This walk tells the history of Haggerston, the northern-most and once the most rural, undeveloped, part of the ancient parish of Shoreditch. The walk will also go along Columbia Road, in neighbouring Bethnal Green.

• What was Mr Fairchild’ Mule?
• How was Haggerston Park created?
• See another site of Angela Burdett Coutts’s philanthropy

Duration: Allow for 3 hours

Cost: £12 (£9 concessions) – pay on the day, card or cash.

Start: Entrance to Haggerston Station (East London Line), Lee Street, E8 4DY, at 11am

End: St Leonard Church, Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JN

To Book: text/phone 07710 414240 or email sean@walkhackney.co.uk