'Into the Valley' West Hill to Wandsworth Guided Walk

Name: 'Into the Valley' West Hill to Wandsworth Guided Walk
Start: 2025-08-02T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-08-02T16:00:00+01:00

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Sat 2 Aug 2025

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The sights and the stories on the less-explored west side of Wandsworth, from the edge of Wimbledon Common down into the Wandle Valley! Approaching the town centre from the west side with a smorgasbord of great stories, from 'The Swedish Nightingale' to 'The Pioneers of Punk'

Join me on the high ground among the big houses, swanky secluded estates and roomy villas. Hear about singers and performers, gardeners, architects, writers, fascists and slave-owners as we take a gentle trip into the Wandle Valley. We’ll see the place where in August 1975 four cockney geezers rehearsed together for the first time and changed the face of popular music forever. The Sex Pistols join forces with George Eliot, HG Wells, Constance Cummings-John, Whitelands College, Giles Gilbert Scott, Jenny Lind, Charles Pearson and AV Roe. Throw in Fazl Mosque, a 'lost' pet cemetery and Sigismund Rucker's rhodedendron garden and you have one of the most eclectic line-ups you'll ever find on a Guided Walk.