22 Sep New FREE Guided Walks
HammersmithBID is hosting a new series of walking tours for Privilege Card holders, taking place on the first Saturday of each month. Our Blue Badge Tourist Guides have carefully planned routes which will explore the rich history and heritage of Hammersmith.
From the most beautiful square in Hammersmith to the return of the boat race, don’t miss out on our next six months of walks:
Secrets of a London Square
Saturday 5 November 2022
Meeting point: Stamford Brook Station
Is this the most attractive square in Hammersmith? In this elegant corner of Hammersmith have lived actors, artists, and poets. Not to mention the inhabitants of the Chiswick Home for Lost & Starving Dogs & Cats.
Turkey or goose this Christmas?
Saturday 3 December 2022
Meeting point: Olympia Station
100 years ago, locals made their choice from butchers on King St. Followed, perhaps, by mincemeat roll and a glass of Emu Australian burgundy. Tempt your appetite with more stories of Christmas dinners over the years.
Ghosts of West London
Saturday 7 January 2023
Meeting point: Stamford Brook Station
On this spooky stroll, you’ll hear tales of a ghost that has haunted a popular pub and graveyard for more than 200 years, the spectre of a daughter of the Lord Protector, and an apparition of a bloody bishop.
Going to the flicks in W6
Saturday 4 February 2023
Meeting point: Stamford Brook Station
Enjoy a cinematic saunter as we discover lost movie palaces along King Street and beyond. Among the places you’ll visit is an early booking for the Rolling Stones, an Edwardian Electric Palace and the site of ‘The Smallest Show on Earth’.
The boats are back!
Saturday 4 March 2023
Meeting point: Ravenscourt Station
The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race returns to our stretch of the Thames after three years. Check out the course, find out who this year’s favourites will be, and hear of past glories – and disasters.
A rocking Shepherd’s Bush
Saturday 1 April 2023
Meeting point: Goldhawk Road Station
A chance to learn more about West London’s extraordinary musical heritage. See where Mick met Viv, Bowie’s producer lived and worked and the Man in Black babysat, and where some Seattle ‘grungers’ hung out in W12.