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'The Roman Wall - then & now' Guided Walk

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  • March 2 · 2:00 PM

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Come along on Saturday 2nd March at 2pm for a guided walk along the Roman Wall.
About the walk
We will be walking the route of the old Roman Wall, starting at Tower Hill and finishing near  Blackfriars. The wall was built between 190AD and 225AD and defined the shape of the City of London.  As the City expanded in the 18th and 19th centuries a lot of the wall was knocked down, although there is a bit left.

We will be following the wall using a Braun & Hogenberg map (below) which was drawn in 1572, which shows the wall intact and one of the first maps to be drawn of London.  Using the map, we will be able to see not only what the Roman's built, but also how the wall was adapted and what was built around it in the 16th century when the map was drawn.  We can then compare this by what exists on and around the wall today, some 1800 years after it was built.



 

 


The guided walk will be led by myself.  Full Member’s 2013 will be free, everyone else the walk will be £5 each.

We walk about 2 miles and so expect it to take about 2 hours 30 mins.  We finish near Blackfriars.

If you can't see us outside the station, please call.

Look out for the group sign -



 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope to see you there!

Regards

Robert
07905 901 834

 

 

 

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  • Pushparani Webster
    Pushparani Webster

    Does any one want a place on 30th March. Sorry I cannot be there as it is the Holy Saturday and got few things to do at the church. I will aim for April trip. Robert, can you please take me off the list for 30th March. Many thanks. Hope you all will have a great day.

    March 4

  • Iwona W
    Iwona W

    Very interesting

    March 3

  • Suzan Randle
    Suzan Randle

    Very enjoyable and interesting walk, professionally presented, followed by conversation with some very nice people. A lovely way to spend Saturday afternoon.

    March 3

  • brenda
    brenda

    very good tarh Robert :} :}

    March 3

  • Clare
    Clare

    Lots of interesting information delivered well. A pleasant length of walk with a nice group of people.

    March 3

  • Liza
    Liza

    Great day, met up with some lovely people and Robert was a fantastic guide.

    March 2

  • JT
    JT

    It was most informative and Robert did an excellent job!

    March 2

  • Jane
    Jane

    Sorry I wasn't able to get there after all.

    March 2

  • Clare
    Clare

    very interesting walk. Thankyou Robert

    March 2

  • Lorraune Brazier
    Lorraune Brazier

    Shame i was informed too late to attend, any chance of a phone rather then e mail when your called in at last minute?

    March 2

  • Lisa
    Lisa

    Fantastic very informative

    March 2

  • Louise
    Louise

    Would love to have come, but the email didn't get through in time, I won't make it in time. Have a good time and I'll try to get to the next one. Thanks

    March 2

    • Lorraune Brazier
      Lorraune Brazier

      Again I would have loved to come if i got the e mail in time. However i live a good hour away, even if i had not been covered in mud from gardening. Please put me on the list for the next walk like this. Maybe i should just turn up as this is the second time i have been called in at very short notice. Can someone ring you instead of e mailing? Lorraine

      March 2

  • Danielle Aadsen
    Danielle Aadsen

    I'm sorry, I'm feeling a bit sick, so heading home

    March 2

  • rachel davies
    rachel davies

    Last minute guests...sorry to miss it

    March 2

  • Andrea
    Andrea

    Sorry, but this notification that I left the waitlist after 9am this morning came a little too late, won't make it before 2pm :-(

    March 2

  • fabiola
    fabiola

    I am really sorry, I just saw message and can't make it on time. Hopefully next time! :)

    March 2

  • John
    John

    Sorry Robert. not well today.

    March 2

  • Julie G
    Julie G

    Sorry cannot now make this. Shame as I was really looking forward to this walk. Please give my place to a fellow Cultureseeker on the waiting list. Enjoy the walk everyone.

    March 2

  • Julie G
    Julie G

    Sorry cannot now make this. Shame as I was really looking forward to this walk. Please give my place to a fellow Cultureseeker on the waiting list. Enjoy the walk everyone.

    March 2

  • Assunta. (Sue)
    Assunta. (Sue)

    Hi Robert only just got message that I have a place . Rushing to try and make it .

    March 2

  • Deborah Goodman
    Deborah Goodman

    Sorry cannot go today due to family illness but am booked in for 30th March.

