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Somers Town, a Social Laboratory

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  • Walking tour
Photograph of a public walking tour on the streets of London showing a line of people walking along the pavement.
Wellcome Collection public walking tour, Benjamin Gilbert. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

Join this guided walking tour, inspired by our Living with Buildings exhibition, through the radical history of Somers Town, a place of architectural and institutional experimentation. We will explore the buildings and people that shaped the local area’s history of social deprivation and progressive politics.

Where we’ll be

This tour will start at Wellcome Collection before heading offsite. This walk will be suitable for all fitness levels, but please get in touch if you have any accessibility queries.

Dates

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Need to know

Place not guaranteed

Booking a ticket for a free event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call 0 2 0. 7 6 1 1. 2 2 2 2

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In partnership with

Photograph of Joe Kerr

Joe Kerr

Guide

Joe Kerr is an architectural historian who has produced a self-guided walk available within the Living with Buildings exhibition guide.

Bloomsbury Festival

Partner