Event Type : Walk/Tour

£5- Sunday 15 September

Join us to explore how Chelsea went from a scattered village to a leisure resort to London’s bohemia. We’ll see Wren and Soane’s work at the Royal Hospital; centuries of history at Old Church; the stirring of the gothic revival at St Luke’s; and the sites of the famous Bun House and Ranelagh Gardens. Following his tour of West End churches in March, Young Georgian Charlie Clegg will lead the walk.

The tour will begin at 12.30 on Sunday, 15 September at the statue of Mozart in Orange Square. The tour will take about two hours and will cover just over one and half miles. The route will be accessible for participants with mobility needs. We recommend you have lunch beforehand. There will be a chance for tea/food/a drink afterwards.

This event is open to Young Georgian members only.

Please read our Terms and Conditions before booking.

If tickets have sold out for this event, please email members@georgiangroup.org.uk to be added to the waiting list.

£35

Come and spend an autumn morning exploring the history and architecture of the streets and gems of Clerkenwell.

Clerkenwell was one of London’s first suburbs when it became a fashionable quarter for wealthy inhabitants escaping the City in the 17^th century, before it later became known for its over-crowded slums and radical activities.  In recent decades, it has become a heartland for the creative industries, in disused craft workshops, warehouses and markets, and the area will become the new home for the Museum of London.

On this autumn amble, we will explore revolutionaries (Wat Tyler, Stalin and Lenin), monasteries (Carthusian), residences (Hercule Poirot), prisons (the Clerkenwell House of Detention), burial sites (Crossrail excavations of Black Death victims) and one of the City’s most hidden Churches, St Bartholomew-the-Less and its links with William Hogarth.

The Walk will be led by Meg Ryder, a Londoner who hails from Pimlico.  Meg is a qualified solicitor who left the law to establish bespoke walking tours in London to follow her passion for all things historical, artistic and architectural. Meg has a Masters in History from Edinburgh University, and studied History of Art and Architectural History in Rome.

We will meet at 10.45am for a 11am start. This event is for members only.

If tickets have sold out for this event, please email members@georgiangroup.org.uk to be added to the waiting list.