About this Event
Oxford Street is one of the most architecturally outstanding streets in Europe. Reviled and avoided by many, for sheer vitality few can rival it and along its length is a showy sequence of neo-classical, baroque, art deco and modernist palaces all jostling for attention. Beneath the frenzy of retail, it is one of London’s oldest highways; a vital western artery that for centuries has witnessed traders and travellers of all kinds, but also the condemned en route to the gallows at Tyburn. With retail at a crossroads and pedestrianisation now a reality, this walk takes advantage of the new space and looks again at Oxford Street, charting its evolution from ancient highway to retail behemoth through its most spectacular buildings and developments.
A walking tour by The London Ambler - Mike Althorpe
Event venue & nearby stays
Saint Giles Square, Saint Giles Square, London, United Kingdom
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