Fun Facts and Secret Streets: Artists, Royals and Medical History of Chelsea
Location:
Date & time:
Sunday 26 Apr 2026, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Price:
£20.00
This 2-hour tour takes you through secret streets to discover fun facts and history from 16th century to the present day.
About the event
This tour is open to all ages. Part-tour, part-quest that answers some of the questions below:
Why did Bob Marley provide a different address to the police than his official residence in Chelsea?
Where did Queen Elizabeth I plant a mulberry tree in Chelsea?
Why was this girlfriend of Keith Richards so influential on the Rolling Stones music?
What is the connection between mews houses and why English people don’t eat horses?
What connects the author of Dracula with the writer Oscar Wilde?
Why are surgeons called Mr and not Doctor?
Why did Hans Sloane collect diamonds and plants instead of commisioning art?
Sarah runs a walking tour company (Pollen and Reid) and guides in London and Paris. A historian and art psychotherapist, she is particularly interested in art history, medical history, and hidden histories of invisible and unusual characters.