Guided Walks

Central London Poetry Walk

Walking with Wordsworth, Strolling with Shakespeare...

In conjunction with 'The Original London Walks,' Lance Pierson presents his acclaimed 2-hour 'Poetry Walk' along the banks of the Thames, between Waterloo and Westminster Bridges.

The walk features:

• Modern poems about the Festival Hall, Hungerford Bridge and the London Eye
• Westminster Bridge immortalised by Wordsworth
• Views of Shakespeare's Globe and Donne's St Paul's
• Poetry paving stones along the South Bank
• Statues of Burns and Gilbert and Sullivan

Lance will perform relevant poems at each place, then we will finish with refreshments in a nearby hostelry. No need to book but please do tell anyone who might enjoy this and encourage them to join us.

Twickenham and Teddington Poetry Walk

A walk to celebrate the strong poetic heritage of Twickenham and Teddington led by Lance Pierson and Barrie Armstrong.

At each stopping place of poetic interest, they will read a relevant poem by the poet who is commemorated there. The poets featured are:
Lord Alfred Tennyson, Walter de la Mare, John Donne, Alexander Pope, Thomas Traherne.

Barrie is a long-term resident of Eel Pie Island and a former journalist, as well as a poet himself.

John Betjeman Poetry Walk

A guided poetry walk around Highgate to see where John Betjeman was born and grew up. The walk starts at Kentish Town Station and visits the places where Betjeman was born, brought up and went to school.

At each stopping point Lance reads from the poems which Betjeman wrote about his childhood. The poems include “Parliament Hill Fields”, “Archibald”, “NW5 and N6”, “False Security”, and “Original Sin.”

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If you have a group who would like to go on any of these walks and have a specific date in mind contact Lance and arrange your own walk.