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Walking Tour around Spitalfields in the East End of London
London, England, United Kingdom
$89.22
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Join us on a walking tour of sightseeing and storytelling, devised by London's leading blogger and guided by a member of the local community in Spitalfields.
Ramble through two thousand years of culture in the heart of London and encounter some of the people and places that make this ancient neighbourhood distinctive.
Discover Spitalfields’ rich and diverse history of resourcefulness driven by successive waves of migration from across the world - Huguenots, Jews, Irish and Bengalis among many others - telling the story of how modern Britain was created.
Ramble through two thousand years of culture in the heart of London and encounter some of the people and places that make this ancient neighbourhood distinctive.
Discover Spitalfields’ rich and diverse history of resourcefulness driven by successive waves of migration from across the world - Huguenots, Jews, Irish and Bengalis among many others - telling the story of how modern Britain was created.
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Walking Tour around Spitalfields in the East End of London
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
Check available dates by emailing us at [email protected]
- Tea and cakes baked to a 1720 recipe served in a 300 year old house
Meeting point
Our tours begin and conclude outside the entrance to Christ Church, Spitalfields in Commercial Street. The meeting point is a 10 minute walk from Liverpool St Station. Please be early or on time as we cannot wait for latecomers.
Return details
Our tours begin and conclude outside the entrance to Christ Church, Spitalfields in Commercial Street. The meeting point is a 10 minute walk from Liverpool St Station. Please be early or on time as we cannot wait for latecomers.
- Nicholas Hawksmoor's masterpiece of English Baroque (pass by)
- We meet people whose lives were bound up with with this institution to minster to the needs of Jewish immigrants who came from East Europe, the area now known as the Ukraine (pass by)
- We learn the story of this ancient market (pass by)
- We reveal the purpose of this astonishing medieval survival (pass by)
- We visit the site of the Priory of St Mary Spital (pass by)
- We tell the story of the brewery through the lives of two women who worked there (pass by)
- We tell the story of this famous thoroughfare and the ongoing controversy over its future (pass by)
- We reveal the history of this building which is emblematic of the history of Spitalfields - a Huguenot Chapel that became a Synagogue that became a Mosque (pass by)
- We tell the story behind these fine eighteenth century houses (pass by)
- We visit the herb garden of the 17th century herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper (pass by)
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We put our feet up in a 18th century drawing room, overlooking Christ Church Spitalfields, at the end of our tour and enjoy tea and cakes baked to a recipe of 1720
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Walking Tour around Spitalfields in the East End of London
London, England, United Kingdom
$89.22
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!