BRIXTON MARKET HERITAGE WALKS LAMBETH LOCAL HISTORY FORUM 2020–21 Brixton Society Walks are organised by members and associates of Local History A 75-minute walk taking in the street markets, covered the Lambeth Local History Forum, which promotes an arcades and high street of this vibrant area. Starts interest in the heritage of Lambeth. 2.30pm from Brixton Station Road. Cost £3 per person For more information and a full list of member societies (includes a copy of the book of the walk). visit lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk WALKS More information: brixtonsociety.org.uk CONTACTS Please book at [email protected] Lambeth Archives Herne Hill Society in South London BRIXTON WINDMILL HERITAGE WALKS Minet Library, 52 hernehillsociety.org.uk Friends of Windmill Gardens Knatchbull Road, SE5 9QY 020 7926 6076 Norwood Society A 1½ hour walk with a Blue Badge Guide, covering 19th lambeth.gov.uk norwoodshistory@ and 20th century developments near Brixton Windmill btinternet.com Balham Society including prison, waterworks, trams and telegraphy. norwoodsociety.co.uk Arrive 12.50 for 1pm start at Windmill Gardens (west end John Rattray 020 8675 4854 Peckham Society of Blenheim Gardens, SW2 5EU). [email protected] peckhamsociety.org.uk Cost £6, concessions £4, children free. Ends back at Brixton Society South London Brixton Windmill for tearoom, toilets and opportunity Botanical Institute for free tours (last at 4.40pm). All proceeds support the Alan Piper 020 7207 0347 Windmill. brixtonsociety.org.uk slbi.org.uk Contact: [email protected] Clapham Society Somerstown182 Alyson Wilson rgbsimmons182@gmail. HENRY TATE GARDENS, STREATHAM 020 7622 6360 com claphamsociety.com somerstown182.wordpress. Streatham Society Friends of com View Tate’s Grade II* listed mansion Park Hill (exterior Kennington Park Streatham Society only) and explore the historic garden with its Grade II listed garden features, including the dramatic Pulhamite kenningtonpark.org streathamsociety.org.uk grotto, Victorian castle folly, lake and temple. Friends of West Vauxhall Society/ Meet at the lodge gates, Henry Tate Mews, Streatham Norwood Cemetery Vauxhall History Common North Side, SW16 3HA. [email protected] [email protected] FREE. No booking required. fownc.org vauxhallhistory.org vauxhallcivicsociety.org.uk Friends of Windmill WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY TOURS Gardens Friends of West Norwood Cemetery [email protected] brixtonwindmill.org Guided tours usually last 1½–2 hours on the first Sunday of the month. Highlights include the monuments of Sir Cover credits (clockwise from top left): The Black Prince at Crecy, from Pictures Henry Doulton, Mrs Beeton, Baron de Reuter, Sir Henry of English History (1868); W. Day after John William Gear, “C.H. Simpson Esqre. Thirty Four Years Master of the Ceremonies at the Royal Gardens Tate and Dr William Marsden. Vauxhall; ‘Welcome to the Royal Property’.” (1831) lithograph. (CVC 0579) © David E. Coke; David Bowie mural in Tunstall Road, Brixton, © Fred Romero Starts from the Cemetery Main Gate, Norwood Road, (flickr.com: corno.fulgur75, 2.0 Generic CC BY 2.0); Millicent Fawcett, suffragist, SE27 9JU at 2.30pm (Apr–Oct) or 11am (Nov–Mar). George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress); Stockwell Bus Garage, © Jason Cobb (flickr.com); detail from a Vauxhall handbill advertising ‘One More Tours are free but donations are welcome. Double Ascent’ on 4 September 1837 © David E. Coke. Leaflet design: [email protected].

