Walking Tour - The City of London's Forgotten Transformation

Name: Walking Tour - The City of London's Forgotten Transformation
Start: 2026-06-03T14:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-03T16:30:00+01:00
Location: Mansion House tube, outside exit, on corner of Garlick Hill and Queen Victoria Street.

Schedule

Wed Jun 03 2026 at 02:30 pm to 04:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Mansion House tube, outside exit, on corner of Garlick Hill and Queen Victoria Street. | London, EN

Tracing the epoch defining changes to the City of London in the nineteenth century, featuring great buildings, streets and social history.
About this Event

Everyone knows the City of London was almost completely rebuilt and rose again after the Great Fire and that there was massive redevelopment after the devastation of the blitz. But what about the transformation of the second half of the nineteenth century?!:

There was an exodus to newly rising suburbs shrinking the City’s residential population as commuting was enabled by great new transport connections. Broad new thoroughfares were driven through old medieval courts and lanes. A new breed of finance clerks was squeezing out manufacturers. And a re-building boom took on.

Richard’s tour explores these dramatic changes through some fantastic Victorian buildings, plaques and statuary and he explores historic streets and vistas, medieval courts and lanes and atmospheric pubs.