London Walks: Baker Street

‘Winding Your Way Down Baker Street’  London’s iconic Baker Street immortalised in song (sing the title of the walk!) was also part of the world’s first underground railway but it is also one that is rarely explored. Stories to discover include a comedian who starred in over 25 Carry On films and the man who brought Countdown to UK television while courage is never far away with commemorations for members of the WWII SOE and Norwegian resistance workers whose HQs were in this area. Crime detection is key to Baker Street … being the fictional home of two of world’s most famous fictional detectives, one has a tiny plaque while the other has a hotel, statue and museum in his honour but, curiously, there is no commemoration to the real-life lady detectives whose training school was on Baker Street. 

For any queries contact event organiser Genevieve Sentier at londonwalks@kcwc.org.uk