Create your own Neighbourhood Walking Tour, with Saira Niazi - Whitechapel Gallery

Create your own Neighbourhood Walking Tour, with Saira Niazi

  • Saira Niazi Image for Whitechapel workshop

    A woman drawing a picture of a stop on her neighbourhood walking tour during a workshop on the Alton Estate. Photo credit: Saira Niazi

Wed 5 Aug, 4-6pm

Monday Closed
Tuesday 11am–6pm
Wednesday 11am–6pm
Thursday 11am–9pm
Friday 11am–6pm
Saturday 11am–6pm
Sunday 11am–6pm

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Workshop
Create your own Neighbourhood Walking Tour, with Saira Niazi

Share stories of the people, places and projects that make up your neighbourhood in this engaging and interactive exploratory workshop.

Led by renegade guide and founder of Living London, Saira Niazi, the workshop will guide you towards the creation of your own walking tour. You’ll learn how to choose stops, connect them up, and enable access into spaces. You’ll also have the chance to share your tour with the group.

Materials Provided. Bring photographs, and a map (digital or printed) of your neighbourhood.

This event is part of Backyard Biennial.

Saira Niazi

Saira Niazi is a writer, artist researcher, author and renegade guide, passionate about discovering new places, collecting stories and connecting communities. Saira has collaborated with grassroots groups across the UK on various oral history, art, film, food, environment and heritage projects.