Please note that this event has already occured.
Key information
Date: Saturday 16 July 2022
Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm
“We’ll embark on a journey off the beaten track and through the city’s layered history. We’ll get to know the big people and the little people, and look at how their paths have been crossing through the centuries."
On this brand new and exciting walk you will:
- find out how King’s Cross and St. Pancras got their names
- dive into the wild old days of highwaymen and bandits, elephants and Celtic insurgents
- discover a skyscraper which doesn’t scrape the sky, and a Catholic church which isn’t Catholic
- uncover the importance of Fleet - both the river and the street
- explore the blurry line between public and private space
- walk from bustling transport hubs to the tranquil squares and backstreets
- step into the alternative history of radical Clerkenwell.
About Ben:
"I am a Londoner, born on Hyde Park Corner on the self-same-day Yoko Ono and John Lennon launched loads of white balloons into the air, in order to give peace a chance. I grew up in Ealing, snapping off the leaves of the privet hedges and playing footy with friends on the green.
Since then, life has taken me from Lancashire to Liverpool, from the big skies of Suffolk to the historical neighbourhoods of Paris and Rome. I have travelled by land from Liverpool to Kathmandu, Colombo and Kolkata. Now that I’m back home, I want to show people an alternative to picture-postcard London."
Use the code LUKingsX to secure your free place on Ben's tour.
This walk is free to the public thanks to funding from the Mayor of London.