Free Street Art Tour of Shoreditch

Duration: 2 hours

Provided by London with a Local

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Overview of the tour in London

Street Art has been described as the most important artistic movement of the 21st Century, but it dates back thousands of years ago. If you're a lover of art and culture then, yes, go to the National Gallery, go to the Tate Modern, and see the masterpieces created by the most famous artists over the last 400 years, but then join us on a Street Art tour and see what is happening at the grassroots level today. The work is beautiful, ever-changing, and thought-provoking.

But Street Art is not just pretty pictures, it is challenging and political and tells the story of the struggles of the working classes in Britain over the last hundred years.

You'll step back in time, and see how immigration into Brick Lane and the surrounding area has transformed Shoreditch from the poorest part of London, home to Jack the Ripper’s victims, to becoming one of the must-see boroughs of the capital, home to pop up bars and shops, and more vintage clothing stores than you’ll believe.

This activity includes:

Shoreditch Park
Shoreditch High Street
Whitechapel Gallery
Ed Hicks
Mr Cenz
Zabo
Otto Schade
Dreph
Shepherd Fairey
David Speed
Adrian Boswell

Meeting point

Shoreditch High Street Overground Station, Braithwaite Street, E1 6GJ

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On arrival

The tour begins in front of Shoreditch High Street Overground Station on Braithwaite Street, E1 6GJ.

The guide will be holding a red umbrella.

Free Cancellation

You are free to cancel a booking anytime. We kindly remind you to cancel bookings you cannot arrive for. Being reported as absent decreases your customer level points and the benefits you can enjoy.

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