Urban stroll from Lambeth to Sloane Square (4K)

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  • Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
  • This walk starts on Borough Road, London SE1 passes through Lambeth and over Lambeth Bridge, around the edge of Westminster before passing through Pimlico to Sloane Square in Chelsea. Thanks to my supporters on Patreon / johnrogers
    Notable locations in the video:
    St George's Circus
    Imperial War Museum
    Lambeth Palace
    Lambeth Bridge
    Thames House
    Horseferry Road
    Smith Square
    St John's Gardens
    Page Street flats
    Regency Cafe
    Moreton Street
    St. George's Drive
    Orange Square
    Sloane Square
    Royal Court Theatre
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Комментарии • 253

  • @athoshadjiantoni6403
    @athoshadjiantoni6403 3 года назад +19

    A nice roasted dinner, now a nice stroll with John Rogers.

  • @dylvasey
    @dylvasey 3 года назад +23

    I concur, the unplanned amble around London is definitely my favourite type of walk. People (and place) watching at its finest.

  • @RexWaldron
    @RexWaldron 3 года назад +11

    One of my work locations was in St John's Smith Square and I used to walk to it from Tothill Street regularly. I loved doing this on winter afternoons as the streets around the area are still gas lit and the gentle light provides a wonderful almost Dickensian atmosphere.

  • @nige_breaks_bikes9782
    @nige_breaks_bikes9782 3 года назад +4

    Those checker board flats were the kind of discovery that really makes the walks so interesting …. Adventures in the overlooked city 👍

  • @grahamdrysdale8933
    @grahamdrysdale8933 3 года назад +8

    Thanks John. Entertaining as ever. I’ll add The Chelsea Potter to my ‘to do’ list.

  • @lloydevans1552
    @lloydevans1552 3 года назад +4

    Another sublime Sunday evening's viewing....Nice to read the additional info in the comments

  • @ronstokes5787
    @ronstokes5787 29 дней назад

    Yet another little stroll through my childhood memories, thank you John and I’m still looking forward to bump into you were ever that may be.

  • @timleather1694
    @timleather1694 3 года назад +1

    When working in a little Co op Bank sub office in Smith Square Labour Party HQ in 1979 I heard the explosion that killed Airey Neave at Westminster. Loved the video, as always, very interesting.

  • @CorvoFG
    @CorvoFG 3 года назад +6

    This was a bit strange one for me as you walked around where I used to live when I first moved to London at the end of the 90’s. I lived on The Cut back then and worked for NHSE in E&C. I haven’t had cause to go back that way in about 15 years as I live in Peckham and work in Chelsea these days. Doesn’t look like it’s changed that much! Thanks for the nostalgia, John.

  • @woodthorpe100
    @woodthorpe100 Год назад

    John Brackenbury Loved listening to your talk on your walks.Brilliant Thanks.

  • @paulvarnsverry11
    @paulvarnsverry11 3 года назад +4

    These videos always bring a relaxing, enjoyable and educational end to Sunday evening.

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn Год назад

    I learned so much from your wonderful walk….thank you John! 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😉👍👍

  • @RajSinghKhalsa
    @RajSinghKhalsa 3 года назад +7

    After a long day shopping had a pint near the end of the walk at a pub called " The Chelsea Potter" years ago

  • @janewalden2213
    @janewalden2213 2 года назад

    This church is near to where you ended the walk. Saved from demolition by Sir John Betjeman. Thanks for another great walk.

  • @aethellstan
    @aethellstan 3 года назад

    I lived in part of Kennington Rd near Lambeth North tube from 1966 to 1979. Used to play in Bedlam Park (Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park - never knew it as that). The police station in Kennington Rd used to have an air raid siren test every six months or a year until a few years before I moved from the area in the late 70's. The lovely building in Lambeth Walk which is now an NHS building used to be a baths house where people without proper washing facilities could go to have a proper bath. 109 Lambeth Rd used to have the police forensics lab in it, not sure if it still does. My old infant school (Holy Trinity) on the edge of Archbishops Park next door to Lambeth Palace, it's now a plant museum.

  • @bobblue_west
    @bobblue_west 3 года назад +2

    I did the same "rambling" around London as a young teenager on a bus season ticket. I just took a bus to wherever it was going, just to see what the areas were like.

  • @Wayner71
    @Wayner71 3 года назад +2

    I love the end scene in The Chelsea Potter with the pint in frame. I can't think of a finer reward after a thirst-inducing stroll. Cheers.

