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Union Chapel Guided Tour
Union Chapel 19b Compton Terrace, London, United KingdomThe 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
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Canonbury Tower guided tour
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
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St Mary Islington – Church and Tower Tour
Discover the history of Islington’s first parish church and climb the 120 steps to the top of tower for the best panoramic views across London. St Mary’s church on Upper Street has played a central role in the history of Islington for over a thousand years and, during this time, several different churches have stood ... Read More
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History of Arsenal Football Club Walking Tour
The History of Arsenal FC Guided Walk Step into the story of one of football’s most iconic clubs on a 90-minute guided walk from the historic site of Highbury Stadium to the Emirates Stadium. Walk in the footsteps of Arsenal legends and discover the fascinating story behind the Gunners — from the club’s humble beginnings ... Read More
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Revolutionary Clerkenwell: Chartists, Felons & Fenians
For well over a century, Clerkenwell, this brooding centre of revolutionary discontent sat at the edge of the old city walls, remaining a constant source of fear for Britain’s ruling elite. In its artisan workshops, slum housing, coffee shops, pubs and prisons the talk was of change summed up in the Chartist slogan: ‘peaceably if ... Read More
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Canonbury Tower guided tour
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
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Ghosts, Gallows & Body Snatchers – Dark History Walk of Clerkenwell & Smithfield
Ghosts. Executions. Plague. Murder. Body snatchers. Welcome to the darker side of London. Step into the shadows and discover the sinister secrets hidden among the ancient streets of Clerkenwell and Smithfield. For almost a thousand years, this fascinating corner of London has witnessed public executions, religious persecution, murder, plague, imprisonment and the gruesome trade of ... Read More
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Union Chapel Guided Tour
Union Chapel 19b Compton Terrace, London, United KingdomThe 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
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Geoffrey Fletcher’s Islington
Discover some of the Islington locations that the artist Geoffrey Fletcher captured so lovingly in the 1960s and 1970s and learn about the area's long and rich heritage. "Excellent walk - really interesting and a really great guide." Best known for his 1962 book 'The London That Nobody Knows', Geoffrey Fletcher's sketches, paintings, books and ... Read More
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St Mary Islington – Church and Tower Tour
Discover the history of Islington’s first parish church and climb the 120 steps to the top of tower for the best panoramic views across London. St Mary’s church on Upper Street has played a central role in the history of Islington for over a thousand years and, during this time, several different churches have stood ... Read More
£16.96 -
Canonbury Tower guided tour
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
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Newington Green: A Village Through Time…
In 2008, Alex Allardyce titled his history of Newington Green: ‘The Village That Changed the World’. Hyperbole? Maybe! But this small corner of North-east London has certainly been home to some remarkable figures and events over the centuries. Sitting on what is now the Islington/Hackney border at one time it was a place people came ... Read More