpts from Mr Pooter’s diary. You don’t need to have already read the book to enjoy this tour, but you’ll want to afterwards.

This circular walk starts and finishes near Kings Cross Station looking at a variety of ghosted signage at the junction of Islington and Camden. Hear fascinating stories about the outdated faded advertisements that can still be seen on the walls above today’s busy streets. Find out about bygone products and businesses, advertising companies, local tradesmen, big brands and bogus potions.

Come and marvel at some impressive ‘statement’ architecture constructed in the 1920s and 1930s during a design period known as Art Deco. Examples of this style are hiding in plain view almost at every junction of Holloway N7 on commercial buildings, places of entertainment and housing.

Let’s go on a ghost hunt with a difference. This walk shows you whispers of the past in the form of ghostly faded signs on the walls above Holloway. We’ll look at and decipher a range of old hand-painted advertisements and talk about the fascinating stories behind the brands and businesses that commissioned them.

Let’s look at some stylish and statement buildings in N4 and N5 to see how local businesses as well as places of entertainment, sport and transport applied the clean lines and design devices of the ArtDeco/modernist era. We’ll also see how this movement has continued to inspire today’s architects.

Quiet spaces, peaceful gardens and lovely quiet backstreets just a stone’s throw from the busy main road. We’ll visit open fields, an award-winning park, a hidden garden, farms old and new, a churchyard, sports fields and shady meadows, talking about dogs and desire, renovation and recycling.

Take a stroll along and above the Regent’s Canal following the Islington’s boundary with Hackney. Hear about this waterway’s rich history and marvel at how much has changed. Learn about boats and beds, warehouses and factories, rubber and metal, fancy goods and pleasure gardens.

The area around Angel Islington and Upper Street is rich in faded hand-painted signs of the past, commonly referred to as ‘ghostsigns’. On this 90-minute walking tour which is just over a mile long you will see many surviving signs of this type and at each stop you’ll hear about the businesses, people and/or products behind them. We’ll also look other kinds of ‘ghostsigns’ along the way.

Funny Islington offers a rip roaring tour of the Angel area followed by a comedy show. You’ll discover how Islington established itself as an entertainment hotspot, from spas and pleasure gardens and a legendary clown, to the comic geniuses of music hall and early cinema, and brilliant comedy writers. You’ll also find out about the local pubs and comedy clubs that have launched the careers of so many famous modern day comedians – and at the end of the walk, you’re invited to a free comedy show at The Bill Murray.

A walk through some of Islington’s impressive housing estates. We’ll visit Victorian dwellings and early LCC estates and compare them with recently constructed schemes. We’ll talk about philanthropists, schools, churches, poverty and pride, architecture and design.

A wander through the backstreets of Islington following a trail of old hand-painted signs above and around the Regents Canal. See and hear evidence of a diverse range of companies and the products they made, from ladies’ underwear and fancy boxes to metals, canvas and ceramics.

Poets and authors, playwrights and musicians, artists, diarists and thieves.

A mixed bag showcasing the diverse and often innovative creative people who have lived and worked in the Holloway area. Plus a couple of infamous characters too.

This walk brings the Grossmiths’ satirical spoof diary to life. You’ll visit real places and hear about real people of that era whilst listening to amusing excerpts from Mr Pooter’s diary. You don’t need to have already read the book to enjoy this tour, but you’ll want to afterwards.

Travel back in time to the late Victorian era when the Nag’s Head of Holloway rivalled the Central London for shopping and entertainment. Hear about fancy tea rooms, banqueting halls, palatial variety theatres, unusual transport and a couple of labyrinthine department stores.

This circular walk starts and finishes near Kings Cross Station looking at a variety of ghosted signage at the junction of Islington and Camden. Hear fascinating stories about the outdated faded advertisements that can still be seen on the walls above today’s busy streets. Find out about bygone products and businesses, advertising companies, local tradesmen, big brands and bogus potions.

Let’s go on a ghost hunt with a difference. This walk shows you whispers of the past in the form of ghostly faded signs on the walls above Holloway. We’ll look at and decipher a range of old hand-painted advertisements and talk about the fascinating stories behind the brands and businesses that commissioned them.

Let’s look at some stylish and statement buildings in N4 and N5 to see how local businesses as well as places of entertainment, sport and transport applied the clean lines and design devices of the ArtDeco/modernist era. We’ll also see how this movement has continued to inspire today’s architects.

Come and marvel at some impressive ‘statement’ architecture constructed in the 1920s and 1930s during a design period known as Art Deco. Examples of this style are hiding in plain view almost at every junction of Holloway N7 on commercial buildings, places of entertainment and housing.

