Neighbourhoods, Trades and Refugees in London: audio walks

London's neighbourhoods changed with the people who arrived to live and work in them. This theme brings trades, refugees and everyday life together to follow those transformations on foot. The walks approach history at the scale of a street, with attention to residents and the activities that gave each area a different identity.

In “Bankside and Southwark”: Watermen, breweries and a church bought by its neighbours bring Bankside's life into view beyond its theatres.

In “Soho”: You start in Soho Square, with the statue of a king who spent sixty years in a garden on the outskirts, and the church of the French refugees who filled the neighbourhood.

In “Whitechapel, 1888”: The story of Jack the Ripper told through the five women and their neighbourhood: a pair of pawned boots, an invented shipwreck, a chalked message wiped away before dawn, a letter from Wandsworth, the lodging houses, the survey of poverty, and the panic that found a culprit before the police did.

Choose from 3 independent walks in London. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.