GROUP WALKS GAIN GROUND IN LONDON

• Published in: The New York times
• Main Authors: Goddard, Donald, DONALD GODDARD is a writer who lives in London
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, N.Y New York Times Company 26.05.1985
• Edition: Late Edition (East Coast)
• Subjects: GODDARD, DONALD; Harper, Roy; TRAVEL AND VACATIONS; WALKING; LONDON (ENG)
• ISSN: 0362-4331

Apart from a difference of opinion about the exact location of the long-vanished Cremorne Gardens and a quibble or two concerning Sir [Thomas More], the local historian, Mr. [Roy Harper], thought she had done just fine. As for the rest, several of them asked Mrs. Street when and where they might walk with her next. Details of London's walking tours can be obtained from any of the five London Visitor and Convention Bureau Tourist Information Centers. These are in the Victoria Station forecourt; Selfridge's department store, Oxford Street; Harrods, Knightsbridge; the Tower of London, and the Heathrow Central Underground station. Many of the week's walks are listed in Time Out magazine and other publications for visitors. Most programs run from April through October. Here are details of a selection of walking organizations and of some of the tours they offer. Streets of London 32 GROVELANDS ROAD LONDON N13 4RH TELEPHONE: 882-3414 OR 886-9708 Each of the 12 walks costs about $2.20 a person; children under 16 go free if accompanied by an adult. A ticket for any two walks costs $3.75 and a ticket for five is $8.40. Among them are: Saturday, 11 A.M. ''In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes'' follows some of the byways of Holmes and Watson, recalling cases solved and criminals outwitted. It finishes at the Sherlock Holmes pub. Meet inside Covent Garden Underground station by the ticket office. 2 P.M. ''The City of London - 2,000 Years of History'' traces the development of the City section and examines ancient customs and ceremonies. Meet at the Fish Hill exit of Monument Underground station. Sunday, 11 A.M. ''Shakespeare's London - A Lunchtime Pub Walk'' visits the sites of some of the theaters that flourished in the Southwark section in Elizabethan times. Meet at Fish Hill exit of Monument Underground station. Monday, 11 A.M. ''The London of Charles Dickens'' explores Lincoln's Inn and the surrounding area, visits the Old Curiosity Shop and finishes at the Dickens House Museum. Meet at Holborn Underground station. 2 P.M. ''American London'' looks at associations between the city and the United States, including. places where Henry James, Mark Twain, James McNeill Whistler, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower lived. Meet at Green Park Underground station. 7 P.M. ''Haunted London - A Ghost Walk'' has two versions. This one visits sites of murders and hangings and discusses the men and women whose ghosts are said to haunt the place of their execution. Meet at St Paul's Underground station. Friday, 10:30 A.M. ''Lawyers' London'' visits the Royal Courts of Justice, the Inns of Court, the Old Bailey. Meet at Temple Underground station. London Walks 139 CONWAY ROAD SOUTHGATE LONDON N14 7BH 882-2763 OR 644-5401 Cost: $2.80 a person; students, $2.50; under 16, free. Walks include: Monday, 9:30 A.M. ''The Famous Square Mile - 2,000 Years of History.'' Meet at St Paul's Underground station. Tuesday, 7:30 P.M. ''Ghosts of the West End.'' Embankment Underground station. Thursday, 11 A.M. ''Legal and Illegal London - Inns of Court.'' Holborn Underground station. Sunday, 11 A.M. ''A Journey Through Dickens's London.'' St Paul's Underground. Peter Westbrook 3 SPRINGFIELD AVENUE LONDON N10 883-2656 Citisights of London 102A ALBION ROAD LONDON N16 9PD 241-0323 This company specializes in Roman, Saxon, Viking and medieval London walks. They are available every day except Tuesday and Thursday until early June, then daily except Tuesday and, from June 22, every day. Cost: $2.50; children under 8, free. A family ticket (two adults and up to three children): $6.25. One or more of the following tours begin at 2.30 P.M. on Tuesday and on weekends from the Museum of London in the Barbican Center in the City section. ''Roman London: The Origins of the City.'' ''Saxon, Viking and Norman London: Farming in the City.'' ''Medieval to Elizabethan London: Chaucer to Shakespeare.'' ''Walk the Roman London Wall.'' ''Pepys, The Plague and the Great Fire.'' All walks, which cost $2.50 a person, start from Temple Underground station at 7.30 P.M. on Thursday and Friday from May to September. A different district is visited every week. The following is a selection of walks to be conducted this summer: ''The City of London,'' ''London Bridge,'' ''In the Steps of Dr. Johnson'' and ''Up the River of the Pilgrim Fathers.'' Discovering London 11 PENNYFIELDS WARLEY, BRENTWOOD ESSEX CM14 5JP BRENTWOOD 213704 There are no regularly scheduled walks, but a varied program is available.