Undercurrent: Wandering the Walbrook

Join a Clerkenwell & Islington Guide for an intriguing walk from Moorgate to Old Street exploring the lost river Walbrook and other watery undercurrents. One of the smallest of London’s lost rivers, the Walbrook meandered through Finsbury and St Luke’s on its way to the Thames. Dammed by the Roman city wall, the river flooded to create marshy Moorfields. Long since culverted and part of the sewer system, underground water still leaves its mark on the landscape and its buildings. Hear about wells from medieval times to the present day, drinking water for humans and animals, a Georgian swimming pool, Victorian sanitation, a subsiding church and more.

This walk is funded by Islington Museum’s as part of their Undercurrent exhibition