The 1930s was a time when businesses and institutions were rebuilding their premises in an effort to be part of a forward-looking zeitgeist. There are some fabulous examples to be found in the old boroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch – see the clean lines of the ‘Jazz Age’ applied in various ways to places of commerce, art, health, housing and entertainment. We’ll also look at and compare a few modern buildings that continue to echo the stylised designs of the past. Note that this is followed by another Art Deco tour in Spitalfields.

A walk through some of Islington’s impressive housing estates. We’ll visit Victorian dwellings and early LCC estates and compare them with recently constructed schemes. We’ll talk about philanthropists, schools, churches, poverty and pride, architecture and design.

Quiet spaces, peaceful gardens and lovely quiet backstreets just a stone’s throw from the busy main road. We’ll visit open fields, an award-winning park, a hidden garden, farms old and new, a churchyard, sports fields and shady meadows, talking about dogs and desire, renovation and recycling.

The area around Angel Islington and Upper Street is rich in faded hand-painted signs of the past, commonly referred to as ‘ghostsigns’. On this 90-minute walking tour which is just over a mile long you will see many surviving signs of this type and at each stop you’ll hear about the businesses, people and/or products behind them. We’ll also look other kinds of ‘ghostsigns’ along the way.

A wander through the backstreets of Islington following a trail of old hand-painted signs above and around the Regents Canal. See and hear evidence of a diverse range of companies and the products they made, from ladies’ underwear and fancy boxes to metals, canvas and ceramics.

This circular walk starts and finishes near Kings Cross Station looking at a variety of ghosted signage at the junction of Islington and Camden. Hear fascinating stories about the outdated faded advertisements that can still be seen on the walls above today’s busy streets. Find out about bygone products and businesses, advertising companies, local tradesmen, big brands and bogus potions.

The 1930s was a time when businesses and institutions were rebuilding their premises in an effort to be part of a forward-looking zeitgeist. There are some fabulous examples to be found in the old boroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch – see the clean lines of the ‘Jazz Age’ applied in various ways to places of commerce, art, health, housing and entertainment. We’ll also look at and compare a few modern buildings that continue to echo the stylised designs of the past. Note that this is followed by another Art Deco tour in Spitalfields.

Take a stroll along and above the Regent’s Canal following the Islington’s boundary with Hackney. Hear about this waterway’s rich history and marvel at how much has changed. Learn about boats and beds, warehouses and factories, rubber and metal, fancy goods and pleasure gardens.

Poets and authors, playwrights and musicians, artists, diarists and thieves.

A mixed bag showcasing the diverse and often innovative creative people who have lived and worked in the Holloway area. Plus a couple of infamous characters too.

Let’s go on a ghost hunt with a difference. This walk shows you whispers of the past in the form of ghostly faded signs on the walls above Holloway. We’ll look at and decipher a range of old hand-painted advertisements and talk about the fascinating stories behind the brands and businesses that commissioned them.

Let’s look at some stylish and statement buildings in N4 and N5 to see how local businesses as well as places of entertainment, sport and transport applied the clean lines and design devices of the ArtDeco/modernist era. We’ll also see how this movement has continued to inspire today’s architects.

We’ll see how major changes were made to this popular shopping district during a period of rebuilding in the 1930s. There are marvellous examples of ‘statement’ architecture hiding in plain view almost at every junction of Holloway N7 on commercial buildings, places of entertainment and housing all keen to show they were part of the forward-thinking zeitgeist of that time.

Walk the full length of this intriguing yet often overlooked one mile thoroughfare taking in historical sites, innovative markets, beer and lino, entertainment, education and welfare.

Travel back in time to the late Victorian era when the Nag’s Head of Holloway rivalled the Central London for shopping and entertainment. Hear about fancy tea rooms, banqueting halls, palatial variety theatres, unusual transport and a couple of labyrinthine department stores.

This walk brings the Grossmiths’ satirical spoof diary to life. You’ll visit real places and hear about real people of that era whilst listening to amusing excerpts from Mr Pooter’s diary. You don’t need to have already read the book to enjoy this tour, but you’ll want to afterwards.

Take a stroll along and above the Regent’s Canal following the Islington’s boundary with Hackney. Hear about this waterway’s rich history and marvel at how much has changed. Learn about boats and beds, warehouses and factories, rubber and metal, fancy goods and pleasure gardens.

The 1930s was a time when businesses and institutions were rebuilding their premises in an effort to be part of a forward-looking zeitgeist. There are some fabulous examples to be found in the old boroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch – see the clean lines of the ‘Jazz Age’ applied in various ways to places of commerce, art, health, housing and entertainment. We’ll also look at and compare a few modern buildings that continue to echo the stylised designs of the past. Note that this is followed by another Art Deco tour in Spitalfields.