If you were to go back in time a few hundred years and walk the streets of the City of London, you would find multicultural residential neighbourhoods and a bustling commercial centre, filled with warehouses, shops and factories producing and storing a wide range of products. You’d encounter people speaking different languages, practising a range of religions and building the foundations of British culture as we know it today.

Join us for this year’s London Festival of Architecture and discover the incredible stories of the generations of migrants that have lived, worked and left their mark on the streets of the City of London.

This is a one-hour walking tour with limited opportunities to sit down, so is therefore only accessible to anyone who can make their way around the City at a gentle pace. The route is all level access, so is suitable for people using wheelchairs or bringing pushchairs.

There are opportunities to use public toilets on route.

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Behind the research

Parts of this tour was researched and developed by four student interns, taking part in a placement programme run by the Museum in partnership with Queen Mary University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, King’s College London and Northeastern University, London campus. 

Income generated from our “Pay what you can” tours directly supports the continuation of these research placements. By joining us, you are helping to fund future projects that empower students to uncover hidden histories, ensuring that the diverse stories of migrant communities continue to be researched and shared with the public.

Can’t make this date?

We are also running this tour on the following dates – click to book in Eventbrite:

Photo: Elzbieta Piekacz