{"title": "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/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": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Southwark Cathedral", "address": "Cathedral Street, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "In & around Smithfield Market", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-26T00:00:00Z", "place": "", "address": "", "price": "from £14.00", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/early-modern/tudor"], "description": "A 90-minute guided walk through the Smithfield area, an area packed with medieval and Tudor history. The London Museum runs it, with a guide leading visitors past famous landmarks and into the fascinating and surprising stories behind them. 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Stops include the Charterhouse, St-Bartholomew-the-Great, one of London's oldest churches, and the famous meat market.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/in-around-smithfield-market-49194/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/in-around-smithfield-market/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/59e59e3b9930bc40ed110fc879a5cd29a5c22c6739e62e69a6855314ba65cbf0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Almshouse 14 Tours", "start": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Museum of the Home", "address": "Kingsland Road 136, E2 8EA London", "price": "Free with optional donation", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "Almshouse 14 Tours are guided tours of the Museum of the Home's restored 18th-century almshouse dwellings, showing what it was like to live in Hackney 200 years ago. The interactive walk through Almshouse 14 reveals how residents kept warm, slept, ate and did their washing centuries ago. 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The tour is run by Grand Junction at the church, whose subterranean sanctuary was created through inventive engineering and expressive Victorian design. The chapel is early work by the architect Sir Ninian Comper, created as a memorial to Fr West, the founder and first vicar who died in 1893. Its carved stone, stained glass, gilding and ornamental paintwork evoke the 15th century, and visitors can learn about this hidden gem's heritage and its recent restoration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tour-beneath-the-stones-a-subterranean-tour-of-st-mary-magda-36292/", "official_url": "https://grandjunction.org.uk/events/tour-beneath-the-stones-a-subterranean-tour-of-st-mary-magdalenes-church/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2f1bdc07444915c63fb05352931c75d0fc897acca25165c2394a24172226c300-600.webp"}, {"title": "Library and Archive Tour: Women of the Wallace Collection", "start": "2026-11-10T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "11.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/women", "art"], "description": "A guided tour through the Library and Archive of the Wallace Collection, taking place in the Library on the Lower Ground Floor. 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Jamie Paterno Ostmann, a researcher and PhD candidate working for Historic Royal Palaces, the National Trust and Durham University, will give the talk, and the church's death and burial registers recording her death will be available to view before and after. 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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"}, {"title": "Hidden Gem History Group", "start": "2026-11-14T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T12:00:00Z", "place": "North Ockendon: St Mary Magdalene", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "Hidden Gem History Group meets at St Mary Magdalene's Church Hall in North Ockendon to explore the history and heritage of this rural village, which the church has been at the centre of for a thousand years. The group behind it welcomes anyone with an interest or passion for the area to its open meetings, where all may attend and contribute and refreshments are available. Past talks have covered topics such as St Cedd's well, early Pilgrim Way routes, the Batt sisters buried in the churchyard, and the Mardyke River.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hidden-gem-history-group-86107/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74848eb2bfff5cf89dd9c520fb70fe72f9858412bcb930cec92916315fa883bd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Women's Event", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T12:30:00Z", "place": "Holy Trinity Clapham", "address": "Connect Lounge, 31-33 Bromells Road, Clapham, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A Women's Brunch at Holy Trinity Clapham with plenty of time for meeting others over brunch. Emily Layzell, Senior Pastor at City Rise, will come to speak, and there will also be a time of worship and prayer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/womens-event-45948/", "official_url": "https://holytrinityclapham.churchsuite.com/events/hglsk8gw", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9dc7ac0a9bb79ff558b598b3bd3226b1b8311d7e92e64b0f223fa43f994d82c4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Historical Building Tour", "start": "2026-11-11T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Oxford House", "address": "Derbyshire Street, E2 6HG London", "price": "7.50", "price_from": "7.50", "price_to": "7.50", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/heritage-preservation"], "description": "A guided one-hour tour of Oxford House, a listed Victorian building in Bethnal Green. It is run by Oxford House, set up in 1884 as one of the world's first 'settlement houses', as part of its heritage project Made in the East End. Visitors hear untold stories from the archives, see a 'secret chapel', learn about Gandhi's 1930s visit and the building's role in both World Wars, and enjoy 360-degree rooftop views over East London, weather permitting.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/historical-building-tour-41802/", "official_url": "https://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/event/historical-building-tour-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/173564660e5700d4b5960632ee3da95f41b2062e7845274a1b4773cdbad3ebfa-600.webp"}, {"title": "History Tours", "start": "2026-11-07T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wilton's Music Hall", "address": "Graces Alley 1, E1 8JB London", "price": "£10", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "35.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "History Tours is a guided tour of Wilton's Music Hall, a historic building that was once a Victorian sailors' pub. The tours were devised by a Wilton's researcher and historian and last approximately one hour. They tell how the pub went from music hall to Methodist Mission and was forgotten before becoming the venue it is today. 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": "Treasures tour", "start": "2026-11-03T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Paul's Cathedral", "address": "St Paul's Churchyard, EC4M 8AD London", "price": "", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["religion/christian/anglican", "art/architecture"], "description": "Treasures tour is a one-hour guided tour in English that takes visitors to hidden treasures of the Cathedral's Triforium, the space which wraps around the top of the building. It is run by St Paul's Cathedral and is aimed at adults as one of its sightseeing tours and talks.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/treasures-tour-90687/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Secret London City Part 1 - Lost London that time forget and some hidden gems!", "start": "2026-11-04T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T16:30:00Z", "place": "Cannon Street", "address": "Cannon Street, London, London", "price": "£10 cash/card payment by simply turning up on the day", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "A guided walking tour of about 2.5 miles through the City of London, exploring a 'Lost London' that time has forgotten, from Roman and Medieval remains to hidden gems like a pocket park too small to sit in, an open-air medieval church and garden from 1225, and the oldest tree in the City. The walk is hosted by Kevin C. of the Meetup group Walks and Tours, whose 'Secret London Walks' have been exploring the city for 15 years and are led by a 'Visit England' Award-Winning Guide. Along the route, walkers hear stories such as the site of the first WW2 bomb dropped on London, where Oliver Cromwell married, where John Milton and Dick Whittington are buried, and a park connected to Hollywood stars including Julia Roberts and Jude Law. The walk starts and ends at Cannon Street, meeting at the mainline station entrance opposite 'The Cannick Tapps' and 'All Bar One' pubs, 103 Cannon St, London EC4N 5AG.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/secret-london-city-part-1-lost-london-that-time-forget-and-s-86085/", "official_url": "https://www.meetup.com/walks-and-tours/events/316428486/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/71ae4b7c12dc5e9f5e9677b2e3d177ea71b989bae712889a451b750b9dec0501-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Women, Gin & ‘Sin’: Immersive Tour & Gin Tasting", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Foundling Museum", "address": "Brunswick Square 40, WC1N 1AZ London", "price": "£36.50", "price_from": "36.50", "price_to": "36.50", "category": "tours", "tags": ["food-drink/drinks/gin", "history/georgian"], "description": "An immersive evening at the Foundling Museum stepping into the shadowy world of 18th-century London through women's stories, gin and 'sin'. It combines an interactive theatrical tour with a tutored gin tasting, exploring how gin went from the 'devilish drink' of Georgian London to the queen of the drinks cabinet.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/women-gin-sin-immersive-tour-gin-tasting-78690/", "official_url": "https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/women-gin-and-sin-immersive-tour-and-gin-tasting/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b2df5f5abfe504485fd3660d69c19f85d22879dca7d0ceadcb5c7d1aef5bc210-2000.webp"}]}