Time Out Book of London Walks

by White, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780140278972
• ISBN10: 0140278974
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Time Out Pub
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Summary

Thirty walks from London writers, each revealing a personal insight into their chosen corner of the capital. With contributors including novelists, journalists, comedians, cartoonists and historians, the result is a book that can be read with pleasure at home, as a collection of writings about London, or used as a practical guide to the city's streets and green spaces. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Location map	p. 6
Using this book	p. 8
Introduction	p. 9
Stepping out	p. 10
Soho, Bloomsbury, Russell Square 2.5 miles/4km
The performance of power	p. 20
Westminster (circular) 3.5 miles/5.5km
Movies, murder and the macabre	p. 32
Bloomsbury, Soho, Piccadilly 2 miles/3km
Anatomical London	p. 40
Marble Arch to London Bridge 6.5 miles/11km
A monopoly on wealth	p. 52
Mayfair 3 miles/4.5km
Museum piece	p. 60
Trafalgar Square to British Museum 2 miles/3km
In the shadow of the tower	p. 68
Camden, Regent's Park, Fitzrovia 4 miles/6km
The full circuit	p. 78
Hampstead Heath (circular) 4 miles/6.5km
Dawn chorus with mute swans	p. 86
Hampstead Heath 3 miles/5km
One summer's morning	p. 90
Highgate, Hampstead Heath (circular) 4.5 miles/7km
Of kites and Keats	p. 98
Kentish Town, Hampstead Heath, Hampstead 3 miles/5km
Building blocks	p. 106
The Square Mile 7 miles/11km
Transition and reinterpretation	p. 120
Old Street, The City, Waterloo 4 miles/6.5km
In the mix	p. 128
Hoxton, Islington 4 miles/6km
Walk like a Huguenot	p. 138
East End 4.5 miles/7km
Crafts and conversions	p. 146
Clerkenwell (circular) 2 miles/3km
A river runs through it	p. 156
Thames Path from Thames Barrier to Hampton Court 29 miles/46km
Freewheeling	p. 170
South Bank (wheelchair accessible) 2.5 miles/4km
Black sabbath	p. 174
Brixton (circular) 3 miles/4.5km
Chainy walk	p. 182
Erith, Lesnes Abbey Wood, Oxleas Woods, Falconwood 6.5 miles/11km
Common people	p. 190
Clapham Common, Wandsworth Common 5 miles/8km
Wombling free	p. 200
Wimbledon (circular) 5 miles/8km
A short walk in south-east London	p. 208
St John, Lewisham (circular) 1.5 miles/2.5km
From tree to tree	p. 212
Richmond Park to Kew 11 miles/18km
Green thoughts by the gasometer	p. 222
Grand Union Canal, Wormwood Scrubs, Ladbroke Grove (circular) 3.5 miles/5.5km
Mind, body, spirit, soul	p. 230
Kensington, Covent Garden, Bloomsbury, Regent's Park, Camden 10.5 miles/17km
In the money	p. 244
Knightsbridge, Brompton, Belgravia (circular) 8 miles/12.5km
West side story	p. 254
Chiswick (circular) 2 miles/3km
Do you remember Derek Marlowe?	p. 262
Pimlico, Kensington, Notting Hill, Ravenscourt Park 12.5 miles/20km
Triumph of the bourgeoisie	p. 276
Holland Park, Kensington Gardens 4 miles/6km
Heaven on Earth	p. 286
Kensal Green Cemetery (circular) 1.5 miles/2km
Contributors	p. 298
Further reading and viewing	p. 300
Index	p. 301
Walks for...	p. 304
Underground map
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