Tour Overview
A tour of sites associated with Indigenous visitors to London over time. Made in collaboration with Coll Thrush, based on his book Indigenous London. Compiled and augmented by David Stirrup for Beyond the Spectacle.
This is a 90minute-2hour walk from Covent Garden Tube Station to Westminster Bridge. Along the way it takes in a number of sites associated with Indigenous visitors to London from the US and Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand. It is based on Coll Thrush's Indigenous London (Yale University Press, 2016) and was put together by David Stirrup in collaboration with Coll for Beyond the Spectacle.
Stops
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Stop 1: Covent Garden Tube Station
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Stop 2: Royal Opera House
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Stop 3: Theatre Royal
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Stop 4: Covent Garden Market
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Stop 5: St. Martin in the Fields
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Stop 6: Statue of a Man on a Horse in front of the National Gallery
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Stop 7: Canada House
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Stop 8: Charing Cross
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Stop 9: Durham House Street
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Stop 10: Benjamin Franklin House
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Stop 11: Horse Guards Avenue
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Stop 12: Horse Guards Parade
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Stop 13: Parliament Square/Westminster Abbey
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Stop 14: Palace of Westminster
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Stop 15: Westminster Bridge