Welcome to the May newsletter of walks across Clerkenwell and Islington, and we have a wide variety of walks again this months, starting with one of the places where there is a combination of history and fantastic views across London: CANONBURY TOWER TOUR Canonbury Tower was built in the late 16th century and is a … Read More
Following our newsletter last Sunday, here are three late entrants to our calendar of walks, all taking place during the month of April, and all three offering very different views of the streets and history of Islington, and as the weather seems to be improving, they provide the perfect opportunity for a walk: Mary Wollstonecraft … Read More
Welcome to the April issue of the Clerkenwell & Islington Guides newsletter of walks and events, and we have a comprehensive listing of walks this month to tempt you out to explore the streets of Clerkenwell and Islington, starting with: Union Chapel Tour Union Chapel has towered over Upper Street in Islington since the 1870s … Read More
For the first time since the pandemic Islington Guided Walks is back leading monthly tours of Union Chapel. It was a delight to spend an hour there at the beginning of March sharing the glories of the building with a group. There are so many things to enjoy in this Grade I listed building but these … Read More
Although now located at Potter’s Bar, Dame Alice Owen’s School still remains in the Islington psyche – many former pupils, known as Old Owenians, who were educated on the original site between Goswell Road and St. John Street speak fondly of their time there. Dame Alice Owen founded the school in 1613. But what motivated her … Read More
Welcome to the March issue of the Clerkenwell & Islington Guides newsletter of walks and events, which for this month includes a new tour of a rather unique Islington building, and as the weather is hopefully getting better, and the days lighter, we have a comprehensive listing of walks this month to tempt you out … Read More
Walk south down City Road, past Bunhill Fields, and you will encounter, on your right, this forbidding building. The City shield and Royal Arms over the doorway testify to its importance, but the only clue to its purpose is given by two brass plates on the heavily guarded alley to its south which indicate that … Read More
Our guide Jenny Watson-Bore takes a trip down memory lane (aka Holloway Road) to revisit North London’s great shopping emporia.
Uncovering the origins of this unusually named street in Shoreditch Clere Street is a turning off Tabernacle Street in Shoreditch, on the edge of the pre-1965 border between Finsbury and Shoreditch boroughs. It was previously called Paradise Street from c. 1792, then gained ‘Clere’ around 1938 when many London streets with confusing, duplicated and common … Read More
Welcome to the February issues of the Clerkenwell & Islington Guides newsletter of walks and events, which for this month includes a new tour of a rather unique Islington building. We have a comprehensive listing of walks this month, starting with: HEALTH AND HISTORY WALKS IN ISLINGTON PARKS Islington has the smallest amount of green … Read More