Take a rare look inside Islington's glorious Grade II* listed 1930s Egyptian cinema. When the Carlton Cinema on Essex Road opened in 1930 it was advertised as ‘North London’s most palatial cine-variety theatre’ with 2,500 seats and an in-house orchestra. After the cinema closed in 1972 the building was converted into a bingo club which ... Read More
On this linear walk along the Regent's Canal from Angel Station, led by qualified Clerkenwell & Islington guide and conservation architect Minerva, you will: • Discover how Victorian industrial wasteland became London's most desirable waterside living – and what this transformation cost some communities • Learn why adaptive reuse of old buildings is the ultimate ... Read More
Monks, nuns, courthouses, rookeries, radicals, distillers, pubs, crafts, trades and architecture! “Great Tour... Perfect style and pace.” 5* Tripadvisor “Really interesting and entertaining... Jonathan is a knowledgeable and personable guide.” 5* Tripadvisor “Excellent tour. Very interesting and informative.” 5* Tripadvisor “Another fact filled walk... off the beaten track... Thoroughly recommend.” 5* Tripadvisor On this circular ... Read More
Prepare to immerse yourself in the authentic London of Mick Herron's Slow Horses novels and the acclaimed TV adaptation. This walking tour takes you beyond the screen and pages, directly into the streets that inspired the stories and characters you love. Your guides, Caroline and Nigel, will take you in the footsteps of your favourite ... Read More
Discover the hidden history of the Caledonian Market Clock Tower, the last surviving structure of Islington’s vast Victorian livestock market. On this guided tour with Islington Guided Walks, you’ll explore how thousands of cattle, sheep and pigs once passed through this site each week, shaping the streets, pubs and daily life of north London. Climb ... Read More
Discover the hidden history of the Caledonian Market Clock Tower, the last surviving structure of Islington’s vast Victorian livestock market. On this guided tour with Islington Guided Walks, you’ll explore how thousands of cattle, sheep and pigs once passed through this site each week, shaping the streets, pubs and daily life of north London. Climb ... Read More
The Union Chapel has towered over Upper Street in Islington since the 1870s and today thrives as an award-winning venue, homelessness project and a working radical church. On the tour, led by an expert Islington Guided Walks guide, you’ll see this architectural gem up close and discover the building’s fascinating history. The Grade I listed ... Read More
On this guided walk, Jane will show you some marvellous 'statement' architecture constructed in the interwar years during a design period that came to be identified as 'Art Deco'. The modernist architecture of the 1920s and 1930s with its clean geometric lines, simplicity, functionality and minimal decorative enhancement was designed to impress and inspire – ... Read More
Canonbury Tower was built in the late 16th century and is a rare survivor of Tudor domestic architecture in London. The Tower was added onto a manor house built in the early 1500s as the country retreat of the Canons of St Bartholomew's Priory in Smithfield. On this 90-minute tour you'll see the existing Tudor ... Read More
Walk in the footsteps of Shakespeare and Dickens and see contemporary art in London’s oldest parish church. Since the middle-ages, when religious pageants were held on the banks of the River Fleet and entertainers performed at the annual Bartholomew’s Fair, Clerkenwell has been a part of London steeped in cultural history. Theatre, literature, music, film, ... Read More
An architectural appreciation tour showcasing a variety of well-designed social housing estates in Islington. We'll start in Essex Road and make our way to Highbury & Islington station via Victorian, Edwardian and pre-WWII developments made possible by concerned and innovative benefactors. We'll also look at early LCC estates and Islington's own, more recent, schemes. It's ... Read More
Walk around Islington and discover its role in winning two world wars. The factory that saved Britain from invasion. The British soldier turned wandering Buddhist mystic, where some of the most notorious bombs fell and where many of Islington`s biggest heroes and heronines lived.