Discovering Smithfield – a SAVE walking tour

Discovering Smithfield 

Wednesday, 9th April 2025 | 18:30–20:00

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Join SAVE and London historian and conservationist Alec Forshaw for a walking tour of Smithfield, looking at the remarkable variety of architecture in this fascinating part of central London. Alongside Horace Jones’s masterful 19th-century market there are the medieval and Tudor remains of St John’s and St Bartholomew’s Priories and the Charterhouse, early Georgian houses, ornate Victorian warehouses and eye-catching buildings from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Alec Forshaw, a leading expert in London’s architectural heritage – a writer, planner, historian. Alec worked for over 30 years at Islington Council where he was head of conservation and design. He was a key witness for one of SAVE’s greatest battles, the General Market and the Fish Market in Smithfield. Alec is the author of several publications including, New City: Contemporary Architecture in the City of London, Smithfield: Past and Present, 20^th Century Buildings in Islington and 1970s London.

Meet in the courtyard of 70 Cowcross Street for a 18:30 start.

Tickets: £16 Friends & Saviours | £19 General public | £12 Students (incl. the Eventbrite booking fee)