BRIXTON MARKET HERITAGE CONTACTS WALKS Archives Department HERITAGE Brixton Society Minet Library, 52 Knatchbull Rd, SE5 9QY A 75-minute walk taking in the street markets, covered 020 7926 6076 www.lambeth.gov.uk arcades and high street of this vibrant area. Society WALKS IN Starts 2.30pm from Brixton Station Road John Rattray 020 8675 4854 [email protected] Cost £3 per person (includes a copy of the book of the walk) Brixton Society Alan Piper 020 7207 0347 SOUTH More information and booking at www.brixtonsociety.org.uk www.brixtonsociety.org.uk Society BRIXTON WINDMILL Alyson Wilson 020 7622 6360 WALKS www.claphamsociety.com March–October 2015 Friends of Windmill Gardens Friends of Cemetery Led by a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide. See some Jill Dudman 020 8670 5456 www.fownc.org of the area’s oldest surviving houses, glimpse the Brixton Friends of Windmill Gardens Waterworks Company’s 1834 reservoir and discover www.brixtonwindmill.org some surprising celebrity prisoners. Starts 1pm at the Windmill in Windmill Gardens at the Lambethans Society west end of Blenheim Gardens, SW2 5EU. Doreen Heath 020 8670 8924 Cost £5, concessions £3, children free London Mural Preservation Society The Friends of Windmill Gardens donate all proceeds to londonmuralpreservationsociety.com the refurbishment of the Windmill. Norwood Society [email protected] WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY www.norwoodsociety.co.uk TOURS Society Friends of West Norwood Cemetery Brian Bloice 020 8764 8314 LAMBETH LOCAL HISTORY FORUM These 90-minute guided tours are held on the first www.streathamsociety.org.uk Sunday of the month. Highlights include the monuments These walks are organised by members of Sir Henry Doulton, Mrs Beeton, Baron de Reuter, Sir Society and associates of the Lambeth Local History and Dr William Marsden. [email protected] www.vauxhallcivicsociety.org.uk Forum, which promotes an interest in the Starts 2.30pm from the Cemetery Main Gate, heritage of Lambeth. Norwood Road, SE270 FURTHER No formal charge but donations of £1 per person (50p INFORMATION Unless otherwise indicated, walks usually last concessions) to help cover costs and aid conservation Open Garden Squares Weekend work are appreciated. www.opensquares.org about two hours. Most are free but donations are welcome. VAUXHALL SOCIETY London Open House www.openhouselondon.org.uk Visit our website LUNCHTIME WALKS Lambeth Country Show www.lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk Vauxhall Society/Vauxhall One www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/lambeth-country-show-2015 Except where shown, all walks start at 12.30pm and last Details may change due to circumstances about an hour. Lambeth Local History Forum For more information and a full list of member societies beyond our control. Please check details with the For meeting places and to book email visit www.lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk relevant society. [email protected] MARCH Wednesday 27 May Sunday 14 June Sunday 12 July Sunday 16 August Sunday 13 September Saturday 14 March Nightingale Lane Brixton Windmill Walk & Crown Point to West Henry Tate’s Gardens Brixton Market Heritage 6.30pm at Clapham South tube 2.30pm outside Norwood Norwood 2pm and 3pm at Lodge gates, Sunday 21 June Walk Led by Derrick Johnson Lodge (inside park gate at 2.30pm at Tesco Express, Henry Tate Mews, Streatham Streatham Kite Day corner of Norwood Road and Crown Lane, SW16 3JG Common North Clapham Society 10am–5pm Monday 16 March Brockwell Park Gardens) Led by Jill Dudman Streatham Society Streatham Society William Blake’s Lambeth Saturday 30 May Led by Alan Piper Norwood Society Led by David Tootill Risen from the Ashes: St Sunday 13 September Wednesday 24 June Brixton Society Leonard’s Parish Church – Sunday 30 August Brixton Windmill Walk Twixt the Commons APRIL Open day, tours, exhibition Sunday 12 July Weather, Wine Cellars, 6.30pm at Clapham South tube Saturday 19 and Sunday Sunday 5 April 1pm at corner of Streatham Brixton Windmill Walk Leach Ponds, Disabled Led by Timothy Walker 20 September Brixton Windmill Walk High Road and Bec Soldiers and Sherlock Clapham Society Saturday 18 and London Open House Gardens. 