# Event Details - **Event Name**: Walking Tour - Convent Garden: A Magnet for Artists and Artistic Practice - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 04:15 pm - **Event Description**: Discover how Covent Garden became as a centre for art, socializing, learning and the production of artAbout this EventDiscover the largely forgotten history of Covent Garden when it was the centre for artistic life. From the development of the Plazza in the 1630s by the fourth Duke of Bedford, artists started following their patrons to this new fashionable square to live. Stuart Royal artists such at Sir Peter Lily and Godfrey Kneller set up their studios in the Plazza and later artists soon followed or lived in the surrounding streets.William Hogarth trained in Covent Garden . He along with other artists socialised in the local coffee house. In 1730s he established the St Martin’s Lane Academy which attracted many artists as teachers and pupils. Several of these artists joined the Royal Academy of Art when it was founded in 1768 and from the 1770s was staging its annual exhibitions in the newly rebuilt Sommerset House.Joseph William Mallard Turner who was born in Covent Garden and the satirical artist, Thomas Rowlandson lived much of his life in the area. Print sellers and art suppliers were everywhere and everyone wanted to go and view the latest prints.And of the Thames was always inspirational. Claude Monet visited and painted studies for his most atmospheric London paintings…Re-live this artistic buzz on this varied walk From Covent Garden Piazza ending at Sommerset House.Picture: Wenceslaus Hollar: View across the market in Covent Garden towards St Paul's Church, c.1647.Donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Open Access Policy, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60858912 - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/walking-tour-convent-garden-a-magnet-for-artists-and-artistic-practice/100001304862311299 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fwalking-tour-convent-garden-a-magnet-for-artists-and-artistic-practice-tickets-1304862311299 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 12.5, max: 17.5, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Covent Garden - **lat**: 51.51300070000001 - **long**: -0.1241621 - **full address**: Covent Garden, Long Acre, London, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Marilyn Greene, Footprints of London (https://allevents.in/org/marilyn-greene-footprints-of-london/22533240) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/7dececd06e80ca7df4007e8fee1d3f9d6906031bd41c264a3402c8701109c79d-rimg-w1200-h702-dce0d0af-gmir.jpg?v=1770986176 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/3ee1dd3a8f83920a6e38f39c5302a0a3b47435916b75a17d376dd90aa4808917-rimg-w400-h400-dce0d0b0-gmir.jpg?v=1770986176 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Covent Garden, Long Acre, London, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 12.5 up to 17.5 GBP - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Marilyn Greene, Footprints of London - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, exhibitions, fine-arts - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Walking Tour - Convent Garden: A Magnet for Artists and Artistic Practice ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Walking Tour - Convent Garden: A Magnet for Artists and Artistic Practice", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/7dececd06e80ca7df4007e8fee1d3f9d6906031bd41c264a3402c8701109c79d-rimg-w1200-h702-dce0d0af-gmir.jpg?v=1770986176", "startDate": "2026-03-27", "endDate": "2026-03-27", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/walking-tour-convent-garden-a-magnet-for-artists-and-artistic-practice/100001304862311299", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Covent Garden", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Long Acre", "postalCode": "WC2E 9JT", "addressLocality": "London", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.51300070000001", "longitude": "-0.1241621" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Discover how Covent Garden became as a centre for art, socializing, learning and the production of art", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "2026-03-27", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "lowPrice": "12.50", "highPrice": "17.50", "price": "12.50", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/walking-tour-convent-garden-a-magnet-for-artists-and-artistic-practice/100001304862311299" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/walking-tour-convent-garden-a-magnet-for-artists-and-artistic-practice/100001304862311299", "price": "17.50", "name": "Standard" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/walking-tour-convent-garden-a-magnet-for-artists-and-artistic-practice/100001304862311299", "price": "12.50", "name": "Concession" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Marilyn Greene Footprints of London", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/marilyn-greene-footprints-of-london/22533240", "description": "I am a qualified City of London Guide and a member of the City of London Guides Lecturers AssociationFormerly the Curator ofHampstead Museum, Burgh House, I have been creating and delivering walks in the Hampstead area for some 20 years.I love discovering interesting nuggets of London history and am fascinated in how places develop and change as well as archaeology and what lies beneath the ground. I am especially interested in the effect of the Blitz on London, artists and their connections with places and the stories of individual buildings.As well as guiding in the City and Hampstead / North London area, I also guide for theCity Lit; the National Trust's 2 Willow Road; and can give tours at the Victoria and Albert Museum, British Museum and National Gallery. I was also a London Transport Museum’sHidden Londonguide. I also run heritage workshopsAttendance on any walk can only be guaranteed through pre-booking.  If you cannot pre-book here but wish to attend, you are welcome to do so, but youmustplease give me prior notice of your intention to attend." } ] } ] ```