Heritage Walks in South London 2016
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CONTACTS BRIXTON MARKET Lambeth Archives Department HERITAGE WALKS Brixton Society HERITAGE Minet Library, 52 Knatchbull Road, 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. Balham Society Starts 2.30pm from Brixton Station Road Cost £3 per person (includes book of the walk) WALKS IN John Rattray 020 8675 4854 [email protected] More information www.brixtonsociety.org.uk Brixton Society Booking [email protected] Alan Piper 020 7207 0347 SOUTH www.brixtonsociety.org.uk BRIXTON WINDMILL Clapham Society HERITAGE WALKS Alyson Wilson 020 7622 6360 Friends of Windmill Gardens LONDON www.claphamsociety.com A 1½ hour walk with a Blue Badge Guide. See Brixton Hill through C19th eyes, hear history of the prison and Friends of West Norwood Cemetery waterworks, and learn about ‘visual telegraphy’ and Jill Dudman 020 8670 5456 www.fownc.org about trams on Brixton Hill, in the days before either 2016 Friends of Windmill Gardens was electrified. www.brixtonwindmill.org Starts 1pm at the Windmill in Windmill Gardens at the west end of Blenheim Gardens, SW2 5EU. Lambethans Society Cost £5, concessions £3, children free. All proceeds to the Doreen Heath 020 8670 8924 refurbishment of the Windmill. London Mural Preservation Society The walk concludes back at Brixton Windmill where there is londonmuralpreservationsociety.com a tearoom, toilets and the opportunity to take a free tour of Brixton Windmill (last tour 4.40pm). Norwood Society [email protected] WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY www.norwoodsociety.co.uk TOURS Peckham Society Friends of West Norwood Cemetery [email protected] These two hour guided tours are held on the first Sunday of South London Botanical Institute the month. Highlights include the monuments of Sir Henry www.slbi.org.uk Doulton, Mrs Beeton, Baron de Reuter, Sir Henry Tate and Dr William Marsden. Streatham Society Starts 2.30pm from the Cemetery Main Gate, Norwood Shea Richardson [email protected] Road, SE27 9JU LAMBETH LOCAL HISTORY FORUM www.streathamsociety.org.uk No formal charge but donations of £1 per person (50p concessions) to help cover costs and aid conservation work These walks are organised by members and Vauxhall Society are appreciated. associates of the Lambeth Local History Forum, [email protected] www.vauxhallcivicsociety.org.uk which promotes an interest in the heritage of FURTHER INFORMATION Lambeth. Unless otherwise indicated, walks Open Garden Squares Weekend • usually last 90mins–2 hours www.opensquares.org • are free but donations are welcome London Open House Please check details with the relevant society as www.openhouselondon.org.uk details may change due to circumstances Lambeth Country Show beyond our control. www.lambethcountryshow.co.uk Visit our website Lambeth Local History Forum www.lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk www.lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk MARCH MAY Sunday 5 June Sunday 3 July Sunday 14 August Sunday 11 September West Norwood West Norwood Peckham Walk including the Old Lambeth Saturday 5 March Sunday 1 May Cemetery Tour Cemetery Tour ‘Golden Mile’ 2.30pm Outside Lambeth North Kennington Gallows West Norwood 2pm Peckham Rye Station tube, Westminster Bridge and St Mark’s Church Cemetery Tour Wednesday 8 June Saturday 9 July Led by Peter Frost Road, SE1 1pm Oval Farmers Market Twixt the Commons Brixton Market Peckham Society Led by Alan Piper Saturday 7 May Vauxhall Society 6.30pm Clapham South tube Heritage Walk Lambethans Society People and Industry Led by Timothy Walker Sunday 14 August Saturday 12 March 1pm Oval Farmers Market Clapham Society Sunday 10 July Larkhall Sunday 11 September Brixton Market Led by Michael Keane Brixton Windmill 2.30pm Wandsworth Road Station Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk Vauxhall Society Saturday 11 June Heritage Walk Led by Anne Wilson Heritage Walk Brixton Market Clapham Society Sunday 27 March Monday 9 May Heritage Walk Sunday 10 July Wednesday 14 September Brixton Windmill The Promised Land? Vauxhall Brixton South Sunday 14 August