Walking Tour - Peter Ackroyd's Monstrous East End

Tue Mar 24 2026 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm UTC+00:00

Limehouse Town Hall | London

David Charnick, Footprints of London
Publisher/HostDavid Charnick, Footprints of London
Walking Tour - Peter Ackroyd's Monstrous East End
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Explore Peter Ackroyd's shadowy East End!
About this Event

Photo: St Anne Limehouse (detail) - © 2018 Alan Tucker

Peter Ackroyd's is one of the authentic voices of London: his novels, histories, biographies and so much more capture the rhythms of the city.

This tour celebrates his portrayal of the riverside East End as a place of monsters and darkness. It features readings from three of his novels: 'Hawksmoor', 'The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein' and 'Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem'.

PLEASE NOTE: there are occasional references to violence - do take this into account when booking.

Meet me outside Limehouse Town Hall, 646 Commercial Road, E14 7HA (nearest stations Limehouse and Westferry DLR, and Limehouse c2c).

The tour will take approximately two hours, and finishes near Shadwell Overground and DLR Stations.

For other literary tours, please see here: http://charnowalks.co.uk/page-and-stage/

For other East End tours, please see here: http://charnowalks.co.uk/east-london-tours/

For information on travel, please use Transport for London's Journey Planner.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Limehouse Town Hall, 646 Commercial Road, London, United Kingdom

Tickets

GBP 12.50 to GBP 17.50

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