Name: Walking Tour - A Great Political Maze: Mayfair in the Eighteenth Century
Start: 2026-06-30T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-30T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Oxford Circus tube station, outside exit 3, South West corner of Regent Street, Oxford Street.

Walking Tour - A Great Political Maze: Mayfair in the Eighteenth Century

The tumultuous politics of the eighteenth century seen through Mayfair's Squares, grand buildings, Parish church, and power brokers.
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About this Event

Mayfair was built up through the eighteenth century. This was a time when democratic systems were evolving albeit marked by corruption and nepotism and impacted by wars, trade and the development of empire. Politics got everywhere including in music, satire and fashion. One prominent issue was the American war making this walk particularly relevant on the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.

We trace a diagonal course through Mayfair including three of its grand squares, passed some of its great surviving eighteenth century buildings and Parish church and the statues to and homes of some of the most powerful players in this theatre such as William Pitt, the Younger, Charles James Fox and Robert Clive. We include great international wars, urban riots and a mysterious suicide.