In medieval times Clerkenwell was an area of fields on the outskirts of the City of London, dominated by monastic institutions. The monasteries were all closed in the 1530s when ... Read more
A 'Walk Hackney' event This walk starts off in Dalston and takes you through Shacklewell to end at West Hackney Church on Stoke Newington Road. Shacklewell, with its village green, ... Read more
This walk starts in Highbury Fields, then winds south either side of Upper Street towards the Angel. Highbury, Canonbury and the areas around St Mary's Islington and the Angel were ... Read more
In medieval times Clerkenwell was an area of fields on the outskirts of the City of London, dominated by monastic institutions. The monasteries were all closed in the 1530s when ... Read more
De Beauvoir lies in today's London Borough of Hackney and is still sometimes called 'Kingsland' because Henry VIII hunted here. It is distinct from but nestled up close to Dalston, ... Read more
De Beauvoir lies in today's London Borough of Hackney and is still sometimes called 'Kingsland' because Henry VIII hunted here. It is distinct from but nestled up close to Dalston, ... Read more
De Beauvoir lies in today's London Borough of Hackney and is still sometimes called 'Kingsland' because Henry VIII hunted here. It is distinct from but nestled up close to Dalston, ... Read more
De Beauvoir lies in today's London Borough of Hackney and is still sometimes called 'Kingsland' because Henry VIII hunted here. It is distinct from but nestled up close to Dalston, ... Read more
A 'Walk Hackney' event Bounded betwixt Clapton, Dalston and Shacklewell, Hackney Downs, the highest piece of open ground within 4 miles of central London, has, like other parts of Hackney, ... Read more
Hoxton and Shoreditch today are often known as fashionable parts of east London, areas to eat out in and go clubbing. It's also an area of astonishing contrasts from post ... Read more
Hoxton and Shoreditch today are often known as fashionable parts of east London, areas to eat out in and go clubbing. It's also an area of astonishing contrasts from post ... Read more
A 'Walk Hackney' event This walk investigates how the Rhodes family developed their Dalston estate, west of London Fields, into Hackney suburbia from 1807 into the 1870s. The walk focuses on ... Read more