This boundary walk between Hackney and Islington boroughs weaves around the areas either side of Regent’s Canal, City Rd basin and City Rd. ‘Beating the Bounds’ to mark and confirm … Read more
From Islington’s busy Upper Street to a series of canal basins and ending on a Roman road. This walk winds along the canal through north/north east London from Islington to … Read more
A weekday winter’s morning canal walk, strolling east from the Angel and ending near Hoxton Join me to explore a beautiful canal stretch, passing historic warehouses, canal basins, weirs, locks, … Read more
A weekday winter’s morning canal walk, strolling east from the Angel and ending near Hoxton Join me to explore a beautiful canal stretch, passing historic warehouses, canal basins, weirs, locks, … Read more
From Islington’s busy Upper Street to a series of canal basins and ending on a Roman road. This walk winds along the canal through north/north east London from Islington to … Read more
This walk is one of a series run by Islington Guided Walks in conjunction with Islington Council. They are shorter, gentler walks than my more typical 2 hour plus guided … Read more
This boundary walk between Hackney and Islington boroughs weaves around the areas either side of Regent’s Canal, City Rd basin and City Rd ‘Beating the Bounds’ to mark and confirm … 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
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
This map is taken from Charles Booth’s Poverty Survey in around 1898. Booth walked the streets of late Victorian London, accompanied by a local policeman, then produced maps and notebooks … Read more