Walking Tour - 1966: The Year of Swinging London

Name: Walking Tour - 1966: The Year of Swinging London
Start: 2026-07-16T14:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-16T16:30:00+01:00
Location: Oxford Circus tube (Victoria, Central and Bakerloo lines), outside exit 4, North side of Regent Street, West side of Oxford Street

Schedule

Thu Jul 16 2026 at 02:30 pm to 04:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Oxford Circus tube (Victoria, Central and Bakerloo lines), outside exit 4, North side of Regent Street, West side of Oxford Street | London, EN

A Tour featuring the music clubs, fashion shops, galleries and protest sites of Swinging London.
About this Event

It was 1966 and London was exploding with new, young, cutting edge movements in music, fashion, film and photography. America’s Time magazine called London “the Swinging City”! To cap it all there were the joyous events in July on a football field at Wembley.

Richard presents his walk on the 60th anniversary of that Time magazine feature.

However, just how much was London really swinging? Homelessness and poverty were big problems in a still largely bombed out city. The first protests were staged against American action in Vietnam. Disturbing gangster crime was rife.

The walk includes the iconic Carnaby Street, one of Soho’s music clubs and rock hang-outs, the house in which Hendrix lived and where violent anti-Vietnam war protests were staged.

Where is it happening?

Oxford Circus tube (Victoria, Central and Bakerloo lines), outside exit 4, North side of Regent Street, West side of Oxford Street, Oxford Circus tube, London, United Kingdom

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Tickets

GBP 12.50 to GBP 17.50

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