Victoria’s Secrets: Slums, Spies and Suffragettes

Discover 250 years of social evolution, political rebellion, and espionage in the area once known as the Devil’s Acre.
About this Event

This walking tour reveals the dramatic transformation of Victoria from marshy swamp into vibrant metropolitan hub. Experience its architectural diversity, meet the philanthropists who shaped the district's social and physical landscape, see where Winston Churchill formed his "Secret Army" and Cold War double agents met in plain sight, and hear about the suffragettes' militant struggle for the vote.

Starting point: St James's Park tube station, Broadway, opposite The Feathers pub. w/3/w: ///civil.soft.gloves
End: Victoria Station