Spitalfields Walking Tour of History and Culture

Join us on a walking tour of sightseeing and storytelling, devised by London's leading blogger and guided by a member of the local community in Spitalfields.
Ramble through two thousand years of culture in the heart of London and encounter some of the people and places that make this ancient neighbourhood distinctive.

Discover Spitalfields’ rich and diverse history of resourcefulness driven by successive waves of migration from across the world - Huguenots, Jews, Irish and Bengalis among many others - telling the story of how modern Britain was created.

Meeting Point

Christ Church Spitalfields

Commercial St, London E1 6LY, UK

Our tours begin and conclude outside the entrance to Christ Church, Spitalfields in Commercial Street. The meeting point is a 10 minute walk from Liverpool St Station. Please be early or on time as we cannot wait for latecomers.

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

Christ Church Spitalfields

Christ Church Commercial Street, Spitalfields, London, E1 6LY

Nicholas Hawksmoor's masterpiece of English Baroque

Pass by without stopping

Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor

Brune Street, London, E1 7NE

We meet people whose lives were bound up with with this institution to minster to the needs of Jewish immigrants who came from East Europe, the area now known as the Ukraine

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Old Spitalfields Market

16 Horner Square, , London, E1 6EW

We learn the story of this ancient market

Pass by without stopping

Charnel House

Bishops Square, Spitalfields, London

We reveal the purpose of this astonishing medieval survival

Pass by without stopping

Spital Square

Spital Square, London, UK

We visit the site of the Priory of St Mary Spital

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The Old Truman Brewery

91 Brick Lane, , London, E1 6QL

We tell the story of the brewery through the lives of two women who worked there

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Brick Lane Market

Brick Lane, Bethnal Green, London, E1 6RL

We tell the story of this famous thoroughfare and the ongoing controversy over its future

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Brick Lane Jamme Masjid

59 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL

We reveal the history of this building which is emblematic of the history of Spitalfields - a Huguenot Chapel that became a Synagogue that became a Mosque

Pass by without stopping

Fournier Street

Fournier Street, London, E1 6QE

We tell the story behind these fine eighteenth century houses

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Puma Court

Puma Ct, London E1, UK

We visit the herb garden of the 17th century herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper

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Townhouse

5 Fournier St, London E1 6QE, UK

We put our feet up in a 18th century drawing room, overlooking Christ Church Spitalfields, at the end of our tour and enjoy tea and cakes baked to a recipe of 1720

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included