Walking Westminster with the Lord Mayor in Church Street

This walk run by a local Westminster guide will offer you the chance to hear the story of Church Street Market and the communities around it. Hear about a streetmarket trader whose firm helped clothe the late Queen.  Wonder at the foods from all over the world and take in the excitement of London’s most thriving street market.  Hear about plans to construct a super library and to make the area greener by planting thousands of trees.  Relax in the peace and quiet of Paddington Green and St Mary’s Churchyard and hear about some of the great characters who have lived and died in the area.  Look at some of the earliest progressive social housing in London and see the factory that made tyres, brakes and gun turrets for World War Two Spitfires and Hurricane fighters.  Hear about the long history of this area and the many changes it has gone through.