Highlights - Visit the eclectic Camden Market and the famous Stables Market - Learn about Amy Winehouse’s connection to the area and visit her favourite pub – The Hawley Arms - Learn about the fascinating locomotive origins of the Camden Roundhouse - Explore Regent’s Canal at the hip Camden Lock - Uncover the history of Camden’s renowned music scene - Discover a hidden nearby suburb in the romantic Primrose Hill, perfect for seeing London’s skyline! On this walking tour, you will explore the sites and history of one of London’s most creative and alternative areas. Visit illustrious music venues, uncover the best hang-outs in the area once frequented by the likes of Amy Winehouse, explore the canal that intersects the neighbourhood, visit a former horse stables and even see one of London’s most stunning parks, all within a mile radius! Full of interesting facts, history, culture and quirky shopping stops, this tour will fascinate people of all ages and interests. Begin your tour on the buzzing high street and learn about the origins of Camden’s music scene: from the early 20th Century wave of Irish Folk music, the rise of Rock and Roll during the 60s and 70s to the innovative, varied music scene of the 90s. See where the biggest artists played, from Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix to the Doors, Black Grape and Radiohead. Learn about the history behind the historic Electric Ballroom as well as the more recent and more alternative Jazz Cafe. Visit the eclectic Camden Market, where you can buy anything from home-made phone-cases shaped liked hamburgers and military paraphernalia to music memorabilia and florescent lycra. Explore the famous Stables Market, a former ‘horse-hospital’ full of interesting bits and bobs and often frequented by the famous, and flamboyant. Take a walk along the historic Regent’s Canal at Camden Lock. Once a teaming waterway used for transporting goods from Limehouse in the east into London, the Canal now a place of relaxation where you will find people having picnics, walking their dogs and enjoying the sun in the summer. Learn about the fascinating locomotive origins of the Camden Roundhouse – a magnificent piece of 19th century architecture and now a Grade II listed building and popular music venue for the world’s best indie, rock and alternative artists. Next, take a stroll up to leafy Primrose Hill, an area where you will find plenty of quality restaurants and one of the city’s best parks, perfect for spending a relaxing evening whilst watching the sunset! Languages English
East London is recognised worldwide for its iconic street art, with talented artists such as Banksy, Camille Walala, Mr Cenz, and Roa bringing their art to the streets of Shoreditch
- Experience the constantly changing landscape of East London’s dynamic street art
- Learn about the history of the area and the rise of artistic scenes
- Uncover the differences between street art and graffiti
- Discover the diversity of Shoreditch’s creative scene
- Wander through one of the most culturally vibrant neighbourhoods: from the best gourmet coffee to vintage clothing and local curry houses
Street Art Mecca
London is one of the creative capitals of the world, where you can find art not only in galleries and museums, but spilling out into the streets. Exposed to the onslaught of urban life, London’s street art is beautifully ephemeral and transforming constantly. For every fresh new work that appears, a masterpiece from yesterday may be gone. There’s no better way for you to discover this dynamic, on-the-pulse scene than by taking a guided tour through East London, the street art mecca of the city.
Urban Canvas
With your expert local guide, you will explore the ever-changing walls of the Shoreditch area – where shipping containers become shopping malls and train carriages are transformed into artist studios. Not only the favourite haunt of hipsters, who you may notice cruising past on their fixie bikes, Shoreditch is also a veritable treasure-trove of street art. From scrawled tags to stunning murals, stencilled stick men to giant intricate animals, during your tour you will discover the extent of the creativity poured into these masterpieces. Sometimes political, often humorous, and always wonderfully imaginative, your time on this art tour will transform the way you view scribbles along walls in every city
Cultural Heritage
Whilst you learn about this artistic subculture, you will also be wandering through one of the most culturally vibrant areas of London. As you go off the beaten track, you will hear the history of Spitalfields and Brick Lane, immersing yourself in a world of vibrant street art and local character
Sturdy guildhalls, ancient pubs, and elegant exchanges bear testament to London’s long wealth, while all around invisible trillions of pounds are traded between the gleaming towers of modern finance. For generations, millions have come to this great city of opportunity, awaiting their place upon the wheel of fortune. But for every honest trader, there have been those determined to make their success by fair means or foul - those who seek to push the line of legality, and perhaps drift over it. This tour is their story; the story of London’s most notorious and extraordinary financial frauds, a tale of wealth, avarice, and ruin. Discover the origins of the East India Trading Company and London’s port history– where once forests of ship masts stretched across the river. As you walk Leadenhall Street, hear the tale of the Lloyd’s Names scandal of the 1990’s and allegations – left unproven—of ‘recruit to dilute’ syndicate liability. Then learn about the South Sea Bubble, the collapse of which shook Britain to its core. Entering Change Alley, your guide will paint for you the portrait of the street as it stood 300 years ago - a crowded alley, filled with traders, rumour, and wild financial speculation as the South Sea frenzy reached its height. Walking the short distance to Cheapside and the former site of the Mercer’s Hall, your guide will describe the frantic meeting of South Sea company creditors that took place here in 1720, before exploring the Bubble’s bitter denouement.
The National Gallery holds one of the greatest art collections in the world. Founded in 1824 and housed in monumental splendour at the north side of Trafalgar Square, this unique museum is jam-packed with some of art history’s greatest masterpieces.
Your tour begins in early modern Europe. You will encounter the work of artists such as Titian, whose sumptuous Bacchus and Ariadne depicts the god’s pursuit of the young maiden. Among others, you will also look at the art of the famed Tudor portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger, including his renowned work The Ambassadors
Moving into the 1600s, the tour will visit some of the great art of this period, including Rembrant’s Self Portrait at the Age of 34 and his striking Biblical work, Belshazzar’s Feast. Another great Biblical work is Salome Receives the Head of St John the Baptist, painted by the turbulent Caravaggio. So too will you see the multiple works by Reubens, the great diplomat artist, who placed the image of his young bride in The Judgement of Paris. On the theme of female beauty, you will learn the story of the rare Spanish nude, Velazquez’s Rokeby Venus - and how long after the repressive milieu 17th century Spain, the piece found itself dragged into Britain’s Edwardian struggle for female suffrage
Entering the Romantic era, you will see a valediction for the past - the Fighting Temeraire, taking its final voyage into the dusky seascape for which Turner is so well regarded. Walking further through these rooms, examine the evolution of impressionism and post-impressionism; gaze upon Monet’s Bathers at La Grenouillere and his similarly famed Water-Lily Pond, before coming to Van Gogh’s world-renowned Sunflowers, beloved of poster sellers the world over, and the smooth modern scenes of Seurat and his Bathers at Asnieres
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