  • @garymcguire8529
    @garymcguire8529 3 года назад +1

    John, your were in my old manor of Lambeth Walk. You missed so many things, the " Passport to Pimlico" film, which was filmed down by the 1960's flats at the start of the Lambeth Walk. As this area was well bombed, and you can see the railway bridge, in the back ground of the film.
    You missed the Jolly Cockney pub, now called the Jolly Gardener, where Charlie Chaplin's dad played the piano. Further down Black Prince Rd, the Royal Dalton pottery building.
    You did a river walk along the Tachbrook, with out saying so. Lupus St, Lupus is Latin for wolf. Named after the Earl of Chester, as the wolf is on his heraldic shield.

  • @benedictmarshall7031
    @benedictmarshall7031 Год назад

    My great grandfather once served the King (around 1907-1914) as he passed by the pharmacy he worked at in Sloane Square. Not sure exactly where it was located, but there used to be one on one of the corners - it got converted into a clothes shop about 15 years ago.

  • @dougzirkle5951
    @dougzirkle5951 11 месяцев назад

    Another gem of a walking video!

  • @tonykehoe123
    @tonykehoe123 2 года назад

    An early urban evening stroll
    rejuvenates my ailing soul
    can leave my heart remaining whole
    what once the city had almost stole

  • @ianmaddams9577
    @ianmaddams9577 3 года назад +4

    Another great walk . Always makes me smile when you use them street maps of which I installed many all around the the city and surrounding boroughs. I think to my self that I have helped you on your route sometimes
    Thanks John

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  3 года назад +3

      Thanks Ian - I remembered you mentioned this in a previous video and was thinking of that when I included those shots

  • @timothylunt2907
    @timothylunt2907 3 года назад +1

    Another fabulous video John. Well spoken and so informative! I really appreciate all of your knowledge and information. Looking forward to the next one! x

  • @CYPRUSINSIGHT
    @CYPRUSINSIGHT 3 года назад +3

    Watching now, made my week complete, thank you John.

  • @Ben_Mdws
    @Ben_Mdws 3 года назад +2

    Got myself a few weeks behind, so catching up with back-to-back videos and it’s cheered me up no end. Thanks John.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  3 года назад

      Wonderful to hear Ben - thanks for being a regular viewer

  • @howdymartin6258
    @howdymartin6258 3 года назад +3

    John - another lovely video and a great reminder of when I worked near St John's Smith Square some 25 years ago. At the end of the street where I worked (Little College St) was an underground car park, the entrance of which Patrick McGoohan would emerge from at the start of each episode of The Prisoner. Happy days....

  • @AndyKing1963
    @AndyKing1963 3 года назад

    great stuff, thanks John

  • @janewalden2213
    @janewalden2213 2 года назад

    Great walk, thank you!

  • @simon1066
    @simon1066 3 года назад +6

    Love this area, I was lucky enough to work here for the last 10 years of my career. So many interesting and beautiful places. Next time you should try the Antelope pub on Eaton Terrace, a wonderful old Fullers pub. Hope you carry on up Kings Road soon!

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  3 года назад +2

      Thanks for the tip Simon - I’ll certainly give it a try next time I’m over that way

  • @2Sugarbears
    @2Sugarbears 3 года назад

    I so enjoyed this walk. Nice to see both unknown and known areas. Thanks John.

  • @geoffgeorge3685
    @geoffgeorge3685 2 года назад

    Loved this thanks John. Captures the spirit and tone of this part of London. I love that time between rush hour home and the later evening delights. A sense of calm and anticipation. Keep them coming!

  • @alfreddunn03
    @alfreddunn03 3 года назад

    Really enjoyed this John, thank you very much.

  • @michaelbrown984
    @michaelbrown984 2 года назад

    Real enjoyed this walk with you..and listening to your explanation on who you gained your knowledge of London..

  • @mheuman
    @mheuman Год назад

    Love the people watching, unplanned walks are the best. Thanks, John!!!!

  • @lionelmarytravels6003
    @lionelmarytravels6003 3 года назад +1

    Once again. A great, informative walk through London. Thank you John

  • @simonroper7549
    @simonroper7549 3 года назад

    great film john, brought back memories, thanks as always

  • @michaeldillon3113
    @michaeldillon3113 Год назад

    I learnt to navigate my way around London almost by necessity ! I came back from working nr Aylesbury and was strapped for cash . I got to ? Paddington ( it was 40 years ago) and didn't have money to get to Victoria Station so I just walked . After that I would go to other main line stations and then walk back to Victoria or walk between main line stations . Bit by bit I got a sense of how the land lies . Of course the Knowledge is endless and changing and you always know that just around the corner may be a wonderful surprise 🚶‍♂️✌️.