Clapham Common South Side Heritage Walk and South Lambeth as a Sunday 12 June 2.30pm Outside Brixton Tate East Brixton 2.30pm Clapham Common tube Suburb Stockwell Greenspaces Library, Windrush Square 2.30pm Outside Lambeth Led by Peter Jefferson Smith APRIL 6.30pm Parco Café, Vauxhall 2.30pm Stockwell War Memorial, Led by Alan Piper Volunteer Centre, corner of Clapham Society Park opposite Stockwell tube Brixton Society Brixton Station Road and Saturday 2 April Led by Len Reilly Led by Alan Piper Popes Road Sunday 18 September Wednesday 13 July Kennington Park and the Lambeth Archives Brixton Society Led by Alan Piper Brixton Windmill Some Clapham Plaques – Chartists Brixton Society Heritage Walk 1pm Oval Farmers Market Saturday 14 May Sunday 12 June from Greene to Grieg Vauxhall Society Brixton Market Brixton Windmill 6.30pm Clapham Common tube Sunday 14 August Weekend 17 &18 September Heritage Walk Heritage Walk Led by Derrick Johnson Brixton Windmill London Open House Sunday 3 April Clapham Society Heritage Walk West Norwood Sunday 15 May Sunday 19 June Sunday 25 September Cemetery Tour Brixton Windmill West Norwood Circular Weekend 16 & 17 July Thursday 18 August Two Effra Walks Heritage Walk 2.30pm Front of St Luke’s Church, Lambeth Country Show Church Road & The Triangle Led by Jon Newman Saturday 9 April Norwood High Street, SE27 0HS 7pm Front of All Saints Church, Middle Effra 11am West Dulwich Sunday 29 May Thursday 21 July Brixton Market Led by Jill Dudman Beulah Hill, SE19 2QQ rail station; finish at Brixton tube Crystal Palace to West Heritage Walk Henry Tate Garden Tour Norwood Society Led by Richard Lines Low Effra 2.30pm Oval tube; 2pm and 3pm Lodge gate, Norwood via Gipsy Hill Norwood Society finish at Vauxhall tube Sunday 10 April Henry Tate Mews, Streatham Sunday 19 June 7pm Outside Sainsbury, Westow Lambeth Archives Brixton Windmill Common North Introduction to the Planting Street, SE19 3RW Heritage Walk Streatham Society of Brockwell Park Walled Led by Alun Thomas SEPTEMBER Lambeth Heritage Festival OCTOBER Garden Norwood Society Monday 11 April Month Saturday 1 October Monday 30 May Time TBA Walled Garden Around Waterloo Underground Overground: Following the Falcon Brook Led by Laura Morland AUGUST Sunday 4 September 6.30pm Waterloo Library 2pm Balham High Road, opposite History of the Railways Friends of Brockwell Park Saturday 6 August West Norwood Led by Len Reilly Ritherdon Road 1pm Oval Farmers Market Cemetery Tour Lambeth Archives Led by John Rattray Wednesday 22 June Thames Foreshore Walk Vauxhall Society Balham Society Peckham Rye Park to One 11am Slipway near MI6 / Vauxhall Sunday 17 April Tuesday 6 September Sunday 2 October Tree Hill Walk Bridge Creation of Brockwell Park: Vauxhall Gardens West Norwood 6.30pm Clockhouse PH, jnct Led by Elliot Wragg A Game of Two Halves JUNE Vauxhall Society 2.30pm Starbucks, Vauxhall Cemetery Tour Barry Road/Peckham Rye, SE22 2pm Clock Tower Friday 3 June Led by David Coke Led by Peter Frost Saturday 8 October Led by Peter Bradley The Heyday of Vauxhall Sunday 7 August Vauxhall Society Peckham Society Guests and Invaders: Plant Brixton Market Friends of Brockwell Park Gardens Saturday 10 September 2.30pm Starbucks, Vauxhall Life in Ruskin Park Heritage Walk Weekend 18 & 19 June Brixton Market Sunday 24 April Led by David Coke 2.30pm Bandstand, Ruskin Park Open Garden Squares Heritage Walk Sunday 9 October Brixton Murals Vauxhall Society Led by Roy Vickery Use of Our Wild Plants 11am Stockwell tube South London Botanical Institute Sunday 11 September Sunday 5 June JULY 2pm Clock Tower Led by Ruth Miller High Effra London Mural Preservation Annual Tree Celebration Walk Saturday 2 July Sunday 7August Led by Roy Vickery 2.30pm Hermitage Road, Society 2pm Clock Tower Vauxhall Park and Hidden West Norwood Friends of Brockwell Park outside Upper Norwood Friends of Brockwell Park Gardens of Vauxhall Cemetery Tour Recreation Ground; finish Crystal Sunday 9 October 1pm Parco Café, Vauxhall Park Vauxhall Society Saturday 13 August Palace Parade Brixton Windmill Brixton Market Led by Jon Newman Heritage Walk See overleaf Heritage Walk Lambeth Archives.