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BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK: 'Secrets of Islington Squares'

BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK: 'Secrets of Islington Squares'

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The 'Secrets of Islington Squares' guided walk for parents and carers takes place on 19 August 2026 at 11:00. The tour starts outside Caledonian Road and Barnsbury Station. The ticket price is £24.12.

Bring Your Baby Guided London Walks are sensitively devised to suit parents and carers of even the tiniest babies to enjoy London’s history.

'Bring Your Baby' Guided London Walks are sensitively devised to suit parents and carers of even the tiniest babies to enjoy London’s history. We can stop whenever you like to feed and change - without the stress of feeling you are holding up the group. Because every participant brings their baby, patience and baby’s needs are at the forefront of each walk.

You are welcome to bring friends and family who do not also have a baby.

- The square home to 'jiu-jitsu suffragette' Edith Garrud and to Hugh Grant's character in Four Weddings and a Funeral.

- Where Tony Blair lived when he was voted in as Prime Minister in 1997.

- Boris Johnson's home when he was London mayor.

- Where 16th century explorer Sir Walter Raleigh - one of Elizabeth I's favourites - lived.

- Richmond Avenue's Egyptian sphinxes.

- The grand house that was home to eminent Shakespearean actor Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (famous visitors included artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown and William Morris).

- The story of Tudor landowner Richard Cloudesley whose land became the epicentre of Islington.

- Where famous conductor Simon Rattle once lived.

- The square with a Victoria line ventilation shaft, and once home to Stephen Fry.

- A short history of The Almeida Theatre

- Why Hugh Myddleton was such a significant local figure who gave his name to many places in the area.

- Plus: spas, water, cows, cricket and origins of the MCC!

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BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK: 'Secrets of Islington Squares' takes place on Wednesday, 19 August 2026 at 11:00.

BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK: 'Secrets of Islington Squares' is held at Outside Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Station in London (Caledonain Road, London, N7 8UJ).

Tickets for BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK: 'Secrets of Islington Squares' are priced at £24.12. Live prices and availability are shown on Eventbrite.

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