{"product_id":"the-london-public-health-architecture-tour-saturday-18-july-2026-10am","title":"The London Public Health Architecture Tour - Saturday 18 July 2026 10am","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eJoin Open City for a walking tour exploring how public health challenges shaped London’s built environment through the ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis insightful walking tour from Soho to Clerkenwell — led by writer and architectural designer Eleanor Marshall — chronicles the many public health crises throughout London’s history and reveals how bold reformers, architects and public bodies radically changed our urban environment in response. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe walk will explain how urban qualities we take for granted today — such as clean water, fresh air and natural light — came to be recognised as crucial to good living and working conditions and radically influenced the architecture of the city. The tour will also consider how the recent pandemic could reshape our city once again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParticipants will  discover the extraordinary stories of public health through the centuries. The tour travels through Bloomsbury to Somers Town, an area of bold community health reform and finishes at Bevin Court, a controversial housing project that was part of a string of radical attempts to create modernist affordable housing in the former Borough of Finsbury. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tour will examine themes of public health, sanitary conditions and public housing by profiling pioneering buildings and people who have influenced much of modern architecture throughout Britain ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can now get a hold of this tour as a part of our printed Pocket London guides \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.open-city.org.uk\/collections\/printed-tours\/products\/individual-pocket-london?variant=44474323828959\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Information \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet:\u003c\/b\u003e Outside 29-30 Soho Square W1D 3QS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnd:\u003c\/b\u003e at Bevin Court, near Angel Islington\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuration:\u003c\/b\u003e 3 hours approx\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDistance:\u003c\/b\u003e 5 km approx\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bevin_Court_Stair.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhoto:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eBevin Court Staircase, Islington, London\u003c\/em\u003e by Andrea Trimboli 67, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Originally taken 10 March 2020.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OpenCityShop","offers":[{"title":"Pay it forward ticket","offer_id":57024569016698,"sku":"TOURS","price":29.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard ticket","offer_id":57024569049466,"sku":"TOURS","price":19.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Over 65s ticket","offer_id":57024569082234,"sku":"TOURS","price":13.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Under 25s ticket","offer_id":57024569115002,"sku":"TOURS","price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Income support\/jobseekers ticket","offer_id":57024569147770,"sku":"TOURS","price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/1786\/files\/Bevin_Court_Stair.jpg?v=1777386128","url":"https:\/\/shop.open-city.org.uk\/products\/the-london-public-health-architecture-tour-saturday-18-july-2026-10am","provider":"Open City Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}