Cat Scratch Fever!

🐾5-mile downhill London walk celebrating feline folklore, public art, and bronze legends
Unleash your curiosity on this walk through some of central London’s most characterful cat-themed landmarks. Starting Mornington Crescent and winding south to the Thames, we’ll meet the gods, explorers, activists, and jazz-loving alley cats who’ve left their pawprints on the city’s streets.
🗺️ Route Highlights:

• Admire the majestic Bastet statues at Mornington Crescent—watching over the city since 1928.
• Visit Trim, the jet-black sea cat who circumnavigated Australia and stole sailors’ dinners.
• Greet Heal’s serval, the cat that supposedly advised window displays.
• Salute the Gayer-Anderson Cat, a replica of Egypt’s most revered bronze feline.
• Discover Humphrey, who napped to jazz, and Sam, who “told the locals when something was going on.”
• Then a bit of a wander to the magnificent -
• Cleopatra sphinxes, installed backwards and still unfazed by bombs or bafflement.

📍 Walk Facts:

• Linear route from Mornington Crescent to Victoria Embankment
• Roughly 5 miles / ~8 km of fully public, accessible stops
• Approx. 3 hours at a relaxed group pace
• Rich stories, curious sculptures, and a touch of whiskered wisdom at each stop
• Coffee or a spot of grub afterwards around Embankment

Whether you're a sculpture lover, history buff, or certified cat person, this is more than a walk—it's a paws-on exploration of London’s feline heritage.

This is a walk for Introverts - a small casual safe space for us to relax and enjoy each others company. As with all my walks it will be fairly ad hoc, may go off script but will be fun