Unseen Covent Garden – the Nooks & Crannies  New Walk!

Start the tour with an immersive sensory experience on the Outernet. Then wiggle through the quieter nooks and crannies of this bustling area. Learn about the slums of St Giles and why they’re called the rookeries. Find an inner city garden with its own ecosystem.

How did Tin Pan Alley get its name?  What’s the origin of “one for the road”? What grim stories lie buried in St Giles churchyard? Hunt for the hospital that was run entirely by women during the first world war? And the street with a forgotten frieze, French hospital and Chinese church. Why is a cinema called “garden”? Who was the father of modern football and what’s his connection to Covent Garden? And what’s going on with Freemasons who claim they’re “not a secret society but rather a society with secrets.” End the walk in the heart of Covent Garden with time to shop, eat or revisit the quiet oases you’ve discovered.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE GUIDING