The Elephants Have Escaped – Oh What a Circus!

This delightful route starts near Parliament Hill Fields and ends midway between Archway and Tufnell Park stations.

We’ll retrace the path of two Victorian circus elephants who, in 1884, ran through the streets of Dartmouth Park, ending trapped but unharmed in an Islington N19 front garden.

We will take time to admire what the elephants missed as they charged past, such as well-to-do Georgian houses, charming backstreets and Victorian shops. Listen to the often amusing newspaper reports of the time and learn about the real Greatest Showman, railways, old shops and tradesmen’s signs, conservation, filming locations and a naughty monkey.

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