Tickets for the guided walks and cycle ride are now available to book (programme only available to London Open Gardens weekend ticket holders).
London Open Gardens weekend ticket holders have access to book from a carefully curated programme of guided walks and cycle rides.
After you purchase your London Open Gardens weekend ticket you will receive an order confirmation from the ticketing platform Eventbrite. In the order confirmation you will find a link giving you access to the full descriptions and booking links for each of the walks and tours. Tickets cost £5.
London Open Gardens weekend ticket holders were sent emails from Eventbrite on Monday 20 April and Wednesday 6 May. The emails contained exclusive booking links for the Guided Walks, and Behind the Scenes
Full descriptions of all the walks below appear on Eventbrite, accessible with the link you receive when you book your London Open Gardens Weekend ticket.
Guided Walks – Saturday 6 June
9.30 – 11.00 The Great Experiment: London’s Coffeehouses as Start-Up Labs Chris MacNeil
9.30 – 11.00 Maple Leaf Connections Louise Choo
10.00 – 11.30 London – 2000 years Mike Ktenas
10.30 – 12.00 Footsteps of Empire: A Roman Walk Through the City of London Sabrina Bodalica
11.00 – 12.30 The Power behind the City Lianne Weidmann.
11.00 – 12.30 An Irish Story South of the River Christina Fitzgerald
13.30 – 15.00 London – 2000 years Mike Ktenas
Saturday SOLD OUT Guided Walks
10.00 – 11.30 SOLD OUT Inspiring City Gardens Moya O’Hara
10.00 – 11.00 SOLD OUT Gilded Gardens and Roman Remains: The Hidden Green Heart of the City Sally Blomfield.
11:00 – 12.30 SOLD OUT – Hidden Chelsea Kathleen Lucey
11.00 – 12.30 SOLD OUT Lincoln Greens Tim Kidd
11.00 – 12.30 SOLD OUT – Belgravia: Squares, Stucco and Scandal Caroline Mongan
11.00 – 12.15 SOLD OUT – The Barbican and City of London’s secret gardens
Sarah Williams-Robbins
11.00 – 12.20 SOLD OUT Wharves, Wine and Dick Whittington. Judith Kent
12.30 – 14.00 SOLD OUT – Belgravia: Squares, Stucco and Scandal Jane Ross and Christina Maw
14.00 – 15.30 SOLD OUT Thameside Gardens 1: South Bank Mike Dawson
14.00 – 15.30 SOLD OUT Bedlam, Bulls and Bankers Chris Wilkins – Molloy
Guided Walks and Cycle Tour – Sunday 7 June
9.30 – 11.00 Hidden Health Heroes Louise Choo
10.00 – 17.00 Cycle Tour of Historical Gardens in West London Nigel Bee
13.00 – 14.00 Roots of the Rag Trade Susannah Cohen
13.00 – 14.15 Striding along the Strand – A walk through 700 years of Conflict & Controversy David Lloyd
14.00 – 15.30 Thameside Gardens 2: North Bank Mike Dawson
14.00 – 15.30 Bedlam, Bulls and Bankers Courtney Plank
14.30 – 16.00 City Eastenders: The good, the bad, the ugly! Peter Stancliffe
Sunday SOLD OUT Guided Walks
10.00 – 11.30 SOLD OUT – Blooming bohemians and Regency residences
Cathy Chivers & Sian Whittaker
10.30 – 12.00 SOLD OUT – John Constable’s Hampstead London Estelle Lovatt.
11.00 – 12.30 SOLD OUT – Fanny Wilkinson’s Green Lungs for London Sue Mc Carthy
12.00 – 13.30 SOLD OUT Foul play in Cheapside Mark Grant
14.00 – 15.30 SOLD OUT Legal and illegal London Anne Marie Craven
Book a LOG ticket and view the full programme