{"title": "Croydon's Music Heritage Trail: Black History Guided Tour", "start": "2026-11-14T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Thornton Heath Library", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/black-history", "music"], "description": "A guided walking tour celebrating Croydon's rich Black musical heritage, past and present. The Museum of Croydon runs it, first launched as part of the London Borough of Culture 2023 programme. The walk explores the stories of artists, musicians and changemakers whose influence extends far beyond music. It starts outside Thornton Heath Library and finishes at the site commemorating Avril Coleridge-Taylor in Dagnall Park, lasting approximately 80 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/croydons-music-heritage-trail-black-history-guided-tour-37217/", "official_url": "https://museumofcroydon.com/whats-on-listings/qe1l68oo9xvkxsbeu2iyvca4xoar1w", "image": "https://noky.io/images/58fb7f92904c4e1727f4a9a4129ccafa6913d33dc3cccd72071e2d0fbc870777-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-14T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Thornton Heath Library", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "New Black British Sound x BBC Introducing", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T21:30:00Z", "place": "V&A East Museum", "address": "Carpenters Road 107, E20 2AR London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["society/black-culture/black-british", "music"], "description": "An evening of live music, networking and a panel conversation titled 'New Black British Sound x BBC Introducing' at V&A East Museum. It is run by BBC Introducing Live together with BBC Radio 1Xtra in partnership with V&A East Museum, celebrating the museum's exhibition The Music is Black: A British Story. A panel hosted by BBC Introducing's Angelle Joseph, with speakers including V&A East's Josephine Small, looks at key moments in Black British music history and how the UK industry can support young Black artists. An open mic hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra Introducing's Theo Johnson gives nine artists the chance to perform live for BBC Introducing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-40095/", "official_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/RwGL37RqpD/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-nov-2026", "image": ""}, {"title": "African Heritage Tours at Tate Modern", "start": "2026-11-14T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Tate Modern", "address": "Bankside, SE1 9TG London", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "art"], "description": "A guided tour at Tate Modern that explores artworks relating to African and Caribbean heritage and history. All are welcome, and portable chairs are available. The tour meets at the Level 2 tour meeting point in the Natalie Bell Building and is part of the gallery's programme of African Heritage Tours. 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Beginning at Guildhall, the walk looks at the city's guilds and liveries, the trade associations that controlled who could work and live in London, and how perceptions of race evolved over the centuries. Using researched accounts, primary sources and heraldry, the tour presents Black lives in Tudor England and concludes at St Botolph Aldgate Parish, reflecting on Britain's multicultural past. 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They offer a glimpse into the life of the last surviving building of its kind and suit students, researchers and anyone who would like to learn more about this historic venue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/history-tours-40340/", "official_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/history-tours-5/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/456a0104124476acf38e7630dfd8875956cb72f80ee8e4192e8be00029a050a2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Remembrance Sunday Walking Tour", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Civil Service Club", "address": "Great Scotland Yard 13-15, SW1A 2HJ London", "price": "£15 per person", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "A 120-minute guided walk through London's most significant sites of war, peace, remembrance, and commemoration. It is led by Caroline Mongan, a qualified London tour guide and BBC-featured storyteller. The walk explores the courage, sacrifice, and resilience that shaped Britain in times of conflict, including the Blitz, the Battle of Britain, the Cenotaph, wartime code breakers, and resistance fighters and the SOE. It starts at Trafalgar Square.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remembrance-sunday-walking-tour-49072/", "official_url": "https://www.civilserviceclub.org.uk/remembrance-sunday-walk/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Social Walks", "start": "2026-11-12T10:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Lauderdale House", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["community", "history"], "description": "Social Walks is a monthly community walk, and on this day it is a free guided tour of the East side of Highgate Cemetery followed by a walk through Hampstead Heath, ending with complimentary tea and coffee. It is a Camden Council-funded project delivered in collaboration with Holly Lodge Community Centre and The Highgate Society. The walks aim to bring people together through connection, conversation and light exercise, helping reduce loneliness and isolation. Everyone is welcome and there is no need to book.