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Walking Tour around Spitalfields in the East End of London
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Greater London
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Not recommended for travelers who cannot stand and walk for two hours
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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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.
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Tea and cakes baked to a 1720 recipe served in a 300 year old house
Meeting Points
Departure
Christ Church Spitalfields
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.
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Walking Tour around Spitalfields in the East End of London
(137) Reviews
Greater London
About
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.
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Tea and cakes baked to a 1720 recipe served in a 300 year old house
Meeting Points
Departure
Christ Church Spitalfields
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
Itinerary
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Christ Church Spitalfields
Nicholas Hawksmoor's masterpiece of English Baroque
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Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor
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
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Old Spitalfields Market
We learn the story of this ancient market
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Charnel House
We reveal the purpose of this astonishing medieval survival
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Spital Square
We visit the site of the Priory of St Mary Spital
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The Old Truman Brewery
We tell the story of the brewery through the lives of two women who worked there
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Brick Lane Market
We tell the story of this famous thoroughfare and the ongoing controversy over its future
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Brick Lane Jamme Masjid
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
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Fournier Street
We tell the story behind these fine eighteenth century houses
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Puma Court
We visit the herb garden of the 17th century herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper
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Townhouse
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