  • @papabear90
    @papabear90 3 года назад

    Watching you and your videos, the forgetten pasts of places and people that came before us, reminds me of how transient life is and helps me appreciate my own life that little bit more. Cheers John!

  • @trevorread9115
    @trevorread9115 3 года назад

    Interesting walk thanks must try it sometime

  • @michaelbennett6778
    @michaelbennett6778 3 года назад

    Fascinating walk, thank you

  • @stevev3664
    @stevev3664 2 года назад

    I used to live in a room at the top of a building in Queens Gate near to Kensington Road back in the 70s. The Albert Hall was just around the corner and Hyde Park is opposite. I used to go to the Albert Hall to see artists like Diana Ross, Labi Siffre and The Carpenters. Happy days.

  • @gparry42
    @gparry42 3 года назад

    Wonderful and interesting walk. Thankyou John.

  • @formdemon
    @formdemon 3 года назад +1

    Great video John. Absolutely essential Sunday evening viewing - thank you!

  • @Mouxbar
    @Mouxbar 3 года назад +1

    When I was a wee spud, I used to know a lady who was in the 1928 flood and said it was pretty horrific. Looking it up now, after many years, it reads pretty shocking - lots of this walk was part of it. Great stuff as ever :-)

  • @clivelangham435
    @clivelangham435 3 года назад

    Enjoyed that a lot. Thank you very much.

  • @denismichaeljames
    @denismichaeljames 3 года назад +1

    Adore that serendipitous drifting through the city of London, never stop being surprised. You’ve inspired me so much to amble. Mi6 seems to be shrinking under the weight and cluster of new builds. St Johns square has lovely concerts at Christmas. Aren’t those new street maps a great help. A great idea and for regaining your position and direction. Those white stucco homes in Pimlico are adorable. Great walk.

  • @peterspencer396
    @peterspencer396 3 года назад +1

    Excellent. Golf and a stroll !

  • @hikingdenbiking6245
    @hikingdenbiking6245 3 года назад

    Another great video John.

  • @TimothyHalkowski
    @TimothyHalkowski 3 года назад

    lovely walk!

  • @SirPrancelot1
    @SirPrancelot1 3 года назад

    A very enjoyable ramble. Thanks John.

  • @jacksomb1
    @jacksomb1 3 года назад

    So many memories stirred. Thanks again, Roger...

  • @peterjackson4132
    @peterjackson4132 3 года назад

    Another great video John, thanks buddy

  • @CthulhuInc
    @CthulhuInc Год назад +1

    gosh, many, many years ago, my parents took my siblings and myself to the Uk, and we stayed at a place in Ebury Street in London - I have good memories of that trip! Passport to Pimlico - terrific movie!

  • @levilm69lovecoldplsywillia9
    @levilm69lovecoldplsywillia9 3 года назад

    Very enjoyable journey house's of great character and style round every corner .Now to watch Passage to Pimlico

  • @GreyGhost.
    @GreyGhost. 3 года назад +1

    Another Rogers gem ...... cheers mate. Watching the diverse architecture and general "London weirdness and intrigue" i vacillate between feeling a sense of historical beauty and creativity, and obversely, being in a bad acid trip. SUPERB channel.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  3 года назад +1

      Ha, thanks Paul - I love that span of emotions

  • @SMILEVIDEOTRAINS
    @SMILEVIDEOTRAINS 3 года назад +1

    evening meal, walking and listening to you. Brilliant. thank you

  • @stephenpinder9567
    @stephenpinder9567 3 года назад

    You just keep getting better and better

  • @davesnelling3812
    @davesnelling3812 3 года назад

    Excellent John, great balance of history, music and commentary as always thanks matey.

  • @thfccfht
    @thfccfht 3 года назад

    Wonderful mate, you deserve that beer, London never ceases to amaze me....I can vaguely remember some of the areas you walked, but my memory, like time itself has become a mist in/of the past.

  • @Ange1166
    @Ange1166 3 года назад

    that was a great walk good views of pimlico well put together

  • @ria1636
    @ria1636 3 года назад

    I always wondered about those chequered flats on my daily lunchtime walks when I worked in the area. I invariably found Pimlico interesting, especially St John's Square. Thank you for the information and trip down memory lane. 😊

  • @garyhayes6183
    @garyhayes6183 Год назад

    Passport to Pimlico was filmed on the site of the China Walk Estate that you passed on the way to Lambeth Palace. At one point in the film you can see the railway bridge over Lambeth Palace Road at the junction with Hercules Road. My mum lived in Lollard Street just off the Walk and she remembers it being filmed.