3 hours. Holmes Sunday 5 April Sunday 19 July Streatham Society Sunday 28 June 2pm in front of All Saints Saturday 26 September West Norwood Cemetery Lambeth Country Show and Church, SE19 2QQ Lambeth Archives Open Saturday 11 April JUNE 4.15pm at Crystal Palace Sunday 25 July Led by Stephen Oxford Day Brixton Market Heritage Sunday 7 June station, SE19 2AZ Along Beulah Hill Norwood Society Sunday 27 September Walk Around Furzedown Led by Alun Thomas 2.30pm in front of All Saints Course of the 2.30pm at Furzedown Public Norwood Society & Church, Beulah Hill, SE19 2QQ SEPTEMBER 10.30am at Sainsbury’s, Sunday 12 April House, Lane Overground Festival Led by Richard Lines Lambeth Heritage Festival Westow Street, SE19 3RW Brixton Windmill Walk Streatham Society Norwood Society Month (picnic or cafe lunch at Herne Friday 24 April JULY Sunday 7 June Sunday 5 July Sunday 26 July Tuesday 1 September Hill, 4pm finish at Oval tube). The Vauxhall Park Saga St James’s Drive Larkhall Area The Heyday of Vauxhall 7 miles. Led by Alun Thomas Led by Polly Freeman History and Natural HIstory 2.30pm at 3pm at Wandsworth Road Gardens Norwood Society Common station, Jaggard Way of Streatham Common station. Led by Anne Wilson 11am at Rookery Cafe, Led by David Coke MAY entrance Streatham Common South Clapham Society OCTOBER Sunday 3 May Led by John Rattray Saturday 5 September Sunday 4 October West Norwood Cemetery Led by Graham Gower and North Side, The Chase, Balham Society Peter Newmark AUGUST Balham Hill Sunday 2 August Macaulay Road 2.30pm, Clapham South tube Wednesday 6 May Sunday 7 June Streatham Society 3pm outside Omnibus, West Norwood Cemetery Led by John Rattray South Lambeth Road West Norwood Cemetery 1 North Sunday 5 July Balham Society Stories Tuesday 4 August, 12noon Side Monday 8 June West Norwood Cemetery Led by Sean Creighton The Kia Oval Led by Peter Jefferson Smith Sunday 4 October Hidden Gardens of Vauxhall Tuesday 7 July Clapham Society West Norwood Cemetery Saturday 9 May Led by Jenny Vuglar Saturday 8 August Discovering the Thames Brixton Market Heritage Brixton Market Heritage Sunday 6 September Saturday 10 October Saturday 13 June Foreshore Walk Walk Tooting Commons Brixton Market Heritage Brixton Market Heritage Led by Eliott Wragg 2.30pm at St Leonard’s Walk Sunday 10 May Walk Sunday 9 August Saturday 11 July Church, Streatham Brixton Windmill Walk Brixton Windmill Walk Sunday 11 October Saturday 13 and Brixton Market Heritage Led by Graham Gower and Old Sunday 17 May Sunday 14 June Walk Sunday 9 August Streatham Society Brixton Mural Walk Open Garden Squares North Brixton 2.30pm at New Cross Gate Led by Ruth Miller Sunday 12 July 2.30pm at gates of St Mark’s Sunday 6 September Weekend station, SE14 6AR 11am at tube Streatham Village Church, opposite Oval tube West Norwood Cemetery London Mural Preservation Sunday 14 June 2.30pm at St Leonards Led by Alan Piper Led by Alan Piper Saturday 12 September Society Brixton Squares & Church, Streatham Lambethans Society Brixton Society Brixton Windmill Walk Commons Led by John Brown Sunday 11 October Sunday 24 May 2.30pm outside Brixton Tate Streatham Society Saturday 12 September Brixton Windmill Walk Henry Tate’s Gardens Library, Windrush Square Brixton Market Heritage 2pm and 3pm at Lodge gates, Led by Alan Piper Henry Tate Mews, Streatham Walk Tuesday 13 October Brixton Society Common North Art, Culture & Industry Led by Sean Creighton Streatham Society See overleaf