Every Sunday we’ll pluck just
one walk from the vast London
Walks repertoire and
put it centre
stage.
You can check out the
full schedule at www.walks.com.
But if you only take one walking tour this week, why
not make it…
OLD CAMDEN TOWN
Catacombs, Canals
& Cafes
11 am on
Saturdays from Camden Town Tube
Camden Town is
the London smorgesbord par excellence. A place where the past melts
imperceptibly into the post-modern. A place of canals, cafes, cobblestones,
Catacombs, craftsmen's studios, street cred, NW1 literati, Industrial Age iron
and brick, leafy terraces and crescents, antiques, artists, actors, and art
deco.
And that's not to
mention Camden Lock, London's busiest and brightest market – and its fourth
largest tourist attraction – which "at its best combines the bonhomie,
excitement and buzz of Rio's Carnival"! The Lock is the centrepiece of the
walk, but Judith, a local artist, also explores the sights behind the sights,
unrolling the shifting scene like one of those Victorian panoramas: everything
from street style and Neobeatniks to Dickens, Dingwalls, and the Vanishing
Viscount by the canal; and from George Bernard Shaw and Toss the Pieman to
Dylan Thomas, Bob Dylan and the Electric Ballroom. Afterward, if you like, you
can take a traditional narrowboat to the Zoo or Little Venice.
The Old Camden
Town Walk takes place every Saturday morning at 11 am
Meet Judith just
outside the exit of Camden Town Tube.
There's no need
to book. A London Walk takes about two hours and costs £9 or £7 for concs. Kids
under 15 accompanied by their parent[s] go free
A London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.










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