Walthamstow Colour Walk and Picnic 2025
Penny Rutterford, Sarah Corbett and Silvana Gambini invite you all to don your brightest and most colourful outfits and join this yearโs Walthamstow Colour Walk and Picnic at 12.30 on Sunday 10th August 2025!!!
The main focus of the day will be visiting the ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ญ) exhibition at the William Morris Gallery โ more info here https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/
The activities for the rest of the afternoon will very much depend on the weather โ please see below.
๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ก - ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐:
The William Morris Gallery is about a 15-minute walk from Walthamstow Central Station which is on the Victoria Line or the Overground from Liverpool St/Chingford.
For anyone who doesnโt want to walk too far, get off the tube at Blackhorse Road and catch the 123 Bus which stops right outside the William Morris Gallery. The same bus also goes to the Town Hall. No worries then if youโre wearing vertiginous heels!
๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฎ:
We will meet outside the front of the gallery at 12.30pm, take some photos and then go and visit the Morris Mania exhibition. Afterwards we will take more photos of costumes on the outside staircase at the back of the gallery and then camp out on the grass at the back of the gallery for a picnic (please remember to bring something to sit on โ folding chair, blanket etc).
Bring your own picnic food or you can buy something to eat at the following nearby places:
โข Deeneyโs Cafรฉ in the gallery https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/visit/cafe/
โข Le Delice in the Park https://www.instagram.com/ledelice_lloyd_park/?hl=en
โข Five Star Fish Bar opposite the gallery https://www.facebook.com/fivestarfishbar/?locale=en_GB
โข Smoke and Bones (BBQ) opposite the gallery https://www.instagram.com/smokeandbonesuk/?hl=en
After weโve picnicked, we will go on to Fellowship Square in front of the Town Hall to enjoy the dancing fountains โ a five-minute walk from the gallery. There are lots of good photo opportunities there with the backdrop of the white Portland stone of the Town Hall or in the new Queen Elizabeth II Gardens at the back of the Town Hall.
Lastly, we will decamp back to the Bell Pub https://belle17.com/ on the corner of Forest and Chingford Roads which is a large pub and also has a beer garden.
๐๐ ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐:
We will meet in the foyer of the gallery at 12.30pm and visit the Morris Mania exhibition and maybe have a coffee in the gallery cafรฉ afterwards.
We will then decamp directly to the Bell Pub โ which does food including Sunday lunch โ for socialising and photographs. The beer garden does have a covered section too. Letโs hope for dry weather!
Past Walthamstow Colour Walks have been a good laugh, so we hope to see lots of you there!
Love Penny, Sarah and Silvana xxx
The main focus of the day will be visiting the ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ญ) exhibition at the William Morris Gallery โ more info here https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/
The activities for the rest of the afternoon will very much depend on the weather โ please see below.
๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ก - ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐:
The William Morris Gallery is about a 15-minute walk from Walthamstow Central Station which is on the Victoria Line or the Overground from Liverpool St/Chingford.
For anyone who doesnโt want to walk too far, get off the tube at Blackhorse Road and catch the 123 Bus which stops right outside the William Morris Gallery. The same bus also goes to the Town Hall. No worries then if youโre wearing vertiginous heels!
๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฎ:
We will meet outside the front of the gallery at 12.30pm, take some photos and then go and visit the Morris Mania exhibition. Afterwards we will take more photos of costumes on the outside staircase at the back of the gallery and then camp out on the grass at the back of the gallery for a picnic (please remember to bring something to sit on โ folding chair, blanket etc).
Bring your own picnic food or you can buy something to eat at the following nearby places:
โข Deeneyโs Cafรฉ in the gallery https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/visit/cafe/
โข Le Delice in the Park https://www.instagram.com/ledelice_lloyd_park/?hl=en
โข Five Star Fish Bar opposite the gallery https://www.facebook.com/fivestarfishbar/?locale=en_GB
โข Smoke and Bones (BBQ) opposite the gallery https://www.instagram.com/smokeandbonesuk/?hl=en
After weโve picnicked, we will go on to Fellowship Square in front of the Town Hall to enjoy the dancing fountains โ a five-minute walk from the gallery. There are lots of good photo opportunities there with the backdrop of the white Portland stone of the Town Hall or in the new Queen Elizabeth II Gardens at the back of the Town Hall.
Lastly, we will decamp back to the Bell Pub https://belle17.com/ on the corner of Forest and Chingford Roads which is a large pub and also has a beer garden.
๐๐ ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐:
We will meet in the foyer of the gallery at 12.30pm and visit the Morris Mania exhibition and maybe have a coffee in the gallery cafรฉ afterwards.
We will then decamp directly to the Bell Pub โ which does food including Sunday lunch โ for socialising and photographs. The beer garden does have a covered section too. Letโs hope for dry weather!
Past Walthamstow Colour Walks have been a good laugh, so we hope to see lots of you there!
Love Penny, Sarah and Silvana xxx