Walking Tour - The Makers of Modern London
Schedule
Fri Apr 03 2026 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Farringdon Underground | London, EN
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A walk looking at some of the people who transformed London into the worlds first modern cityAbout this Event
If you see the letters LHP on a valve cover in the street they belong to the London Hydraulic Power Company - the powerhouse of Victorian London. Find out more on this guided walk.
The Makers of Modern London - Walking Tour
In the fifty years between 1801 and 1851 Londons population almost tripled, the largest city the world had ever seen - double the size of Paris, three times the population of New York. The old systems for keeping a city fed, healthy and in working order no longer adequate and new ideas and inventions had to be thought of. In this two hour walk, Rob Smith will tell the stories of the inventors, campaigners, engineers and philanthropists that made London the worlds first modern city, and look for their legacy in the Clerkenwell area.
On this guided walk you will hear about :
- A young entrepreneur who founded a company powereing everything from lifts to theatre curtains
- The eighteenth century version of WikiLeaks
- The hole in the ground that saved thousands of lives
- The event that led to the forming of the security services
- The American who helped Londons poor
Start: Farringdon Underground Station
End: Angel Tube station
Walk is 1.3 miles and contains two short flights of steps
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Where is it happening?
Farringdon Underground, 39 Cowcross Street, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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GBP 12.50 to GBP 17.50
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