Jennifer Watson-Bore takes a wander around the Islington’s second parish church. As you walk down Holloway Road from Highbury Corner, you will discover the church of St Mary Magdalene, with a small part of its churchyard opposite the façade of Islington Central Library. St Mary Magdalene began life in 1814 as a chapel-of-ease for St … Read More
Welcome to the May newsletter from Clerkenwell & Islington Guides, with a range of fascinating walks and places to explore during the coming month, starting with: Caledonian Tower Tours The Caledonian Tower tours run by Islington Guided Walks on behalf of Islington Council have some additional dates this summer. Tours are now running weekly on … Read More
In addition to leading walking tours in Islington our guide Chris Annus also regularly takes to the water… As a guide for the London Canal Museum I’m incredibly lucky to not only share the history of the Regent’s Canal with people but also take them through one of its atmospheric tunnels on our very own … Read More
Iain Monaghan reveals how Islington acquired a Caledonian Road, two ‘Caledonian Road’ stations, the Caledonian Estate and Caledonian Park… The story of how Islington has so many places named ‘Caledonian’ can be traced back to a single, long-demolished building: the Caledonian Asylum. The Caledonian Asylum was a charitable residential school founded by wealthy Scots in … Read More
Benjamin Franklin is one of history’s most famous Americans. Lulu Martyn-David explains the Founding Father’s deep links to our patch of London. Born: Boston, Massachusetts 17 January 1706Died: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 17 April 1790 What is a man who was born and died in America in the 18th century doing here on our latest Finsbury blog? Not just any man, but a … Read More
Welcome to the February 2023 issue of the Clerkenwell and Islington Guides newsletter of walks and events for the coming months. There are a bumper number of walks this month, so hopefully there are some that will be of interest as the days slowly get longer. Islington Health and History Walks Islington Guided Walks and … Read More
As well as the regular posts illustrating the different aspects of the history of Clerkenwell and Islington, we plan to publish a monthly list of some of the walks and events in the coming month that explore the places described in our posts. These walks and events will offer the opportunity to learn more from … Read More
The guides at Islington Guided Walks have been working over the last few weeks to build a new Visit Islington set of pages – we’ve divided the borough into ten areas, and for each area a page that looks at why you should visit the area, more on the area history and lists some of … Read More
The borough of Islington is full of interesting areas – this section of our website provides you with an overview of the different areas that you might want to explore with our guides Clerkenwell – Medieval Monasteries, Entertainment, Revolutions, Craftspeople, Prisons and Theatre, The Fleet Finsbury – Archery, Burial grounds, Medical history, Poverty and Nonconformist … Read More
Islington Guides are running a Festival of Walks in the Borough of Islington between Saturday 19 and Sunday 27 June to celebrate the end of lockdown. You can download the PDF brochure to learn more. The Festival’s highlight will be two weekend walks: The Monastic Quarter walk will explore what attracted religious institutions to the area outside the City of … Read More