urban meanders through the unsung quarters of Europe’s most incorrigible city; because when a man is tired of London, he’s probably just never spent an afternoon in Penge
“Or a woman, Samuel, or a woman – women get tired of things too, you know. Many, many things.”
[Mrs Johnson]
UNCHARTERED STREETS is a series of book-length walks around some of London’s less celebrated neighbourhoods – though I’m hoping there’s enough in the text and photos for you to be able to enjoy them from the comfort of an armchair as much as from a rainy pavement.
Two have been published so far, Leyton and Deptford, each containing a hundred-odd pages with plenty of photos and maps. The walks themselves are roughly six miles long, so a couple of hours plus stops for beer and buns and pointing excitedly at things. They’re also circular, so you can join at any point, and directions are always on the same page as the relevant map, so your non-book-holding hand is left free for your umbrella and/or pointing stick.
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And if you want to know why it’s called Unchartered Streets, there’s a clue in the railway arches just off Hercules Road in SE1.
AUGUST 2024
Please note: the books aren’t available from Amazon for the same reason that you shouldn’t buy books from Amazon.