Check details with the relevant society as they may Unless otherwise indicated, walks usually last 1½–2 LAMBETH LOCAL HISTORY FORUM change due to circumstances beyond our control. hours and are free but donations are welcome. lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk APRIL 2020 Monday 18 May Wednesday 17 June Sunday 19 July Sunday 6 September OCTOBER The Heyday of Vauxhall Gardens Plants and Their Folklore A Walk in the Fresh Air Suburb Henry Tate Gardens, Streatham Saturday 4 April Black History Month 2.30pm Starbucks, Vauxhall Station, 6.30pm Clockhouse PH. Junction 2.30pm Vicar’s Oak, Junction of 2pm & 3pm See overleaf for details Dawn Chorus Barry Road/Peckham Rye, SE22 blackhistorymonth.org.uk 6am Café on the Rye, SE15 3UA SW8 1SP. £5 donation Westow Hill and Anerley Hill, Sunday 6 September Led by David E. Coke 9QA. Led by Roy Vickery SE19 1TX Sunday 4 October Led by Peter Frost. Ends 7.30am Peckham Society West Norwood Cemetery Tour Peckham Society Vauxhall Society/Vauxhall History Led by Stephen Oxford 2.30pm See overleaf for details West Norwood Cemetery Tour Sunday 21 June Norwood Society 2.30pm See overleaf for details Saturday 4 April Sunday 24 May Monday 7 September Remembering the Chartist Rally Henry Tate Gardens, Streatham Brixton Hill to Clapham Park, the Wednesday 29 July Saturday 10 October Junction of 3 Old Parishes The Heyday of Vauxhall Gardens on Kennington Common on 2pm & 3pm See overleaf for details Some Clapham Old Town People 2.30pm Starbucks, Vauxhall Station, Brixton Market Heritage Walk 2.30pm Corner of Brixton Hill and 10 April 1848 6.30pm Clapham Common tube, SW8 1SP. £5 donation 2.30pm See overleaf for details Monday 25 May Morrish Road, SW2 4EG 2.30pm Prince Consort Lodge SW4 7AJ Led by David E. Coke Led by Alan Piper Sunday 11 October (Trees for Cities), Kennington Park St James’s Drive Led by Alyson Wilson Vauxhall Society/Vauxhall History Road, SE11 4AS 2.30pm Wandsworth Common Brixton Society Free but please book with Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk Led by Marietta Crichton Stuart Station (St James’s Drive side), Saturday 12 September 12.50pm See overleaf for details Wednesday 24 June [email protected] Friends of Kennington Park SW17 7RP Clapham Society Brixton Market Heritage Walk NOVEMBER Led by John Rattray Hidden Wildflowers 2.30pm See overleaf for details Sunday 5 April Balham Society 7pm Hillside Gardens Park, entrance AUGUST Sunday 1 November West Norwood Cemetery Tour nearest Downton Avenue, SW2 3HL Saturday 12 September West Norwood Cemetery Tour Sunday 2 August 2.30pm See overleaf for details Saturday 30 May Led by Roy Vickery Herne Hill Heritage Trail: Central 11am See overleaf for details Upper Tooting Tour featuring Holy South London Botanical Institute West Norwood Cemetery Tour 2.30pm Herne Hill Station, SE24 Saturday 11 April Trinity Church 2.30pm See overleaf for details 0JW. Led by Robert Holden Saturday 14 November Sunday 28 June Brixton Market Heritage Walk 2pm Tooting Bec tube, SW17 9AH Herne Hill Society Brixton Market Heritage Walk Around Clapham North Saturday 8 August 2.30pm See overleaf for details Celebrating the restoration of the 2.30pm See overleaf for details 2.30pm Clapham North tube, Brixton Market Heritage Walk Sunday 13 September historic tower at Holy Trinity Church Sunday 12 April SW4 7TS 2.30pm See overleaf for details Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk DECEMBER Led by Geoff Simmons Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk Led by Anne Wilson 12.50pm See overleaf for details Summerstown182 Sunday 6 December 12.50pm See overleaf for details Free but please book with Sunday 9 August Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk Saturday 17 September West Norwood Cemetery Tour JUNE [email protected] 11am See overleaf for details MAY Clapham Society 12.50pm See overleaf for details From Matrimony Place to The Wednesday 3 June Surprise Sunday 3 May Sunday 16 August Saturday 12 November JULY 2.30pm St Paul’s Church, West Norwood Cemetery