Walking Tour around Spitalfields in the East End of London

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Walking Tour around Spitalfields in the East End of London — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Spitalfields Market by John Allin, 1973 — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Join us on a walking tour of sightseeing and storytelling, devised by London's leading blogger and guided by a member of the local community in Spitalfields.

Ramble through two thousand years of culture in the heart of London and encounter some of the people and places that make this ancient neighbourhood distinctive.

Discover Spitalfields’ rich and diverse history of resourcefulness driven by successive waves of migration from across the world - Huguenots, Jews, Irish and Bengalis among many others - telling the story of how modern Britain was created.

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At a glance

Duration: 2 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 5 people
People per booking: 1–5
Guide: English
Written guide: English
Operated by: The Gentle Author's Tours

Ages: Adults (12–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Tea and coffee: Tea and cakes baked to a 1720 recipe served in a 300 year old house

Itinerary

Christ Church Spitalfields

Passing by

Nicholas Hawksmoor's masterpiece of English Baroque
Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor

Passing by

We meet people whose lives were bound up with with this institution to minster to the needs of Jewish immigrants who came from East Europe, the area now known as the Ukraine
Old Spitalfields Market

Passing by

We learn the story of this ancient market
Spitalfields Life

Passing by

We reveal the purpose of this astonishing medieval survival
Stop 5

Passing by

We visit the site of the Priory of St Mary Spital
The Old Truman Brewery

Passing by

We tell the story of the brewery through the lives of two women who worked there
Brick Lane Market

Passing by

We tell the story of this famous thoroughfare and the ongoing controversy over its future
Brick Lane Jamme Masjid

Passing by

We reveal the history of this building which is emblematic of the history of Spitalfields - a Huguenot Chapel that became a Synagogue that became a Mosque
Fournier Street

Passing by

We tell the story behind these fine eighteenth century houses
Stop 10

Passing by

We visit the herb garden of the 17th century herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper
Stop 11

30 min Admission included

We put our feet up in a 18th century drawing room, overlooking Christ Church Spitalfields, at the end of our tour and enjoy tea and cakes baked to a recipe of 1720

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

Our tours begin and conclude outside the entrance to Christ Church, Spitalfields in Commercial Street. The meeting point is a 10 minute walk from Liverpool St Station. Please be early or on time as we cannot wait for latecomers.

End point

Our tours begin and conclude outside the entrance to Christ Church, Spitalfields in Commercial Street. The meeting point is a 10 minute walk from Liverpool St Station. Please be early or on time as we cannot wait for latecomers.

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

The operator may cancel if the weather does not allow it; you then get another date or your money back.
The operator may cancel if too few people book; you then get another date or your money back.