“I didn’t even know this place was here…” …music to Hackney Tours ears. That’s what it’s all about, helping people see their own back yard in a different light. From places to stories to ideas – exploration is at heart of everything. On Sunday we went walking, on a little Clapton safari for #IndieWknd
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Special walk (inc. food) for East End Trades Guild #IndieWknd It’s been a busy Autumn. If you follow Hackney Tours on social media, you might see we took some Hackney kids to Folkestone Triennial at half term to share the wonder of art and exploration with future generations. Last week we dropped in on a…
FREE Chatsworth Road Festival walk this Sunday
As part of the Chatsworth Road Festival this Sunday, you can get our ‘Connect with Clapton, Discover Extraordinary E5’ walk free! Just turn up at the information stall at 11am on Sunday and we’ll discover what makes this such a special place.
WALKS THIS WEEKEND: RADICAL STOKEY OR CONNECT WITH CLAPTON
two walk weekend coming up again… At 2pm on Saturday you can join Hackney North & Stoke Newington Labour Party for a fundraising edition of the Subversive Stoke Newington walk. Find out why it’s the ‘Village that Changed the World’ (Facebook event link here or book on Eventbrite here). Then at 10.30am on Sunday you can…
Connect with Clapton: explore extraordinary E5
WANT TO REALLY KNOW EAST LONDON? There’s more to Clapton than you would imagine. It’s been an international border and played a key role in the growth of London. It’s still vital to the wellbeing of the city today and is helping keep our capital alive. But this is just words on the web; the…
Chatsworth Road Festival 2015: Free ‘Connect with Clapton’ Exploratory Walk
It’s been a busy summer, hanging out with Sir Ken Robinson in Davos and plotting the future of education; leading groups around our favourite East London stomping grounds for Hackney Council and showing Americans central London. It continues tomorrow with a FREE chance to explore Clapton on a mini-tour for Chatsworth Road Festival. Come and…
Discover Clapton: Pay What You Want Psychogeography Walking Tour Good Friday From We Are Nana 10.30am
Now that’s a title that pretty much sums everything up, don’t you think? We’ll be hearing about Hackney rebels, reformers and revolutionaries on this tour as we discover the stories and social history that Clapton is steeped in. More steeped than a We Are Nana all-the-tea-you-can-drink-for-£1 teabag even. And that’s saying something. So, kick off…
Grans Doing Grand: Clapton’s New Community Cafe
Hackney Tours is excited to announce the first Clapton history walk (10.30am Fri 15th Feb) leaving/returning from/to We Are Nana. See below for details of this great new intergenerational initiative here: “I met these people who were 80 or older and still smashing it every day!” says Katie Harris, founder of a new Clapton community…