'Great Escapes' are informative and entertaining local history walks in the SW16/SW17/SW18 area. Ideal for getting all the family out and finding out more about where you live! You can print out a self-guided map or do it on your phone. There are now 25 Walks available to download here
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This is going to be one of the BEST EVER lockdown walks with input from Streatham Society You are most cordially invited to SW16 to take a Walk alongside Streatham’s #SaintsAndSinners
Streatham Literary Walk
South Walk:
Covering Streatham and Norbury (SW16), see where Joyce Lankaster-Brisley, of Milly Molly Mandy, and Leila Berg of the Nipper series lived. Discover the house where Josephine Tey stayed with her sister, and the home of the prolific Beryl Kingston. See the house of “the wickedest man in the world”, the infamous Aleister Crowley. The longer route takes in where Sir Kingsley Amis was brought up and a Winnie the Pooh connection!
South Walk:
Covering Streatham and Norbury (SW16), see where Joyce Lankaster-Brisley, of Milly Molly Mandy, and Leila Berg of the Nipper series lived. Discover the house where Josephine Tey stayed with her sister, and the home of the prolific Beryl Kingston. See the house of “the wickedest man in the world”, the infamous Aleister Crowley. The longer route takes in where Sir Kingsley Amis was brought up and a Winnie the Pooh connection!
Enjoy a stroll around the south of Streatham
visiting locations connected to it's famous literati. Developed in Association with the Ramblers Association and part of the Streatham Literary Festival
These walks are free and there are more fascinating urban walks on the Ramblers’ website (https://www.ramblers.org.uk), and they are also offering Streatham walkers 15% discount on membership with the code V20QAW
Streatham Literary Walk
North Walk:
See the flat where VS Naipaul wrote the novel that won him the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Find out where Raymond Chandler lived with his mother. Discover the many literary secrets of St Leonard’s Church, including connections with Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Jane Austen. Find Angela Carter’s old school and why Joshua Reynolds painted a group of portraits called The Streatham Worthies.
North Walk:
See the flat where VS Naipaul wrote the novel that won him the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Find out where Raymond Chandler lived with his mother. Discover the many literary secrets of St Leonard’s Church, including connections with Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Jane Austen. Find Angela Carter’s old school and why Joshua Reynolds painted a group of portraits called The Streatham Worthies.
From Goldilocks to The Devil Rides Out - Enjoy a stroll around the north of Streatham visiting locations connected to it's famous literati. Developed in Association with the Ramblers Association and part of the Streatham Literary Festival These walks are free and there are more fascinating urban walks on the Ramblers’ website (https://www.ramblers.org.uk), and they are also offering Streatham walkers 15% discount on membership with the code V20QAW
