Walking Tour - Literary Covent Garden: Towards a New Sensibility

Tue Mar 03 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm UTC+00:00

Punch & Judy | London

Sean Patterson, Footprints of London
Publisher/HostSean Patterson, Footprints of London
Walking Tour - Literary Covent Garden: Towards a New Sensibility
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A walking tour examining the history Of Covent Garden in the Long 18th Century featuring the writers who lived, worked and played there.
About this Event

This walking tour features excerpts from writers associated with the 'long' 18th Century in Covent Garden read by actor Sean Patterson. Novels, poems, diary entries and letters show how the written word was informing a new urban mindset in London's most exciting quarter. We hear from Jane Austen, Samuel Pepys, Voltaire, Henry Fielding and others.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Punch & Judy, 40 Henrietta Street, London, United Kingdom

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GBP 12.50 to GBP 17.50

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