Tour Growth of a Victorian Suburb Central Peckham Brixton Market Heritage Walk 6.30pm Clapham South tube, SW12 Rectory Grove, SW4 0DH 2.30pm See overleaf for details Saturday 4 July 2pm Peckham Rye Station, 2.30pm See overleaf for details 9DU. Free but please book via Free but please book via Tooting’s Secret Gardens SE15 4RX. Led by Peter Frost Thursday 7 May [email protected] [email protected] JANUARY 2021 2pm Tooting Broadway tube, Peckham Society Led by Anne Wilson Clapham in World War II Led by Timothy Walker SW17 0SU Sunday 3 January Sunday 16 August Clapham Society 2.30pm Clapham Common tube, Clapham Society Led by Geoff Simmons West Norwood Cemetery Tour Rush Common and Lower Tulse Hill SW4 7AJ. Led by Tom Jansz Summerstown182 Weekend 19 & 20 September 11am See overleaf for details Free but please book with Weekend 6 & 7 June 2.30pm Brixton Tate Library, Open Garden Squares Sunday 5 July Open House London [email protected] Brixton Oval, SW2 1JQ openhouselondon.org.uk Saturday 9 January Clapham Society opensquares.org West Norwood Cemetery Tour Led by Alan Piper Brixton Market Heritage Walk 2.30pm See overleaf for details Brixton Society Sunday 20 September 2.30pm See overleaf for details Saturday 6 June Saturday 9 May Herne Hill Heritage Trail: North Tuesday 7 July Brixton Market Heritage Walk What Have We Here? Discovering Sunday 16 August 2.30pm Herne Hill Velodrome, FEBRUARY 2021 2.30pm See overleaf for details Our Local Flora Twilight Tooting Bec: A Guided The Harold Road Conservation Area Burbage Road entrance, SE24 9HE LGBT+ History Month 2.30pm Clapham South tube, Midsummer Walk 2.30pm Rockmount Road bus stop Led by Robert Holden lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk Saturday 9 May SW12 9DU 2pm Tooting Bec tube, SW17 9AH opposite Central Hill Estate, Herne Hill Society Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk Led by Roy Vickery Celebrating the restoration of the SE19 1BY Sunday 7 February 12.50pm See overleaf for details South London Botanical Institute historic tower at Holy Trinity Church Led by Ruth Hibberd Sunday 20 September West Norwood Cemetery Tour Led by Geoff Simmons Stockwell Green 11am See overleaf for details Sunday 10 May Norwood Society Sunday 7 June Summerstown182 2.30pm Costcutter, 10–13 Stockwell Friends of One Tree Hill Walk West Norwood Cemetery Tour SEPTEMBER Green, SW9 9JF Saturday 13 February 2pm St Augustine’s Church, SE23 2.30pm See overleaf for details Saturday 11 July Led by Bill Linskey Brixton Market Heritage Walk 3LF. Led by Peter Frost. Ends 3pm Lambeth Heritage Festival Month Brixton Market Heritage Walk Brixton Society 2.30pm See overleaf for details Peckham Society Saturday 13 June 2.30pm See overleaf for details lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk Brixton Market Heritage Walk Sunday 27 September MARCH 2021 Sunday 17 May Sunday 6 September 2.30pm See overleaf for details Sunday 12 July Herne Hill Heritage Trail: South Sunday 7 March Myatt’s Fields and Oval Quarter Clapham Ghost Signs Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk 2.30pm All Saints’ Church, Lovelace West Norwood Cemetery Tour 2.30pm Corner of Brixton Road and 2.30pm Clapham North tube, Sunday 14 June 12.50pm See overleaf for details Road entrance, SE21 8JY 11am See overleaf for details Loughboough Road, SW9 7SB (north Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk SW4 7TS. Led by Alyson Wilson Led by Robert Holden end of Max Roach Park) 12.50pm See overleaf for details Weekend 18 & 19 July Free but please book with Herne Hill Society Saturday 13 March Led by Alan Piper Lambeth Country Show [email protected] Brixton Market Heritage Walk Brixton Society lambethcountryshow.co.uk Clapham Society 2.30pm See overleaf for details

Check details with the relevant society as they may Unless otherwise indicated, walks usually last 1½–2 LAMBETH LOCAL HISTORY FORUM change due to circumstances beyond our control. hours and are free but donations are welcome. www.lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk