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BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK: "SECRETS OF ISLINGTON SQUARES"
BRING YOUR BABY
From the award-winning creator of BRING YOUR BABY PUB QUIZ
- Thursdays 11:00–14:00
- NEXT ON: 23 Jan 2025
Outside Caledonian Road & Barnsbury overground station Hemingford Road, London, Greater London, N1 1DF
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Event
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0 months - 2 years
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£20.00
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NB: This event MUST be booked in advance. No drop-ins.
Description
Walk Starts: Outside Caledonian Road & Barnsbury overground station
Walk Ends: Angel tube station
Stop after about an hour at The Albion pub for refreshment/lunch, feeding & baby change.
You are welcome to bring friends and family who do not also have a baby.
This walk is written and guided by City of London guide and co-author of 'Women from Hackney's History', Sue Doe.
- Discover which Islington Square was home to 'jiu-jitsu suffragette' Edith Garrud, and played home to Hugh Grant's character in Four Weddings and a Funeral
- The Islington house where Tony Blair was living when he was voted in as Prime Minister in 1997
- Where Boris Johnson lived - and possibly partied pre-number 10 - when he was London mayor
- Where 16th century explorer Sir Walter Raleigh - one of Elizabeth I's favourites - lived in Islington
- Why Richmond Avenue is home to Egyptian sphinxes
- The grand house in Barnsbury Square once home to eminent Shakespearean actor Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson - where famous visitors included artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown and William Morris
- The story of Tudor landowner Richard Cloudesley who bequeathed land which became the epicentre of Islington
- Where Britain's most famous conductor, Simon Rattle, once called home
- The Islington square that features a Victoria line ventilation shaft, and was once home to Stephen Fry - after it was gentrified from a lorry park
- A short history of The Almeida Theatre
- The story of Islington Green, including why Hugh Myddleton was such a significant local figure who gave his name to many places in the area
- Plus: spas, water, cows, cricket and origins of the MCC!
Children are the parent or guardian's responsibility
Please feel free to invite baby-free friends (every adult needs a ticket)
Customer refunds must be requested at least 24 hours before an event starts
Booking info & prices
Important notes: - Children are the responsibility of the parent or guardian, and must be monitored by them at all times. - Refunds or requests to move to a future event or date must be requested within 24 hours of the event commencing so that we can try to refill the space in adequate time. - On occasion we take photos or short video clips at our 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes' or 'Bring Your Baby Guided London Walks'. By attending you are giving your permission for these to be used for Bring Your Baby Ltd promotional purposes. Any individual who we have taken a photograph of and published can request that any photographs are removed and deleted at any time. Even if they have given consent when booking according to our terms and conditions, they can of course withdraw their consent and can contact us at the email provided. - At 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes', we understand that the parent or guardian will want to keep sleeping babies close to their table in baby carriers (including, for example: prams, buggies or car seats). However if babies are awake we reserve the right to ask the parent or guardian to move their baby carrier into a designated area of the venue to meet health and safety requirements (such as clear access to fire exits and clear walkways).
Prices
- Adult ticket (children go free but each adult needs a ticket): £20.00
- Additional adult without baby: £20.00
Booking info & prices
Important notes: - Children are the responsibility of the parent or guardian, and must be monitored by them at all times. - Refunds or requests to move to a future event or date must be requested within 24 hours of the event commencing so that we can try to refill the space in adequate time. - On occasion we take photos or short video clips at our 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes' or 'Bring Your Baby Guided London Walks'. By attending you are giving your permission for these to be used for Bring Your Baby Ltd promotional purposes. Any individual who we have taken a photograph of and published can request that any photographs are removed and deleted at any time. Even if they have given consent when booking according to our terms and conditions, they can of course withdraw their consent and can contact us at the email provided. - At 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes', we understand that the parent or guardian will want to keep sleeping babies close to their table in baby carriers (including, for example: prams, buggies or car seats). However if babies are awake we reserve the right to ask the parent or guardian to move their baby carrier into a designated area of the venue to meet health and safety requirements (such as clear access to fire exits and clear walkways).
Prices
- Adult ticket (children go free but each adult needs a ticket): £20.00
- Additional adult without baby: £20.00