    March 2

  • Amanda
    Amanda

    Sorry cannot go at short notice now but slot free. Will try for another date.

    March 1

  • L
    L

    I know people are waiting, so I won't put "maybe". Too cold. Thanks though.

    March 1

  • Glenn
    Glenn

    Sorry - have to miss this on this occasion but hopefully will do on another occasion

    March 1

  • carole beth
    carole beth

    Hi sorry will have to give his a miss my knee is playing up and I have some labour party stuff to sort out ok

    March 1

  • Dennis
    Dennis

    Will go on the 30th

    March 1

  • Annette Morgan
    Annette Morgan

    sorry have organised another event.

    March 1

  • Joan
    Joan

    I am now attending 30 th March I booked on this before a space came open . Now away

    March 1

  • Annika micheli
    Annika micheli

    Sorry cant make it tomorrow. Good news for someone on the waiting list.;)

    March 1

  • Maria
    Maria

    I can't go now, unfortunately. Can someone have my place? Maria

    February 28

  • helga cullum
    helga cullum

    I now can't make this. Someone can take my place

    February 28

  • Richard Watkins
    Richard Watkins

    Really wanted to do this, but must to go in to the Museum instead.

    February 27

  • Clare
    Clare

    Hi Robert, how long is the waiting list plse, is it worth me joining?

    February 26

    • Robert
      Robert

      Probably worth you getting on the repeat walk on the 30th March (if you can make it). If you don't get on, we will be repeating in in April.

      February 27

  • Pushparani Webster
    Pushparani Webster

    Hi Robert, I am on the waiting list. Can you please take me off from this list. Will join another time. I can see 40 are on the waitlist already.

    February 27

  • Joan
    Joan

    Hi not sure what it means that I am on the waiting list as I have only just joines the group joan

    February 7

    • Meredith Small
      Meredith Small

      Hi Joan, Welcome! Basically, when you're on the waiting list it means that you didn't get in on an excursion with limited numbers but if someone who did get in has to drop out, then the first person on the waiting list drops on to the "attending" list & you will get an email letting you know you're in! Don't panic if you don't make it onto the attending list, though... Robert usually repeats things which are popular & which had to have limited numbers... Good luck, though!! Hope to meet you, soon! ~M x

      February 25

  • Pablo Ampuero
    Pablo Ampuero

    CURSES! I am moving house on Saturday.

    February 24

  • Sandra Tait
    Sandra Tait

    Sorry, cannot do this date.

    February 23

  • Vanessa KS
    Vanessa KS

    Sorry can no longer make this.

    February 13

  • Maria
    Maria

    Hi Robert,
    I'm on the waitlist,
    How will I know if a place becomes available?
    Maria

    February 10

    • Robert
      Robert

      You will get an automatic email when you go from the wait list to the Yes list.

      February 10

  • jennifer
    jennifer

    Out of town - but will come if you schedule another, it sounds great!

    1 · February 8

  • terence freedman
    terence freedman

    t is a grest walk but I am sorry to to have already booked elsewhere. Enjoy the discovery.

    February 8

  • terence freedman
    terence freedman

    already booked up I'm afraid. - enjoy the experience.

    February 6

    • Meredith Small
      Meredith Small

      Terrance, you can add your name to the waiting list! I've been on waiting lists before & believe me, Robert does keep up to date with who's unable to make it & adjusts the numbers so that the list moves forward... It does sound like a good walk, doesn't it?!

      February 7

  • James Poynter
    James Poynter

    First event

    1 · February 6

    • Meredith Small
      Meredith Small

      We promise we'll be gentle! Welcome & looking forward to meeting you, James!

      February 7

  • nahid
    nahid

    I will be away on holiday.

    February 6

  • Martin
    Martin

    Busy this evening, entertaining my sister for her birthday and our friends.

    1 · February 6

  • Jane
    Jane

    Would like to come to this if I am in London

    February 6

  • Ina Griffiths
    Ina Griffiths

    I will have a friend visiting from South Africa - this will be fascinating for her! (...and me!)

    1 · February 6

  • Meredith Small
    Meredith Small

    Brilliant idea for guided walk!! I will look forward to this one!

    February 6

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