Date
Sat Sep 16th
Organiser
Brian
Cost
Free to members, £10 supplement for attendees from Meetup
Activity
London Open House is the annual festival of architecture and history where government buildings, historic houses, workplaces, schools and private houses normally closed to the public open their doors for free tours for one weekend of the year. Our 7-mile walk takes in the Farringdon and St Barts district, then Aldgate, Spitalfields and ending in Whitechapel. Visits include: Haberdashers Hall, the first new livery hall in London, University of Chicago St Barts Campus with art display, St Barts Open Exhibition, possible stop for bell ringing display at St Botolph's Aldgate with café in gardens, St Boniface German Church, the Brady Centre, created by the local Jewish community in 1935, Gilbert & George Arts Foundation, created by the famous artists, Tower Hamlets Town Hall, the new municipal HQ created inside the listed Royal London Hospital buildings. Route may be varied and can include extra visits if others are open on the day.
Refreshments
Lots of venues on route
Travel
Farringdon and Whitechapel Stations are both on Elizabeth Line. Start is 3 minutes from Farringdon Station.
Start
10:00am prompt at tables outside Pauls Cafe, Charterhouse Street, Farringdon, EC1M 6HJ
Finish
Around 5:00pm at Whitechapel Station, postcode E1 1BY
Links
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