  • @stephentodd6936
    @stephentodd6936 3 года назад

    Lovely, makes me want to explore London, or anywhere really, thank you. X

  • @bwaw1972
    @bwaw1972 3 года назад

    Such a lovely walk, really enjoyed it. Thanks John. You seem to roam a city in the same way as I roam a city.

  • @handlesarefeckinstupid
    @handlesarefeckinstupid Год назад

    This is a great video, i visited London with my wife about 4 years ago (my wife had never been to London before and I thought that was unbelievable). I stayed at a very cheap (but not bad) hotel in Lambeth, near the IWM. You walking up Lambeth Rd brought back great memories of a Cuban bar and street food up towards Waterloo.

  • @LoisDavidsonArt
    @LoisDavidsonArt 3 года назад +1

    I loved this less planned walk, and a fab array of different types of architecture today, the chequer-board housing was delightful! Thanks again John, and that looked like a very refreshing and well-deserved pint at the end :-)

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  3 года назад

      Thanks Lois - yes that pint of Gamma Ray went down very well indeed

  • @bigguy64
    @bigguy64 3 года назад

    Excellent...lovely to see my old manor of Kennington/Lambeth. Thanks mate! We're locked down here in Sydney, a vicarious stroll is just the ticket.

  • @MRoderick89
    @MRoderick89 3 года назад

    Loved the video yet again John and don't forget to stay hydrated in the amazing weather we are having at the moment

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  3 года назад +1

      Cheers Michael - thanks, I always carry plenty of water these days

    • @MRoderick89
      @MRoderick89 3 года назад

      @@JohnRogersWalks good man 👍

  • @johnwright5822
    @johnwright5822 3 года назад

    Loved this. My old stomping ground when i was a kid 👍😊

  • @ivanhockenhull2604
    @ivanhockenhull2604 3 года назад

    Nice switch to random evening sojourns. More fantastic content. Soundly knocks anything on TV into a cocked hat. Lovely stuff, John. 🇯🇪

  • @TonyWakeford
    @TonyWakeford 3 года назад +1

    Great walk. You passed my street and flat. Lived on Lambeth Rd since 1990, it’s a great area.

  • @GeorgeChoy
    @GeorgeChoy 3 года назад

    great work and lovely video, John. Enjoy your freedom

  • @icatz
    @icatz Год назад

    Thank you for these walks 💖🎸🏏

  • @chuckbradley1
    @chuckbradley1 Год назад

    Excellent.

  • @Tom_J23
    @Tom_J23 3 года назад

    Thx for video John!

  • @AngelaStone5678
    @AngelaStone5678 2 года назад

    Ooh I used to run a Pub Quiz in the Chelsea Potter! Good pub, that! 🍺

  • @mostlyindica
    @mostlyindica 3 года назад

    Fascinating, thanks and enjoy your pint.

  • @geourgiou
    @geourgiou 3 года назад +2

    Since subscribing to your channel, my walks have increased a lot, like the other day I walked it from Edmonton green, to green lanes, haringey, then after walked to ally pally, back to Edmonton green.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  3 года назад +1

      That’s brilliant to hear John and that sounds like a cracking walk

    • @geourgiou
      @geourgiou 3 года назад

      @@JohnRogersWalks it sure was, I'll definitely do that walk again

  • @stevejones3635
    @stevejones3635 3 года назад +5

    The Regency Cafe has been used in a few movies including Layer Cake.

    • @tilerman
      @tilerman 3 года назад +1

      Don't think Freddy much enjoyed the hot pot of tea poured over his mush!

    • @stevejones3635
      @stevejones3635 3 года назад

      @Michael Myke yes it was - no you’ve mentioned it I came back to me - only watched that once however watched Layer Cake quite a few times so stuck in the mind.

  • @mariaherbert1469
    @mariaherbert1469 3 года назад

    Thanks john
    Fabulous walk around town.

  • @davidshearer8793
    @davidshearer8793 3 года назад +1

    Thoroughly enjoyed this Flaneur with you John , especially that remote corner of Westminster. With all restrictions off in England, you all take care and stay safe.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  3 года назад

      Thanks David - I’ll certainly be very cautious

  • @christophersmith-dd4nj
    @christophersmith-dd4nj Год назад

    Great commentary john great part of london

  • @grantbangkok
    @grantbangkok 3 года назад

    Another great walk John

  • @ralphwinter6421
    @ralphwinter6421 3 года назад

    Nice one John, lovely walk..

