London history and walks
From its Bronze Age beginnings to capital status, London has witnessed growth and destruction throughout its long history. Join us for lively classroom discussions and popular walks around the city and discover who and what has left their mark on the city.
Watch Build tutor Eleanor Jackson explore some of London's secret spaces:
-
Londinium: a tale of two cities (Roman London AD 47-457)
Course Date: Sat 24 Nov 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetA look at the spectacular rise and fall of Londinium from c. AD 47 to its abandonment in c. AD 457. Includes an introductory lecture, a museum visit and a guided city walk.Full fee: £59.00Senior fee: £47.00Concession: £26.00 -
Dickens' London
Course Date: Sat 24 Nov 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' Enjoy this introduction to Dickens' work and the London of his time. Morning lecture at Build followed by a walk in the area of the city connected to his work.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £39.00Concession: £22.00 -
The City of London: the Square Mile
Course Date: Wed 9 Jan 2019 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the City of London after the Great Fire of 1666. Discover how London recovered from one of the great disasters and became a centre of commerce and the heart of a great empire. We follow in the steps of some of its best known characters like Doctor Johnson and Samuel Pepys and some lesser known including William Lilley and Thomas Chatterton. The course follows on from the HLW06 The City of London; the square mile, but new students are welcome.
The first meeting point will be Chancery Lane tube, outside number 150 High Holborn.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £127.00Concession: £70.00 -
City of words: further adventures
Course Date: Thu 10 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLondon luxuriates in literary references. We follow the footsteps of the authors, poets and playwrights, and some of
their creations, as we walk a brand new neighbourhood each week, exploring the literary connections. First meeting point (11/1/18) at Green Park tube station, street level, Piccadilly South side.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £57.00 -
London's quartiers
Course Date: Fri 11 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThrough one introductory session and seven walks, explore some of London’s quartiers – Soho, Mayfair, Covent Garden, Spitalfields, Clerkenwell, St James and Bloomsbury and understand how their very distinct characters were formed. Entrance fees not included. Initial lecture held at Build.Full fee: £139.00Senior fee: £111.00Concession: £61.00 -
History to hipsters
Course Date: Sat 12 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDiscover the history and changing fortunes of these areas now considered to be trendy London hotspots. Shoreditch, Dalston, Bermondsey, Peckham, Brixton, Walthamstow, Stoke Newington, Deptford and Hackney all feature. There will be an initial classroom lecture followed by a series of walking tours.Full fee: £169.00Senior fee: £135.00Concession: £74.00 -
Archaeology of London
Course Date: Mon 14 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the archaeology and history of London through its cultural monuments, topography and material remains to more fully appreciate the rich archaeological evidence of the capital.Full fee: £199.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £88.00 -
Anglo-Saxon and Norman London
Course Date: Thu 17 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetUsing archaeological and written evidence we will explore the development of Saxon London and the changes wrought by the Norman Conquest.Full fee: £199.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £88.00 -
London regeneration: history, politics and architecture
Course Date: Sat 16 Mar 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the reconstruction of London after WWII, the decline of its infrastructure, population and economy in the 1960s and 1970s and the emergence of a truly global city by the end of the century.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £50.00 -
Bricks to Brutalism, Metroland to Moderne: London’s housing
Course Date: Thu 21 Mar 2019
Location on this date: OS - Off SiteThrough 4 walks explore an array of London’s residential styles from housing the East End poor and the modernist style of 1930s Hampstead to brutalist blocks of flats by Lubetkin and Lasdun in post-war Bethnal Grreen and suburban Metroland.
FIRST MEETING POINT - OUTSIDE WHITECHAPEL TUBE. FIRST MEETING POINT - OUTSIDE WHITECHAPEL TUBE.Full fee: £79.00Senior fee: £63.00Concession: £35.00 -
A walk through Highgate: experiments in urban living
Course Date: Sun 24 Mar 2019
Location on this date: OS - Off SiteDiscover some of Highgate's twentieth century developments. We will pass Lubetkin's iconic High Point flats, walk through Waterlow Park, past Highgate Cemetery to the Holly Lodge Estate and to Walter Segal's 1950s St Anne's Close.
Walk starts on the green opposite The Woodman pub, Archway Road. (Take escalator exit from Highgate station and turn right.) Finishes at Parliament Hill Fields at the Bottom of Swain's Lane. Walk starts on the green opposite The Woodman pub, Archway Road. (Take escalator exit from Highgate station and turn right.) Finishes at Parliament Hill Fields at the Bottom of Swain's Lane.Full fee: £19.00Senior fee: £15.00Concession: £8.00 -
Hampstead and the Slade School of Art
Course Date: Sun 7 Apr 2019
Location on this date: OS - Off SiteWalk in the path of Slade School artists who lived in or were associated with Hampstead. Amongst others, we will discover where the Carline and Nevinson families lived and worked, and where Stanley Spencer and Mark Gertler’s studios were, as well as some of the sites they painted.
Starts outside Hampstead tube, High Street entrance. Ends a short distance from Belsize Park tube. Starts outside Hampstead tube, High Street entrance. Ends a short distance from Belsize Park tube.Full fee: £19.00Senior fee: £15.00Concession: £8.00 -
Discovering Victorian London: empire, enterprise and education
Course Date: Tue 30 Apr 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetVictorian London shaped today's city. Discover the lasting legacy of the Victorian age, uncover its secrets, and meet
some of the characters who created one of the world's greatest cities. NB. Initial lecture at Build.Full fee: £139.00Senior fee: £111.00Concession: £61.00 -
From the 1880s to the 1930s: how the new East End was born
Course Date: Tue 30 Apr 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetIn an area branded 'the hell of poverty', libraries, theatres, art galleries and social housing were established. Workers went on strike and activists campaigned for better lives. Walk through six tumultuous decades of change.
The course will begin with an initial lecture at Build followed by six walks.
Last session held at Build.Full fee: £139.00Senior fee: £111.00Concession: £61.00 -
Village London
Course Date: Wed 1 May 2019 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLondon is made up of a series of villages, each with its own individual characteristics. Explore Shoreditch, Mayfair, Bermondsey, Notting Hill, Clerkenwell, Islington, Harrow on the Hill and Wapping, in one initial lecture at Build and eight walks.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £127.00Concession: £70.00
Can't see a course you want?
Add this category to your waiting list to set up alerts and we will update you when new courses are released online.
Add to your waiting list