Bunhill Guided Walks: Private Philanthropy to Public Housing

Explore Bunhill, one of London's most historic areas. We will visit an extraordinary church now used as a concert hall and pass Wesley's Chapel, the birthplace of modern Methodism. The walk also takes in the Quaker Burial ground. We will learn about some of our greatest writers buried in Bunhill Fields and hear about the struggle for better housing which led to the building of some of London’s earliest housing estates. We will pass the site of the one of the greatest of London’s early Elizabethan theatres amidst the exciting gastronomic market of Whitecross Street. Finally, we will see how the hi-tech start-ups around Silicon Roundabout are mixing glittering modern plate glass developments with the traditional Victorian streets and hospitals of this ancient neighbourhood.