Honouring the lives and achievements of pioneering and remarkable women: an urban narrated walk

If you’re a woman, your best chance at becoming a statue is to be a mythical or allegorical figure, a famous virgin, royal or nude’ (Caroline Criado-Perez).

Feminist journalist and activist Caroline Criado Perez did a gender audit of all the statues in the UK in 2016 and of the 925 statues listed in the UK national database of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, ‘a mere 2.7 per cent are of historical, non-royal women’.

Please join me on a fascinating urban walking tour of statues (and plaques) honouring the lives and achievements of just a few remarkable women in Central London.

We will meet at 10.15am outside the Tesco’s opposite Russell Square tube station (Piccadilly Line) and leave promptly. The walk will end by 5.30pm at Waterloo rail station.

It will be an all day walking and talking tour with lots of stops as I will be sharing interesting information about each woman along the route. 

There will be a lunch break around the Trafalgar Square area so either bring your own lunch or there will be options to pick up food nearby.

Toilet stops possible near Leicester Square and in Victoria Tower Gardens (Westminster). 

Timings are hard to judge as we are walking through busy central London streets and also dependent on group size and interest shown. 

There may well have to be some adjustments along the way so please be prepared to be flexible. 

Of course, there are plenty of opportunities to drop out with public transport options all along the route. 

There will be a pub/cafe stop at the end.