Photos: Colin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sumit Surai, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 mattbuck (category), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photos: Colin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sumit Surai, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 mattbuck (category), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
East End walk: Spitalfields, Brick Lane and the Huguenot houses
Your local guide
Kwame Mensah
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Highlights
- Huguenot weavers' houses on Fournier Street
- A building that was church, synagogue and mosque
- Old Spitalfields Market and its fruit sellers
- Street art on Hanbury and Sclater Streets
- A 24-hour bakery's bagel counter, on camera
About this tour
This walk follows the layers of migration in the East End, from the Huguenot weavers' houses on Fournier Street to a building on Brick Lane that has been a church, a synagogue and a mosque. You see the market halls of Old Spitalfields, once full of fruit and vegetable sellers, and murals nearby on Hanbury and Sclater Streets. It is the same few streets read through each community that has called them home.
The session opens with a sound check, then walks between the houses, the market and the mosque in an order that follows the area's history forward. Questions come as the walk goes, and a short list of the streets and their stories follows by message afterwards.
This suits anyone interested in migration and how a single neighbourhood keeps being remade. It also suits those who know Brick Lane for its food and want the history behind the street as well.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 7 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of London before heading out.
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Fournier Street 21 min
On Fournier Street, the camera holds on the tall windows of the Huguenot weavers' houses, built for silk looms that needed the extra light, now some of the best kept Georgian houses in the East End.
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The Brick Lane mosque 21 min
At the Brick Lane mosque, the guide explains how the same building has served as a church, a synagogue and now a mosque, each community leaving its mark on the East End.
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Old Spitalfields Market 21 min
In Old Spitalfields Market, the guide tells the story of the fruit and vegetable sellers who worked here, before pointing out murals nearby on Hanbury Street and Sclater Street.
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Your questions 14 min
Time to ask anything about London: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 6 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Full English breakfast and Notting Hill, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in London time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 12 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through London, showing you Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) and Tower Bridge live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We meet on Google Meet; the link comes with your booking. I walk London live with my phone and you ask anything as we go.
Times shown in London time (GMT)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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