Event details

Join us for a guided tour round the Barbican estate which will show that there is much more to it than meets the eye. We will look at its history before the area was completely destroyed in 1940 and then how and why it came to be rebuilt the way it was. Why was such a large social housing and arts complex built here in the first place? We can promise some surprises.

Hosted by Peter Burley, (BA History, 1970), Chair of the York in London alumni group, this tour will give you a chance a to enjoy some genuinely new perspectives on a site you may think you know.

We will be meeting at 18:30 (BST) outside:

Slug & Lettuce

Wood Street,

Aldermanbury,

London,

EC2V 7JQ

The menu for drinks and food can be found at www.slugandlettuce.co.uk. They ask that you order in advance either by email slugandlettuce.StPauls@stonegategroup.co.uk or telephone 020 7600 3500 if you want food – especially if you want a meal there after the walk.

Tickets for the event are £5.00 each with all proceeds going to the University's Equal Access Scholarship Fund. The scholarship enables students seeking asylum to access a York education. Each Scholarship provides an annual living costs bursary of £10,660 funded by donations and is matched by the University with a complete tuition fee waiver. Since 2016 we have supported over 20 asylum-seeking students to study at York.

There is a limit of 25 places for this tour, so please reserve your place early to avoid disappointment.