Black History Tour with Avril Nanton: Stroud Green Road Legacy Walk

Take a walk with tour guide Avril Nanton and explore the history of this well-known road in Stroud Green. With Avril you will discover more about pioneering trailblazer John La Rose and the George Padmore Institute, the New Beacon Bookshop, Black supplementary schools, protests by Haringey anti-apartheid group as well as local Black-led businesses. Avril will share stories about those who lived, worked or brought communities together in this street, making important contributions to the area and to Black British history in general.

Starting outside Pret A Manger and finishing at The Goods Office at Ferme Park Road, this walk will take in some of the history of the shops past and present along Stroud Green Road.

Start: Meet at 1.30pm outside Finsbury Park Station (south side) where it meets Stroud Green Road, by Pret A Manger, Arch 16 Station Place, London, N4 2DQ

Ends: The Goods Office, 1-3 Ferme Park Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 4DS

Please book your free ticket for this walk via Eventbrite.

This special free walk is organised by Bruce Castle Museum & Archive. museum.services@haringey.gov.uk