24–27 April
Some rooms in Pitzhanger Manor will be closed at times for events during the Ealing Book Festival.
Please check the opening hours page and the Festival programme for full details.
Some rooms in Pitzhanger Manor will be closed at times for events during the Ealing Book Festival.
Please check the opening hours page and the Festival programme for full details.
Starting at Pitzhanger Manor this guided walk will take in the world’s best-selling detective author, Agatha Christie, visit a building connected with two song writing icons of British rock music, and hear about the eighteenth-century writer who created Tom Jones, and the author of A Town Like Alice. We will see where one of the famous co-founders of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company was educated, visit the HQ of the famous Ealing Studios where scriptwriters and books abound, and finally conclude our walk in the Ealing Broadway Centre where the author of the Billy Bunter books once lived.
Walk 1: Saturday 13 April, 11:00 – 12.30 pm
Led by Alan Fortune
Walk 2: Sunday 14 April, 1.00 – 2.30 pm
Led by Elaine Wein
Meeting point: Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Alan Fortune is a qualified guide in the City of Westminster and the Borough of Camden. From 2016-19 he was Director of the course which trains guides for the Borough of Camden. He currently leads walks in Ealing, Soho, Fitzrovia, Bloomsbury and, St. Pancras.
Elaine Wein is a City of Westminster Guide, City of London Guide, A Freeman of the City of London and a London Borough of Camden Guide. Having lived in Ealing for over 20 years, she has a passion for helping others discover this fascinating and diverse borough.
The aim of Ealing Book Festival is to celebrate the joy of reading and to advance engagement and education around literature and reading. Through our events we hope to bring people and communities together; inspire and develop writers of all ages; showcase well-known authors and promote local writers, and grow book-loving audiences. The Festival team is Catherine Jaquiss, Alex Gerlis, Anne Elletson, Tanya Burgess, Nadine Thompson, Jeff Highfield, Ian Burge, Emma Walker and Natalie Arestis.
Walk 1:
Saturday 13th April 2024
11.00 – 12.30 pm
Walk 2:
Sunday 14th April
2024
1.00 – 2.30 pm
The walk may take longer than the advertised 90 minutes, and will be a maximum of 2 hours
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ
£15.00
Please contact info@ealingbookfestival.com for more information.
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Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ
Ticketing, Opening Hours and Tour Enquiries: foh@pitzhanger.org.uk
Retail Enquires: retail@pitzhanger.org.uk
Reception: 020 3985 8888
Venue Hire: 020 3994 0966
Office: 020 3994 0967
Wednesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00
First Thursday of the month: 10:00 - 20:00
Monday - Tuesday: Closed
Bank Holidays: 10:00 - 17:00
Last admissions one hour before closing
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