BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK: Women from Bloomsbury's History

Walk starts: Outside The Dominion Theatre, 268-269 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7AQ

Walk ends: near Euston Station

Halfway stop on Tottenham Court Road for lunch and baby change. At this time you will be given an hour to change baby at your own pace and get something to eat and drink at one of the many outlets on Tottenham Court Road before meeting your guide back at the location she tells you.

'Bring Your Baby' Guided London Walks are sensitively devised to suit parents and carers of even the tiniest babies to enjoy London’s history. We can stop whenever you like to feed and change - without the stress of feeling you are holding up the group. Because every participant brings their baby, patience and baby’s needs are at the forefront of each walk.

Both buggies and slings are welcome. We plan all our routes to be buggy-friendly and step-free.

You are welcome to bring friends and family who do not also have a baby. Please note that every adult attending needs a ticket.

This walk is written and guided by City of London guide Sue Doe, co-writer of the best-selling 'Women from Hackney's History' Volumes I & II (2021 & 2025).

Walk description:

• The church where suffragette Emily Wilding Davison’s funeral was held
• Noor Inayat Khan, heroic SOE agent who became the first female wireless operator to aid the French Resistance during the Second World War. She was later executed at Dachau concentration camp
• Virginia Woolf, writer and influential member of the Bloomsbury Set
• Suffrage leader Millicent Garrett Fawcett’s and her equally as impressive sister, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon
• Lady Ottoline Morrell, aristocrat and society hostess, possibly most famously as part of the Bloomsbury Set
• Where 'mother of feminism' Mary Wollstonecraft lived in 1781 while writing 'A Vindication of the Rights of Women'
• The building containing the offices of a landscape gardener, a private detective and the Ladies Music Hall Guild
• Syrie Maugham, leading interior decorator of the 1920s and 1930s who popularised rooms decorated entirely in white
• Where the first higher education college to admit women was situated
• An example of Victorian housing for single women
• The Hospital entirely staffed by women

If on the day of the walk we are forecast to have very bad weather, I may have to postpone the walk. If it's a bit of light rain we will cope!

Every walk follows the usual health and safety guidelines, such as crossing at traffic lights where possible and having hazards pointed out to you at the start and along the route.

There may be times we have to stand in direct sunlight (although I will always choose shade where possible). Please bring all the necessary sun protection for yourself and your child.

It is recommended you bring appropriate drinks and snacks for the duration of the walk.

I will contact you with booking confirmation after you book. I will supply my mobile number in case of emergencies or in case you are running late. I will also ask you to provide me with a mobile number so you can be contacted before, during or after the walk, but this is *not for marketing purposes*.

If you like the look of any of my walks, but would prefer to book me privately, please make enquiries at [email protected]. This may particularly be the case if you have people interested who do not have babies.

Important notes about booking:

- Please feel free to invite baby-free friends.

- Children are the responsibility of the parent or guardian, and must be monitored by them at all times.

- Refunds or requests to move to a future event or date must be requested within 24 hours of the event commencing so that we can try to refill the space in adequate time.

- If for any reason Bring Your Baby Ltd are forced to cancel or postpone an event (for example in the case of illness or extreme weather conditions), you are within your rights to request a refund, though we will always suggest an alternative date for you to attend.

- On occasion we take photos or short video clips at our 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes' or 'Bring Your Baby Guided London Walks'. By attending you are giving your permission for these to be used for Bring Your Baby Ltd promotional purposes. Any individual who we have taken a photograph of and published can request that any photographs are removed and deleted at any time. Even if they have given consent when booking according to our terms and conditions, they can of course withdraw their consent and can contact us at [email protected]

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Info: - The building containing the offices of a landscape gardener, a private detective and the Ladies Music Hall Guild
- The Hospital entirely staffed by women
- The church where suffragette Emily Wilding Davison’s funeral was held
- Where the first higher education college to admit women was situated
- Suffrage leader Millicent Fawcett’s home
- An example of Victorian housing for single women
- Statues to war heroine Noor Inayat Khan and writer Virginia Woolf

Info: Outside The Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, 268-269 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7AQ

Info: Halfway stop on Tottenham Court Road for lunch and baby change. At this time you will be given an hour to change baby at your own pace and get something to eat and drink at one of the many outlets on Tottenham Court Road before meeting your guide back at the location she tells you.

Info: Walk ends: near Euston Station

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