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The Historic Houses, Gardens, and Walks Gay Group

WALKS THROUGH THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS OF LONDON AND VISITS TO HISTORIC HOUSES AND GARDENS IN THE HOME COUNTIES

Pictures courtesy of London-GB.com

The group aims to bring together gay people who are interested in the history and architecture of London and the Home Counties. It has been operating for about ten years. The programme consists mainly of walks in the various districts of London, though there may also be occasional visits to historic properties, museums and gardens.

There is no membership fee nor any charge for the walks. Also, there is no need to book in advance The emphasis is on informality. The Sunday walks usually begin at about 2.0 p.m. (1.30 p.m. during the winter months) and last about a couple of hours, usually finishing at a convenient pub. (The pub attendance is not compulsory!) Typically 30 plus people attend these walks. The mid-week walks usually start at 11.0 p.m. and finish at a local pub for lunch (though once again the pub lunch is not obligatory). As the mid-week walks usually have only about a dozen people, these walks may include a visit to a museum or other building of interest en route.

Walks normally start and finish near an Underground, Overground, DLR, or Rail station, though very occasionally a short bus journey may be involved. It is most unusual for a Sunday walk to be cancelled because of the weather, but in the case of the Wednesday walks during the winter months, please do ring 020 8989 5295 on the evening before, or on the morning of the walk, or check the website, if there seems any doubt.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Wednesday 25 January 2012- Inns of Court Walk. Click here for details.

Sunday 12 February 2012 – St John’s Wood Walk.

Wednesday 22 February 2012 – Gunnersbury Park and Museum

Sunday 11 March 2012 – An East End Ramble – Whitechapel to Aldgate

Wednesday 21 March 2012 – A Stroll through Petersham and Ham

Sunday 15 April 2012 – A Stroll from Westminster to Holborn

Wednesday 25 April 2012 – Geffry Museum and Gardens

Sunday 13 May 2012 – City of London Cemetery (Manor Park)

Wednesday 23 May 2012 - Woolwich Arsenal Gardens

Sunday 10 June 2012 – A Kensington Walk

Wednesday 20 June 2012 – Chelsea Creek and Chelsea Harbour

Sunday 8 July 2012 – A Walk through Old Street and Hoxton

Wednesday 18 July 2012 – A Walk in Forest Hill, including the Horniman Gardens and Museum

Sunday 12 August 2012 – A Walk from Kentish Town to Hampstead

Wednesday 22 August 2012 – A Walthamstow Walk, including the Vestry House Museum and William Morris Gallery

Sunday 9 September 2012 – A Barnsbury Walk

Wednesday 19 September 2012 – An Enfield Walk

Inns of Court Walk – Wednesday 25 January 2012

Copyright: Mike Quinn

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The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales. They have supervisory and disciplinary functions over their members, as well as providing libraries, dining facilities and professional accommodation. Each also has a church or chapel attached to it and is a self-contained precinct where barristers traditionally trained and practised, although growth in the legal profession, together with a desire to practise from more modern accommodation, caused many barristers' chambers to move outside the precincts of the Inns of Court in the late 20th century.

Several centuries ago the Inns of Court were any of a sizable number of buildings or precincts where barristers traditionally lodged, trained and carried on their profession. However over the centuries the number of active Inns of Court was reduced to the present four, viz. Lincoln's Inn, the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, and Gray's Inn.  The walk explores all four, finishing near Chancery Lane tube station.

Please meet outside Temple District line tube station at 11.0 a.m.

For detailed directions of the walk click here.

 

 

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MORE INFORMATION

020 8989 5295 or 07785 773917

To be added to the circulation list for regular updates email: info@outandabout-london.org

 

Updated: 11 January 2012