Open House Festival

Healthy City - how healthcare shaped London's landscapes

walk/tour

Multiple architects, 1100

Westminster Tube Outside Exit 2., SW1A 2JR

This tour looks at how healthcare has had an impact on the buildings and landscapes between Westminster Abbey and the City. Exploring healthcare-related buildings, rebuilt, repurposed or removed and their influence on the landscape.

Getting there

Tube

Charing Cross, Waterloo, Westminster

Train

Charing Cross

Additional travel info

Starting at Entrance 2 of Westminster Tube Station. End is Blackfriars Station.

Access

Facilities

What you can expect

There will be places to sit half way through the walk at Strand Aldwych site.

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Activities

Sat 20 Sep

Walking tour

11:00–13:30

Healthy City - Westminster to Blackfriars.

Walking along the Strand and Fleet street with places to pop in and buy a drink or food on route if hungry and catch up with the group.

How to book

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About

About the tour and guide

Health for this walk refers to physical, mental and spiritual health. From Medieval times to today. The tour will explore how as a result of political and society changes, responsibility for the provision of healthcare has shifted between, charities, the city and the state and continues to do so - affecting the built landscape we see today.

Guide: Sara Probert worked in healthcare in central London hospitals. She loves walking London streets and is excited to share her healthcare themed walk with others.

Golden Key Academy

This tour is led by an alumnus of Open City’s Golden Key Academy - an eight-month course designed to train insightful and engaging guides who bring London’s rich stories to life.

Learn more about the Golden Key Academy here: open-city.org.uk/golden-key-academy

Tour meeting point:

Meet at Westminster Tube Station - Exit 2, not to be confused with Exit 1 which is very close by.

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