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John Nash's London, Part 1: A walk through Regent's Park
£ 20.00
📅 Date & Time: Saturday, 2 August 2025 at 11:00 AM
📍 Meeting Point: Regent’s Park Underground Station
We'll be spending a day looking at John Nash's amazing terraces in Regent's Park and visiting the gardens in the Inner Circle. The walk will take us up the west side of the Outer Circle, crossing into the park to walk along the boating lake then cutting through into the Inner Circle to look at the rose gardens, then up the Broad Walk and back down the eastern side of the Outer Circle to finish at the old Diorama in Park Square.
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John Nash's London, Part 2: Regent St to Buckingham Palace
£ 20.00
📅 Date & Time: Saturday, 6 September 2025 at 11:00 AM
📍 Meeting Point: Regent’s Park Underground Station
We'll be following Nash's royal processional route from Regent's Park to Pall Mall and on to Buckingham Palace. From Nash's Park Crescent, we'll be walking down Portland Place, pausing to look at an Adam Brothers' house, then down Regent Street to Waterloo Place where the Prince Regent's mansion Carlton House used to be. We'll then descend onto the Mall and skirt St James's Park to Buckingham Palace which Nash was also involved in.
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Byways of Charing Cross: the romance of the old and the shock of the new
£ 20.00
📅 Date & Time: Saturday, 27 September 2025 at 11:00 AM
📍 Meeting Point: Strand outside Charing Cross Station
We'll begin with the history of Charing Cross Station and the Eleanor Cross, then dive down the 18th century Craven Steet to look at the American influence, in particular Benjamin Franklin. We then pay a visit to the York Watergate and the history of York House and the Strand mansions in general. After a visit to the late 17th century Buckingham Street, we walk along John Adam Street to examine the heritage of the Adam Brothers and the Adelphi terrace where the fabulous art deco Adelphi Building now stands. We will finish back at the Strand with a talk on Durham House.
Rebels and Refugees: Immigrants in Soho
£ 20.00
📅 Date & Time: Saturday, 18 October 2025 at 11:00 AM
📍 Meeting Point: Soho Square Gardens by Charles II statue
We'll be looking at the French Huguenot presence in Soho Square followed by the Jewish and Macedonian legacy in Manette Street. We find out why Greek St is called that, followed by a look at the Jewish influence on Berwick Street Market and the music scene. We'll be passing by Karl Marx's former home on Dean Street and end in Chinatown with a discussion of how and why this came to be a vibrant Chinese quarter.
In Search of the Lost Palace of Whitehall
£ 20.00
📅 Date & Time: Friday, 31 October 2025 at 13:00 PM
📍 Meeting Point: Strand outside Charing Cross Station
We meet at the Eleanor Cross outside Charing Cross Station, then continue to the equestrian statue of Charles I at the junction of Trafalgar Square and Whitehall where the original cross stood. We then dive down Great Scotland Yard to investigate its medieval origins before heading to the junction with Horse Guards Avenue. Using the Banqueting House (the only surviving intact part of the palace) as a reference point, we will determine the location of the palace gate, explore Henry VIII's old tiltyard and tennis courts and then walk up Horse Guards Avenue to detemrine the location of the Great Hall and Chapel which formed the nucleus of Cardinal Wolsey's York Place, finishing at Queen's Mary's Steps on the Embankment.