Ramble London is designed to share and develop the work on London carried out by Professor Richard Dennis and other members of the Department of Geography, UCL. Richard taught at UCL for forty years, sharing his research on London with students and colleagues. Ramble London marks his retirement in 2014 and is designed to host a collection of some of this work and to share it with as wide an audience as possible.
To begin with, the site will consist of a series of walks, based on Richard's research and teaching on specific places in the city, with sound files of Richard describing points on the walks and many images. Other walks and resources will be made available, drawing on the wealth of material produced by Richard and his colleagues in UCL Geography.
How it works
Pick a walk and look at the map.
Print the walk or follow our instructions on your mobile device (listen to Richard’s recordings via the Audio links).
Read further on the Explore tab.
View Walk Starting Points
See the map for each walk’s starting location and plan your route before you explore London with Richard Dennis’ guided walks.
View Walk MapCurated Walks
Explore the Bloomsbury and King’s Cross urban history walk
Discover London’s evolving streets, estates, and social housing on this guided historical walk through Bloomsbury and King’s Cross.
Discover Victoria Street: London’s hidden modernity
Explore Victoria Street’s mansion flats, model dwellings, historic streets, and literary connections on a 3 km guided walk through London’s late-Victorian modernity.
Explore City and Spitalfields: From financial heart to East End diversity
Walk from the City’s historic financial hub to Spitalfields’ vibrant, multicultural streets, discovering gentrification, immigration, and East London’s evolving social fabric.
About the Project
Explore the people, places, and research behind Ramble London. Expand each section below to learn more about the project’s conception, team, and the maps and graphics that bring the walks to life.
- Ramble London was conceived by Caroline Bressey, James Kneale, and Nick Mann.
- Funded by a grant from the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences, UCL.
- Produced by Alexandra Gomes, with help from Eleanor Lowenthal and Joe Thorogood.
- Supported by the project team – and of course, Richard Dennis himself!
Maps and graphics by Miles Irving of the Drawing Office, UCL Geography.
Bloomsbury and King's Cross
Victoria Street
City and Spitalfields
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