Heritage walk

A 90 minute walk around Brixton Market. The tour shows how shopping grew from nothing to make Brixton South London’s biggest shopping centre by the 1920s. The development of shopping was one of the key elements in the development of Brixton and a vital part of its history. We explore this development as we walk […]

Orchid artist, Nelly Roberts (1872-1959), lived all her life and completed thousands of beautiful orchid paintings at her house on Loughborough Road, south London. She became the first and longest serving orchid artist for the Royal Horticultural Society. Her talent as an artist was first discovered by the Measures family who were avid orchid collectors […]