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/social-walks-69937/", "official_url": "https://www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk/whats-on/social-walks", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5b4cdd83dbb9b9c8e6b29a9d7875c87854c80555c9bde47f09e648ea2f6eb624-600.webp"}, {"title": "Caribbean Voices: Shaping Docklands trail", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-24T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "No. 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, E14 4AL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "Caribbean Voices: Shaping Docklands is a museum trail that sheds light on the Caribbean community's contributions to London Docklands. It was created by London Museum Docklands in collaboration with local partners. The trail highlights the need to reclaim the histories of colonised Caribbean nations, the role of Caribbean produce in shaping Britain, the contributions of Second World War veterans, and how the community has influenced the area's past and present. Visitors pick up a guide on the Third Floor and follow six stops across the Second Floor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/caribbean-voices-shaping-docklands-trail-70018/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9f3f3a91b2d89e67aed7831238786e2b4cd8fa91acfcb9d2efb55315825e5300-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Walking Tour: mapping histories of migration, community and public art with Kuda Mushangi", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "place": "Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery, 181-183 Bow Road, London, London, E3 2SJ, United Kingdom", "address": "", "price": "£7.00 – £10.00 (£7 for concessions)", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/public-art", "history/migration", "community"], "description": "A guided walking tour exploring Bhajan Hunjan's public art, beginning with samples in the Nunnery Gallery before visiting her public commissions around the local area. It is led by Kuda Mushangi, an award-winning London-based artist and architect whose practice explores migration, memory and belonging. The walk takes in sites speaking to East London's histories of migration, settlement, activism and community-building, including works in Stroudley Walk and on St Paul's Way made with local schools and communities. Participants are invited to consider how public space holds multiple histories and to share their own memories and reflections.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/walking-tour-mapping-histories-of-migration-community-and-pu-35044/", "official_url": "https://bowarts.org/event/walking-tour-mapping-histories-of-migration-community-and-public-art-with-kuda-mushangi/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74d0ddaf428855060e861a2ad69f00fcdd7dcec0e4f8cfaea29d498f5555acf3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Museum Guided Tour", "start": "2026-11-04T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "Free, booking required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/museum", "music/history"], "description": "A guided tour of the RCM Museum, led by the museum's knowledgeable team. Visitors learn about the earliest stringed keyboard instrument, the most recognised portraits of Joseph Haydn and Farinelli, and 56 other fascinating instruments chosen from the RCM's designated collection of 14,000 items. Each tour lasts 45 minutes and is limited to a maximum of 16 people. Tickets are free and booking is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/museum-guided-tour-38291/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3825973", "image": "https://noky.io/images/758727c9972d142ab820934f6edbb9d07e4a8c073cbb30adb57e0b4a4d5a9be6-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Tower Hill to Canary Wharf via Limehouse, 4.1 miles", "start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T15:00:00Z", "place": "Tower Hill", "address": "40 Tower Hill, London, London", "price": "£5 for other members (free for annual-subscription members and NHS staff)", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["wellness/fitness/walking", "history"], "description": "A guided 4.1-mile walking tour from Tower Hill to Canary Wharf via Limehouse. It is hosted by Gaz, a Super Organizer of the Scenic London Walking Group, and explores historic sights including the Tower Hill Sundial, Saint Dunstan-in-the-East, All Hallows-by-the-Tower with its Crypt Museum, St Katherine Docks, and the Thames path through Wapping and Limehouse. Walkers will pass historic pubs such as the Prospect of Whitby and The Grapes, the latter owned by Sir Ian McKellen. The walk is free for subscribed annual members and NHS staff, with a £5 fee for other members, and optional drinks or lunch at the end.