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The official feed for Lambeth Tour Guides Association. All guides are fully qualified & Insured. Insta : @lambeth_tourguides
Lambeth, London
Joined September 2022
Been enjoying the great weather this week ? Like exploring #Lambeth & curious to learn about your local area ? .Then the Become a Lambeth Tour Guide course, based at @morleycollege is for you. Full details on our website. Applications now open! .🚶♂️ 🌞 🚶🏾♀️.
lambethtourguides.org
Have you always wanted to become a tour guide? Do you want to share your knowledge and passionate expertise with others? Love telling a good story? Well this is the course for you!Applications for...
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V is for #Venn. We'll be in #Clapham on Sat - here's @ClaphamSociety on the Venn family and those overlapping circles of Sets, known as a Venn Diagram, an example if which is on Accredited Lambeth Tour Guides' Badge. #onlyInLambeth 🚶♂️ 🥈 🚶🏾♀️.
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By Anne Wilson A plaque in Venn Street in Clapham on the wall of Barclays Bank explains the naming of the street and records just two members of a distinguished clerical and intellectual family. The...
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RT @SocStreatham: The Lambeth Heritage Festival 2025 starts today. Tickets still available for our tours of one of Streatham's hidden gems….
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After @lampallib, architects.Wright and Wright return to #Lambeth for "continuity and change" in Lambeth Palace overhaul. @lambethpalace has some of oldest surviving buildings ( or parts of) in the Borough. via @dezeen.
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Wright and Wright has completed the renovation and extension of Lambeth Palace, the 800-year-old home of the Archbishop of Canterbury in London.
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U is for Ugly. Ugly ? In #Lambeth ? .Only as in 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Characters of Waterloo' a tour revealing the varied characters of Waterloo on Tuesday 9th Sept at 11am .
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Join us for a 90 minute walk through the streets of Waterloo and we'll introduce you to a fascinating cast of characters.
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T is for #Theatre. From @oldvictheatre, @NationalTheatre & #TheVaults in the North to @SLTheatre in the South - with so much inbetween @youngvictheatre @OmnibusTheatre @lambethfringe @WhiteBearTheatr @GooseTheatre #BrixtonHouse @WaterlooEast @StreathamHillT . #onlyInLambeth 🎶 🎭
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S is for #Stockwell and the mighty Bus Garage. Largest unsupported roof in Europe in 1950s when built. There will be Walks around Stockwell on Sat 4th October for #LondonLocalGuidingDay . Oh, and there's a link to @MayorofLondon . #onlyInLambeth.
It was a full circle moment for me to step into Stockwell bus garage where my dad worked for over 20 years to see how Go-Ahead has made a state-of-the-art control centre fit for the 21st century.
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A spotlight on #LambethHeritageFestival from @KenningtonRUN - including walks from @GuidesLambeth 👇. #FavoriteTimeOfTheYear . #doingLambethWalks 🚶♂️ 🚶♂️ 🚶🏾♀️.
Today over on the Observer it’s our favourite time of the year (one of many). In the first of our free culture instalments, we tell you about #lambethhistoryfestival , which starts next week.
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R is for #Railway - the networks that opened up South London from mid C 19th. @LondonWaterloo opened 1848. Until recently one of busiest UK stations, still the largest in area & number of platforms. Check for Tours starting at or close to #Waterloo 🚂
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#LambethHeritageFestival starts from this Monday 1st September! .First walk of the Festival is @FairbairnGeoff discovering #Vauxhall on Wed 3rd 👇.
I'm repeating my original Vauxhall guided walk ‘Unseen Vauxhall – the Vanished and the Unnoticed’ on Wednesday 3rd September. Use promo code 'X25' for discount.
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O, P & Q of our #Lambeth countdown together in this Walk : . O for Oval - the Walk meeting point .P for Pride & Protest - the theme .Q - as part of #LGBTQ+ history and heritage. #onlyInLambeth.
The walk will take place at 12 noon on Saturday 20th September from Oval Tube Station. Further details on the @GuidesLambeth website. Please email Clare@lambethlinks.org.uk to book your place. Booking is essential 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. #prideandprotests #lgbtq #historywalk #lambethtourguides.
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P is for Palaces . Two historic locations, associations with which have shaped the area : .#LambethPalace, the London residence of Archbishop of Canterbury .#Kennington Palace, part of @duchyofcornwall Estate . #onlyInLambeth
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@oldvictheatre Lambeth also home to National Film Theatre, dating back to the 1951 Festival of Britain, then, relocated to under #WaterlooBridge with multiple screens ( National Film Theatre 1, 2, 3 . ) now @BFI #SouthBank . #onlyInLambeth 🎥 🎞 📽 🎬
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N is also for the 'National' of the National Theatre of Great Britain. First performances from Oct 1963 @oldvictheatre and then at #Lasdun's SouthBank with 3 theatre's. Also in #Lambeth is the Theatre's Archive & Studio. #onlyInLambeth 🎶 🎭
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N is for National. The National Windrush Memorial on the concourse of #WaterlooStation. The image was used for the first year of the Become a Lambeth Tour Guide Course, taught at nearby #MorleyCollege . #onlyInLambeth
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RT @SocStreatham: Our next talk, Tuesday 2nd September '25 7:30pm at St Leonard's Church. No need to book.Lambeth Town Hall, Formed and Ref….
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M is for #MarySeacole - we'll be at the Mary Seacole Centre #Clapham SW4 on Saturday 6th Sept for Lambeth History Fair. Come and say hello at our stall & book for one of our .Clapham High Street Uncovered Tours #onlyInLambeth 📖 📚 🚶♂️ 🚶♀️
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L is for #LambethTownHall.We're taking part in @openhouselondon Th 18th Sept .Several tour times see 👇. And Tues 2nd hear @GuidesLambeth's Robert Hardy at #StLeonards #Streatham reveal the history of administrative HQ of the Borough . #OnlyInLambeth
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K is for #Kennington . An area rich with history & wealth of themes explored by @GuidesLambeth in upcoming Tours in September: .7th Palace to Pavilion 🏏 .12th Gardens & Green space 🌳13th LGBTQ + 🏳️🌈 .27th Kennington Firsts 1️⃣. Check website for details . #onlyInLambeth
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J is for #Jones - David Jones. A Brixton claim to #Fame : 1947 musician, actor, icon #DavidBowie born Stansfield Rd SW9.Find him on mural opposite Brixton tube, look for clues elsewhere . #RebelRebel #StationToStation. #onlyInLambeth 🎶 🎸 🎷
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I is for.'I could Become A Lambeth Tour Guide'. Learn about London History & #Lambeth today, hone presentation skills, explore green spaces, riverside developments, the people & places in the Borough. Apply for this Sept 👇. . #OnlyInLambeth 📖 🚶♂️🚶🏾🎓
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