Urban stroll from Lambeth to Sloane Square (4K)

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Urban stroll from Lambeth to Sloane Square (4K)

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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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@athoshadjiantoni6403 3 жыл бұрын

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

@dylvasey 3 жыл бұрын

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

@RexWaldron 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@grahamdrysdale8933 3 жыл бұрын

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

@CorvoFG 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Jason

@lloydevans1552 3 жыл бұрын

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

@garymcguire8529 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ronstokes5787 Ай бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@RajSinghKhalsa 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Wayner71 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers W M

@simon1066 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@woodthorpe100 Жыл бұрын

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

@RedcoatsReturn Жыл бұрын

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

@CYPRUSINSIGHT 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure- hope you enjoyed it

@paulvarnsverry11 3 жыл бұрын

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

@howdymartin6258 3 жыл бұрын

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....

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Great memories Martin, thanks for sharing

@bobblue_west 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@dougzirkle5951 11 ай бұрын

Another gem of a walking video!

@janewalden2213 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Ben_Mdws 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to hear Ben - thanks for being a regular viewer

@ianmaddams9577 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@SirPrancelot1 3 жыл бұрын

A very enjoyable ramble. Thanks John.

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@aethellstan 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@gparry42 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful and interesting walk. Thankyou John.

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

my pleasure - thanks for watching Gareth

@benedictmarshall7031 Жыл бұрын

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.

@CthulhuInc Жыл бұрын

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!

@stevejones3635 3 жыл бұрын

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

@tilerman 3 жыл бұрын

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

@stevejones3635 3 жыл бұрын

@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.

@davidbryant9642 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

What a great time to experience that area David

@alfreddunn03 3 жыл бұрын

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

@davidbryant9642 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@denismichaeljames 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@geourgiou 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@geourgiou 3 жыл бұрын

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

@mheuman Жыл бұрын

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

@stephenpinder9567 3 жыл бұрын

You just keep getting better and better

@icatz 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for these walks 💖🎸🏏

@JohnRogersWalks 2 жыл бұрын

my pleasure icatz

@Mouxbar 3 жыл бұрын

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 :-)

@garyhayes6183 Жыл бұрын

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.

@tonykehoe123 2 жыл бұрын

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

@stevev3664 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@michaeldillon3113 Жыл бұрын

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 🚶‍♂️✌️.

@janewalden2213 2 жыл бұрын

Great walk, thank you!

@TonyWakeford 3 жыл бұрын

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

@GreyGhost. 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Ha, thanks Paul - I love that span of emotions

@michaelbrown984 2 жыл бұрын

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

@peterjackson4132 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video John, thanks buddy

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

my pleasure Peter

@AngelaStone5678 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Anybloke 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@GeorgeChoy 3 жыл бұрын

great work and lovely video, John. Enjoy your freedom

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

thanks George

@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful- many thanks

@blossie33 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@peterspencer396 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Golf and a stroll !

@Jpkjr52 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks John in Chicago

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers John - hope the temperature is coming down a bit there now

@lionelmarytravels6003 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Lionel

@trevorread9115 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting walk thanks must try it sometime

@formdemon 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks formdemon

@AndyKing1963 3 жыл бұрын

great stuff, thanks John

@ivanhockenhull2604 3 жыл бұрын

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

@davidshearer8793 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks David - I’ll certainly be very cautious

@bigguy64 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@zahnarzt227 Жыл бұрын

The "police station " mentioned near Lambeth Walk was the Forensic Science Service for the Metropolitan Police where all exhibits were sent for examination. There were other departments based here also. I vaguely remember that it was sold for development some years ago

@trevorbarre5616 2 жыл бұрын

Big shout out to I'Klectik, the art space in the misleadingly entitled 'Paradise Yard' (slap bang in the middle of William Blake territory) in south Lambeth. Have seen and heard some lovely free improvised music there, a really hidden gem. Shame that the proposed Phillip Jeck gig there tomorrow night has been postponed. Thanks again John.

@JohnRogersWalks 2 жыл бұрын

good call Trevor - I filmed a great poetry event there a couple of years ago - the video is on my channel here

@christophersmith-dd4nj Жыл бұрын

Great commentary john great part of london

@JohnRogersWalks Жыл бұрын

Thanks Christopher

@timothylunt2907 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Timothy

@chuckbradley1 Жыл бұрын

Excellent.

@thekentishpilgrim 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@2Sugarbears 3 жыл бұрын

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

@mamnisel4815 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@maaxpoower9037 3 жыл бұрын

Most excellent...un flaneur avec distinction.

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Maax

@papabear90 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@interested-q4d 2 жыл бұрын

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.)

@davesnelling3812 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Dave

@hbwestham 3 жыл бұрын

Liberty of Norton Folgate is a great album, I listened to it because of last week's walk. 'On the Town' especially... and 'Forever Young'... and 'That Close'...

@janewalden2213 2 жыл бұрын

Where you ended the walk the great Holy Trinty Church. Saved from demolition by Sir John Betjeman. Great walk love the area around LSBU too

@thfccfht 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ria1636 3 жыл бұрын

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. 😊

@levilm69lovecoldplsywillia9 3 жыл бұрын

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

@chrisr6710 Жыл бұрын

Had a great breakfast in the Regency Cafe, only downside are the chairs are so close together 😁

@geoffgeorge3685 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@johnwright5822 3 жыл бұрын

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

@CroninMusicLtd 3 жыл бұрын

The first place I landed in London was on the Royal Court steps. Went off to a video shoot and ate prawns in their shells for the first time. Lovely walk this.

@jacksomb1 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Emm Jay

@makaveli7771 6 ай бұрын

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

@julieblackstock8650 3 жыл бұрын

I love those old Ealing Studio films. Often even still see the bombed out sites in the films with kids playing on them. A real time capsule

@alfreddunn03 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this John, thank you very much.

@Aengus42 Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that Passport to Pimlico might've been based on the docker's cutting off of the Isle of Dogs & you run across a statue of Mr. Cubitt! Spooky 😎

@handlesarefeckinstupid Жыл бұрын

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.

@stephenlawrence8991 3 жыл бұрын

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

@johngreen6191 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@seandavis11961 3 жыл бұрын

You must have been posh to have lived in South Kensington. In my first year as a student at Imperial College I lived in Evelyn Gardens. The rent was £9 per week. The Paris Pullman cinema was just around the corner. In 1983/84 I lived in Princes Gardens. The room was free as I was Hon Sec of Imperial College Students Union. I used to walk across Princes Gardens each morning to my office that looked onto the Royal Albert Hall. Many mornings I would stop to say hello to an old lady, with her cat, named Eva. She was lovely and it was only years later I found out she was a movie star. She lived in a small mews house behind the halls of residence.

@bryan3550 3 жыл бұрын

Nevah on the Agenda... I like that! Another personable peripatetic perambulation of my favourite Flâneur! ... bet that pint didn't come cheap! 🍻

@highpath4776 3 жыл бұрын

I see the millbank properties have finally been cleaned and washed, with the london soot until the 2000s they were always forboding, and a contrast to Smith Square behind and Westminster , etc.