In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens - the free Notting Hill Guided Walk

In the footsteps of Charles Dickens
"In a neighbourhood of one of the most beautiful parts of the metropolis studded thickly with elegant villas and mansions lies a plague spot scarcely equalled for its insalubrity by any other in London."

(Charles Dickens)

John your guide is a local historian and grew up in the area. He presented the 2024 Norland Square Conservation Society annual lecture on the ‘Piggeries and Potteries’

The Walk includes:

• The Lansdowne Rd artists' studios
• The UK's first independent recording studio
• The Notting Hill 'test' work house
• The UK's first Victorian Workmen’s Hall
• Notting Hill's Hippodrome race course built to rival Epsom
• The beautiful St Francis French neo gothic style church
• Suffragette leader Emily Pankhurst's house
• Rachmanism-forced evictions of the most vulnerable
• Gentrification and social segregation

An opportunity to explore Notting Hill and see it in a whole new light.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Holland Park tube station - walk starts first left in Lansdowne Rd, Holland Park Station, London, United Kingdom

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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