  • @stephenlawrence8991
    @stephenlawrence8991 3 года назад

    I love pimlico I always stay there when in London I would love to lived there thanks for vlog my friend

  • @davidbryant9642
    @davidbryant9642 3 года назад +2

    I love London and this walk especially, takes me back to my apprenticeship days where I worked for a contractor to Grosvenor Estates. Worked on some amazing properties around Chelsea, Knightsbridge and Sloane Square areas. That was in 1963 London was buzzing with great characters without inhibitions.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  3 года назад +3

      What a great time to experience that area David

    • @alfreddunn03
      @alfreddunn03 3 года назад +2

      Wow you are very lucky to live in that time period in that area...

    • @davidbryant9642
      @davidbryant9642 3 года назад +1

      Alfred The greater. Yes I believe so it was a wonderful time, the music was the best and everyone had a job and you could walk from one job to another if you were not happy. People respected each other and their opinions, most of us had great work ethics and employers appropriated hard workers and rewarded them. It was a land of opportunity for those that worked for it, so sad for the youth of today who struggle with high rents and for most out of reach sky high mortgage deposits.

    • @alfreddunn03
      @alfreddunn03 3 года назад +1

      David Bryant Very jealous fella, to live through the 60s in London, it was probably at that time the music and fashion capital of the world and like you say Britain was also booming.

  • @jimkrahn7079
    @jimkrahn7079 3 года назад

    Always a pleasure, thank you. Cheers 🍻

  • @mamnisel4815
    @mamnisel4815 3 года назад +1

    Interesting walk today John,as it brought back old memories when I used to work at Peter Jones in Sloane Square,hope you enjoyed a well deserved pint!!!

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  3 года назад

      Thanks Mam - I remember going in there on a trip to Kings Road with my Mum in 1986.

  • @damedavidfrith55
    @damedavidfrith55 3 года назад

    Thank for taking me on another urban ramble in the sin city love the mix of history and views

  • @sallypassmore8748
    @sallypassmore8748 3 года назад

    Terrific walk John. Not an area I am over familiar with, so have learned a lot. Thank you.

  • @djrudog1158
    @djrudog1158 3 года назад

    Love the vids John.. 👍

  • @thekentishpilgrim
    @thekentishpilgrim 3 года назад +1

    Nice, unexpected route but I really enjoyed it. Brings back fond memories for me as Pimlico was the first place I ever lived in London years ago in a studio flat the size of a shoebox. I worked at a shop on the Kings Road and would walk to work and back. I loved it. Nice little pub around the corner from Sloane Square for next time called The Antelope. Cheers!

  • @littleacornslandscapes2935
    @littleacornslandscapes2935 3 года назад

    Great video John.

  • @blossie33
    @blossie33 3 года назад +1

    Thanks John, another interesting stroll. I used to work in Pimlico so I was familiar with some of the roads.
    The Prison the gentleman you met mentioned must have been Millbank Penitentiary 1819 - 1890.

  • @markjones327
    @markjones327 Год назад

    London ❤️ another great vid ! Your knowledge is mint John 👌ps pub tokker lol

  • @Anybloke
    @Anybloke 3 года назад

    I have often cycled past the home of The Duke Of Westminster. It is called Eaton Hall and it's just outside Chester on the old Wrexham road.

  • @derekpyne
    @derekpyne 3 года назад

    Hi John. Another interesting walk from you, North of the Thames was my area of work so know some of the locations but not been down there In a couple of decades and the big change was Marsham Street where there were (I think) three office blocks built around the 60s/70s which was the department of transport and last I heard flats were built on site and Spooks, one of my favourite series (saw all ten series) and Thames house was featured alot. Enjoyable walk with you 😊👍

  • @makaveli7771
    @makaveli7771 6 месяцев назад

    😂 I see my car parked there. Great video John.

  • @Spamhero
    @Spamhero 2 года назад

    In 1973 I worked in Marsham Towers in Marsham street. They were pulled down in 1992. That was with the Department of the Environment.Further down the river in Mansion house there was Hudson's Bay Fur Company in Little trinity Lane.THat is now owned by the Royal Bank of Canada.
    Finnish Fur Sales built another warehouse in Queen's Quay off Lower Thames Street spent millions of pounds extending it out to the river then pulled it down in 1992.(Approximately.)

  • @johngreen6191
    @johngreen6191 3 года назад

    Love this. I used to work in Lambeth Bridge House and Marsham Street. Have an old London map with Bedlam on it. Thames House used to be Dept of Energy til coal mine closeure. I went into Thames house as they used to do themed lunches i.e American, Mexican. Chinese etc each day.