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tower-hill-to-canary-wharf-via-limehouse-41-miles-94007/", "official_url": "https://www.meetup.com/scenic-london-walking-group/events/316753322/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b01b3ac0729dc36d3d0ffc336c2c80f839cffd95cd3854d7b3cfc132dd65ebe9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Shaping Croydon: Architecture and Ambition", "start": "2026-09-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-31T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Museum of Croydon", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "history/urban-history"], "description": "Shaping Croydon is a major new exhibition exploring the intersection between architectural innovation and ambitious town planning, focusing on the changing vision of the town centre from the post-war period to today. It features contemporary photography by Croydon artist and photographer Glenn Foster, work from photographers associated with the Gareth Gardner Gallery, displays from Croydon Urban Room looking at the future of Croydon's town centre, and materials from Museum of Croydon and Croydon Archives. The exhibition traces the ideas and ambitions that have shaped Croydon's architectural landscape, from its designation as a special development zone to aims of becoming Britain's leading multi-storey carpark hub.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/shaping-croydon-architecture-and-ambition-37211/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/def72ae58b3bd19851c482d1a20ef41b807c5ab44ed59ff2dd996d75f99536de-2000.webp"}, {"title": "London Museum Docklands highlights tour", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "No. 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, E14 4AL London", "price": "from £11.00", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/london"], "description": "A guided gallery tour through London Museum Docklands, taking in the museum's highlights. Run by the museum, it covers the history of London's docks, the East End and the people who have lived and worked there for over two centuries. Walking through the historic warehouse building, visitors learn how unused marshland was transformed into towering Canary Wharf. The guide shares the grim details of dock work, the ins and outs of the 'sailortowns' and the heroic efforts of those defending the docks during the war.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-museum-docklands-highlights-tour-63339/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/welcome-to-docklands/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0cb969730f37b534ba5796b0f70a4dc816b8fdcdabad001de6a75796a8f5d56-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Theatre Royal Drury Lane Tours", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Theatre Royal, Drury Lane", "address": "Catherine Street 57, WC2B 5JF London", "price": "£22.50", "price_from": "22.50", "price_to": "22.50", "category": "tours", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "Theatre Royal Drury Lane Tours are guided walking tours through one of London's historic theatres, taking about 1 hour and 15 minutes with 20 spaces per tour. The tours are run by the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the oldest theatre on the same site in the world, set in the heart of Covent Garden. Visitors explore the beautifully renovated building and learn about the birthplace of the musical, modern pantomime, moving scenery and naturalistic acting. The tour also covers the origins of theatrical terms like Crew, Props and Box Office, royal scandal, murder and the theatre's famous ghosts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/theatre-royal-drury-lane-tours-65442/", "official_url": "https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-royal-drury-lane-tours/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/96dea883195457269eb52ee8c5abd6012b6077432d7f6663d61a256340f8602d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Uxbridge at War: A Walking Tour", "start": "2026-11-11T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "price": "Free with an optional £10 donation to the Royal British Legion.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/military"], "description": "A guided walking tour through Uxbridge's military history. It is run by Hillingdon Council together with the Royal British Legion and starts at the Battle of Britain Bunker, with a refreshment stop at the Hillingdon Museum and Archives before finishing at Uxbridge Tube Station. It is open to people aged 16 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/uxbridge-at-war-a-walking-tour-78791/", "official_url": "https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/events/event/400/uxbridge-at-war-a-walking-tour", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d62a074ed1ea8f0d512d38f9232313c470bdcb0b1f4b4f5a60a7455945075ed6-600.webp"}, {"title": "11 November - Women of Southwark Tour - The Untold Story", "start": "2026-11-11T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Southwark Cathedral", "address": "Cathedral Street, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "A guided tour exploring the lives of women in Southwark and the impact they have made on the local area and beyond. It is run by Southwark Cathedral and covers women connected to the cathedral, from Victorian pioneers such as Octavia Hill and Isabella Gilmore to benefactors like Dorothy Appleby and Elizabeth Newcomen, who funded help for poor people in south London. The tour also uncovers the impact of Queen Mary I on the cathedral's life. It is open to people who live or work in Bankside.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/11-november-women-of-southwark-tour-the-untold-story-41036/", "official_url": "https://betterbankside.co.uk/events/11-november-women-of-southwark-tour-the-untold-story/", "image": ""}]}