Get Out and About on a Guided Walk This Spring


Learn about West Kensington rockers and Margravine Cemetery

The first walk will discover Blue Plaques commemorating some famous past residents
A previous guided walk around Hammersmith

March 25, 2024

If you want to learn more about the history and culture of our area of London, free guided walks offer the perfect opportunity.

These hour long monthly walks, organised by Hammersmith BID, are free to all Privilege card holders. If you don’t yet have a card, you can instantly download it, and take advantage of a wide range of deals and special offers from local businesses.

On Saturday 6 April the walk focuses on West Kensington rockers. Enjoy some rock and roll nostalgia and find out where Andy Summers of The Police once lived, Hendrix’s first port of call in the UK and where a naughty Rolling Stone ended up in court. Meet outside West Kensington tube station, 11am.

The guided walk on Saturday 4 May is within Margravine Cemetery in Barons Court. What links a gold prospector, victims of a local wartime disaster, and the man who cast the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus? They all lie in the Margravine cemetery, opened in 1868, and now an award-winning green oasis. Enjoy the trees, the wildlife, and stories of some of those buried here. Meet outside Barons Court tube station, 11am.

Find out more and book your free place here.

 

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