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London / Shopping
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Leadenhall Market
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Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
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Leadenhall Market, Whittington Avenue, off Gracechurch Street, The City,
London, EC3V1LR
5 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Leadenhall Market is a restored Victorian covered market that sells traditional game, poultry, fish and meat. Although there has been...
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London / Seasonal
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Lord Mayor's Show
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13th November 2010
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Mansion House, City of London, The City,
London, EC4N8BH
11 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
The Lord Mayor's Show features possibly the most dangerous and amazing of all the public fireworks shows in the capital:...
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London / Seasonal
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London Ghost Festival
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22nd October 2010 and 31st October 2010
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London Dungeon, 28-34 Tooley Street, Bankside,
London, SE12SZ
11 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Only the brave will sign up for the London Ghost Festival, a week of frightening events taking place across the...
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London / Exhibitions
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London Open House Weekend
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18th September 2010 and 19th September 2010
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Bank of England Museum, Bartholomew Lane, Clerkenwell,
London, EC2R8AH
11 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
So many of London's architectural landmarks are closely guarded secrets, off-limits to Joe Public. It's tantalising to imagine what goes...
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London / Exhibitions
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John Pawson
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22nd September 2010 and 16th January 2011
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Design Museum, 28 Shad Thames, Bankside,
London, SE12YD
12 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Minimalism is the trademark of British architect, John Pawson, whose designs on paired down living are displayed at the Design...
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London / Shopping
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Borough Market
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Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday
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Borough Market, Southwark Street, Bankside,
London, SE11TL
14 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Nestled in-between Borough High Street, Bedale Street, Stoney Street and Winchester Walk lives "London's Larder", more formally known as Borough...
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London / Exhibitions
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Baishakhi Mela
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23rd May 2010
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Brick Lane, Brick Lane, Shoreditch,
London, E16PU
14 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Famous for its curry houses, Brick Lane is the obvious choice of venue to celebrate Baishakhi Mela, the Bengali New...
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London / Exhibitions
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Alternative Fashion Week
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19th April 2010 and 23rd April 2010
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Spitalfields Market, 1 Crispin Place, Shoreditch,
London, E16DW
15 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Alternative Fashion Week is all about supporting new talent and making a fashion show more approachable and affordable for everyday...
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London / Tours
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Dennis Severs' House Tours
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Every Sunday
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Dennis Severs' House, 18 Folgate Street, Shoreditch,
London, E16BX
16 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
A guided tour of Dennis Severs' House is one of the must-see attractions of hidden London. The living museum, the...
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London / Foodie Events
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Mad Hatter's Banquet, The
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2nd March 2010 and 3rd April 2010
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The Brickhouse, The Old Truman Brewery, 153 Brick Lane, Shoreditch,
London, E16RU
19 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
To mark the new Alice in Wonderland film The Brickhouse supper club in Brick Lane is putting on a month...
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London / Concerts
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Thomas Ades
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27th April 2010
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Barbican Hall, Silk Street, The City,
London, EC2Y8DS
20 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Stripped of his deep layers of musical brilliance, the British composer and musician Thomas Ades performs in captivating simplicity with...
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London / Exhibitions
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Gauguin: Maker of Myth
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30th September 2010 and 16th January 2011
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Tate Modern, Bankside Power Station, 25 Sumner Street, Bankside,
London, SE19TG
21 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Gauguin as storyteller is the artist we discover in Gauguin: Maker of Myth, an exhibition at Tate Modern which brings...
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London / Exhibitions
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Mayor's Thames Festival
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11th September 2010 and 12th September 2010
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Blackfriars Bridge, Victoria Embankment, The City,
London, EC4V3QR
26 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
The Mayor's Thames Festival takes place in mid-September each year celebrating the main waterway which winds its way through the...
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London / Kids Events
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Fun Family Trails At The Tower
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Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
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Tower Of London, Tower Hill, The City,
London, EC3N4AB
5 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
A trip to the Tower of London is one of the highlights of being a tourist in the city and...
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London / Seasonal
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Hunt The Rat
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27th March 2010 and 18th April 2010
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HMS Belfast, Morgan's Lane, Tooley Street, Bankside,
London, SE12JH
8 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Here's a novel alternative to a traditional egg hunt - at HMS Belfast there's no Easter bunny, instead kids are...
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London / Shopping
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Petticoat Lane Market
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Every Sunday
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Petticoat Lane Market, Between Middlesex and Goulston Streets, Tower Hamlets,
London, E17HT
10 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Petticoat Lane is London's world famous Sunday market and sells mainly clothes for men, women and children, from street-cred clubwear...
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London / Exhibitions
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Sustainable Futures
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31st March 2010 and 5th September 2010
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Design Museum, 28 Shad Thames, Bankside,
London, SE12YD
12 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Can Design Save the World? That's the question the Design Musuem's Sustainable Futures exhibition attempts to answer through examining the objects on display. Taking a selection of projects, existing or are in the making, this exhibition presents key examples of how design can deliver a more sustainable future. The exhibition...
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London / Exhibitions
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Urban Africa
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31st March 2010 and 5th September 2010
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Design Museum, 28 Shad Thames, Bankside,
London, SE12YD
12 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Architect David Adjaye presents his pictures documenting key cities in Africa in Urban Africa, a temporary exhihition at the Design...
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London / Shopping
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Brick Lane Market
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Every Sunday
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Brick Lane, Brick Lane, Shoreditch,
London, E16PU
14 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Brick Lane Market is pure East End London, which means Jewish bagel shops, Bangladeshi curry houses, Indian sari silks -...
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London / Shopping
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Old Spitalfields Market
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Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday
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Spitalfields Market, 1 Crispin Place, Shoreditch,
London, E16DW
15 minutes walk from St Olave's Church
Nestled in the heart of the city, in the shadow of Christ Church, Spitalfields Market offers the perfect antidote to...
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