Walks 2026

Abney Park Cemetery, one of London’s "Magnificent Seven" burial grounds, is historically dedicated to Nonconformists, dissenters and those excluded from Church of England rites. As Europe's first non-denominational garden cemetery, it serves as the resting place for thousands of radicals, reformers and individuals who believed in being a good person. Many were Congregationalists, who believed that a congregation has the right to decide its forms of worship and confessional statements, choose its own officers and administer its own affairs without outside interference. Their ideas and actions reverberated over time and contributed to a particularly British concept of radicalism that led to the Trade Union movement and the modern Labour movement.

This walk recognises 75 years since the SS Windrush arrived from the Caribbean. It covers the 1950s up to the 2000s. Tickets available from here.

A walk circling the Hackney and Islington border north east of Dalston. An amazingly diverse area including an ancient leper hospital, a disused Jewish cemetery, a centre for intellectual debate, dissent and education, the oldest terraced houses in London, fields where Henry VIII hunted, a Grade I listed church and more. We’ll also hear about the origins and story of the ‘Mildmay’ name now used on the rail line through the heart of Hackney.

It's 100 years since a stormy period of working-class battles. Three million workers struck across Britain as part of a fight against pay cuts, raising questions of who ruled in society — and Hackney saw some of the most notable events. Come to see the sites of these struggles, learn about the role of women and workers from migrant backgrounds, discuss how the state reacted — and sing an anthem of resistance from the time!

Join us on an exciting self-guided quest to uncover hidden Black heritage in Hackney. Work in teams or go solo as you explore Dalston and Hackney Central, discovering stories of resistance, creativity and community. Find legendary music venues, a revolutionary library, the UK's first Windrush monument and a medieval churchyard with 400 years of Black presence. Solve clues, collect answers and win prizes! 90-minute quest ending at St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens.

Join Johannah, qualified tour guide and host of the monthly creatives event ‘The Dalston Salon’, for a 60-minute walk through the life and times of feminist, philosopher, political activist and writer Mary Wollstonecraft. We will trace where she lived and worked, connect with the places and people who inspired her, and celebrate her extraordinary legacy and achievements. The tour concludes at The Newington Green Meeting House.

This smartphone-only photography walk invites participants to slow down and immerse themselves in the landscape, discovering the city's unassuming beauty. Through observation and conversation, we will turn everyday technology into a creative and convivial tool, engaging with the borough beyond stereotypical frames. Photographs taken during the walk will be published in a dedicated zine, creating a collective record of the Marshes as seen through participants' eyes.

Once a run-down area on the edge of the East End, now an amazing mix of old and new, Tudor retreats, almshouses, elegant squares and workhouses. This walk explores Hoxton's origins as a medieval settlement in Shoreditch parish and its rises, falls and regeneration over the centuries.

Norman Jacobs, who was born and brought up in a prefab on Millfields, will take you on a guided tour of Lower Clapton. On the walk, he will look back on the area he knew in the 1950s and 60s as he explains how the suburb grew in the 19th century from a semi-rural farming area to a desirable middle class one with large houses and villas and then, in the 20th century, into the urban working class district he grew up in as new roads, terraces, shops, market streets and local entertainments grew up. Starts at the Bishop Wood's Almshouses at Clapton Pond and finishes at the Round Chapel.

Built in the 1870s as part of the Victorian redevelopment of the former Abney Manor Estate, Allen’s Estate is an unusual grouping of elegant flat-roofed apartments. The walk includes new research into the promenade, dance hall, billiard hall and glasshouses.

Explore Stoke Newington's rich Black history through an exciting self-guided treasure hunt. Solve riddles and uncover hidden stories of Caribbean and African diaspora communities that shaped the area.

Opening in 1840 as one of London's earliest private cemeteries, Abney Park Cemetery is now a fascinating public park where heritage and nature abound.

Hackney Tours and Wick Award want to show you how this neighbourhood has reinvented itself over the last 150 years - and why it's so full of fascinating stories. From Victorian industrial pioneers to the artists of the noughties to the people of today that make it such a strong community, join us for a deep dive into Hackney Wick. Then either head home or stay and join us for a drink in one of the Wick's most interesting venues. Finish at Hackney Wick Station.

Explore the stories of Hackney Wick from the 18th century to the present day. Meet outside Hackney Wick station at 12 noon.

Join Immediate Theatre’s Theatre Exchange group to discover the history of this much-loved park.

The walk will start and finish at Springfield House and explore the geology beneath our feet.

A guided tour through the former site of Hackney’s Loddiges Nursery and its global botanical legacy.

Discover how this common land was transformed over centuries. Meeting point: Abney Park Cemetery Gates.

Tom Hunter will guide you through Central Hackney, reliving stories from the 1980s and 1990s.