A former hunting ground became a magnet for immigrants from various countries, resulting in an area rich in history, diversity and culture.

A one-hour walk that takes you round a former hunting ground that became a magnet for immigrants from many different countries to create an area rich in history, diversity and culture.

We begin the walk with a war heroine voted the UK’s ‘Greatest Black Briton’ and the country’s richest woman and end in the heart of London’s ‘gay village’ on a street named after a bishop!

On the way we encounter the birthplaces of television and coffee bar culture as well as a snail farm, a fabulously rude hostess who never the less defied the prejudices of time to welcome all, ‘the world’s greatest lover’, the queen who travelled the streets of Soho in a Sedan chair and the first black man to appear on the London stage! We may also encounter a nose or two as well!

The walk will finish on Old Compton Street close to junction with Dean Street.