2012: Eleven Guided Walks in Barnet and London

• ‘The Battle of Barnet’
  Explore the famous battlefield of 1471.
  
  Step back in time to 1471. See how the course of English history was changed on this misty Easter Sunday morning. Hear about the first known ‘friendly fire’ incident in English history.
  
  Sunday January 15th 11am. Saturday March 17th 2.30pm. Saturday April 21st 2.30pm. Sunday May 13th 2.30pm. Thursday July 19th 2.30pm. Wednesday August 29th 11am. Sunday September 16th 2.30pm. Sunday November 4th 11am. Saturday December 1st 11am.
  
  Meet at junction of Great North Road and Hadley Green Road.
• ‘Things That Go Bump in High Barnet!’
  A ghostly, ghoulish walk through High Barnet and Monken Hadley.
  
  See the pirate’s grave. Hear stories of witchcraft and grisly executions. Suitable for adults and children, and anyone who likes to have the life scared out of them. For Hallowe’en, there is a prize for the spookiest costume!
  
  Friday February 10th, Saturday March 31st, Saturday June 23rd, Saturday July 28th, Sunday September 2nd. Saturday October 27th. Sunday October 28th, Tuesday October 30th, Wednesday October 31st (Hallowe'en walks). All at 7.30pm.
  
  Meet at High Barnet tube station, outside booking office. Please bring a torch if possible.
• ‘Dickens and Victorian Barnet’ (*New Walk*)
  Hear about the many Dickens connections with Barnet, and more fascinating 19th-century local history.
  
  Dickens knew Barnet's pubs, schools and workhouse extremely well. In this bicentenary year of his birth, explore the connections, as well as some of the other surprising and scandalous events in Victorian Barnet.
  
  Wednesday February 15th 11am (to celebrate Dickens' bicentenary month). Sunday April 29th 2.30pm. Saturday June 16th 2.30pm.
  
  Meet at High Barnet tube station, outside booking office.
• 'Marvellous Mill Hill'
  A fascinating and surprising roam along the Ridgeway and through Mill Hill Village.
  
  From The Ridgeway to The Broadway, from clapboard cottages to vast villas, from Lord Mayors to Dissenters, from world-famous scientific and religious centres to world-famous abolitionists, from murderers to movie stars - Mill Hill has it all.
  
  Sunday February 5th 11am. Saturday December 8th 11am.
  
  Meet outside Mill Hill East tube station. Finishes at Lawrence St NW7.
• ‘The Heart of High Barnet’
  A historical walk through High Barnet.
  
  See the brewery that became a town hall and a church that became a shopping centre. Marvel at some truly beautiful old houses and almshouses. Hear about a fair that was so famous that Cossacks flocked to it, and so infamous that the Victorians tried to close it down.
  
  Sunday June 3rd 2.30pm. Saturday November 17th 11am. Special Christmas Walk Sunday December 16th 2pm.
  
  Meet outside Barnet College, Wood Street, High Barnet.
• ‘A Meander through Monken Hadley’
  A historical walk through beautiful, unspoilt, Georgian Monken Hadley.
  
  This lovely village has some of the finest eighteenth-century houses in the country, lived in by some of the most famous names in English literature. This walk starts at the spot where the previous walk finishes, taking up the story from there.
  
  Sunday June 10th 2.30pm. Saturday November 24th 11am.
  
  Meet outside The Spires, Barnet High Street.
• 'Fabulous Finchley'
  1000 years of the history of Finchley Central and East Finchley
  
  An ancient road links two ancient villages. Along the way, you'll see lands once owned by the Knights Templar, and a former manor house which is haunted by a suspected lover of Anne Boleyn. You'll hear about two famous murders, and three world-famous comedians who lived in the area.
  
  Sunday February 19th 2.30pm. Saturday November 10th 11am.
  
  Meet outside Finchley Central tube station, Ballards Lane exit. Finishes at East Finchley tube.
• ‘Jack the Ripper’
  Walk in the footsteps of the Whitechapel Murderer, better known as Jack the Ripper.
  
  See the sites where he committed his gruesome murders. Hear how incredibly close he came to being caught, and how unbelievably lucky he was; how terrified the East End became in that awful autumn of 1888, and how Queen Victoria herself became involved. Hear about some of the 200 or more suspects, and which are the most likely to have been the real Jack the Ripper. Note: as we will be visiting the sites of nearly all the Jack the Ripper murders, and in the right order, unlike most other tours, this walk will last about two and a quarter hours.
  
  Friday March 2nd, Friday May 18th, Wednesday August 1st, Saturday October 20th. All at 7pm
   
  Meet outside Whitechapel tube station..
• ‘A Walk in Spitalfields’ (*New Walk*)
  We'll see evidence of the French Huguenot connection, and explore the fascinating buildings and general history of Spitalfields.
  
  One of the most fascinating areas in the East End. We'll see evidence of the French Huguenot connection, and other waves of German, Irish, Jewish, Bengali and Somali immigration. We'll also explore the Georgian buildings and general history of Spitalfields.
  
  Thursday August 9th 11am. Sunday October 14th 11am.
  
  Meet outside Whitechapel Gallery, Whitechapel High St (Aldgate East tube).
• ‘Covent Garden’(*New Walk*)
  See how this aristocratic quarter has re-emerged from disrepute to become one of the most beautiful areas of London.
  
  Built up as an aristocratic quarter, Covent Garden later fell into disrepute as an area of bagnios, brothels and beer-houses. There are plenty of (reputable!) restaurants and affordable shops and stalls to explore after the walk.
  
  Sunday January 22nd 11am. Saturday August 25th 11am.
  
  Meet outside Covent Garden tube station.
• ‘The Sinful City’ (*New Walk*)
  A look at the seamy side of the City, Smithfield and Clerkenwell. Not for children.
  
  An extremely naughty tour through the seamier, steamier side of London. You'll hear about murderers, bodysnatchers, executions, a beer with a very naughty name, and a famous 18th-century fraud whose very name is too rude to repeat here. Not for children - or the easily offended.
  
  Saturday March 24th 11am. Sunday April 22nd 11am.
  
  Meet outside St Paul's tube station (exit 2).
• All walks cost £7 - Accompanied under 12s £3,
  (except walks in French, which cost £10, free for children under 15 with their parents, see home page)
  
  Enquiries about private group bookings and talks on Barnet or London welcome.

For more information about Barnet Walks please call (020) 8440 6805 or 07506 761294.
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