£10
Breaking Bread: Bakery Walking Tour
Join artist Lucy Harrison on a 2.5-mile walking tour celebrating Waltham Forest's baking heritage, visiting local bakeries and historic sites while sampling delicious bread and pastries along the way.
Beginning at St James Street station, visit local bakeries and sites of baking history before concluding at the historic Bakers Almshouses on Lea Bridge Road.
You'll have the chance to sample delicious bread and pastries* from local artisans, hear fascinating stories about the borough's baking culture, and speak to local artisan bakers in Walthamstow and Leyton. Copies of the Breaking Bread Bakery Map will be given to the group.
The tour celebrates small businesses and shows how baking traditions have evolved over the years, incorporating different forms of bread from a range of local communities.
*Bread contains gluten and may contain nuts. Some pastries may contain dairy products, please ask if unsure.
Walk details
This 2.5-mile walk (on mainly flat surfaces and step-free) forms part of Lucy Harrison's 'Breaking Bread' project, exploring bread and baking in Waltham Forest and the Lea Valley.
Start Point: St James Street Station, E17
End Point: Bakers Almshouses, Lea Bridge Road
Bread contains gluten and may contain nuts. Some pastries may contain dairy products, please ask if unsure.
About Lucy Harrison
Lucy Harrison is an artist based in Waltham Forest, working on projects engaging with places, their histories and communities. Often working collaboratively, her projects include outcomes such as films, installations, events and publications.
Previous projects have explored sheds and allotments, community centres and sites of former nightclubs, the Warner Estate and the local printing industry, often using oral history and archival material as a starting point. Her project Breaking Bread (2024-25) explores bread and baking in the borough and the wider Lea Valley, and includes a Bakery Map, short film and events such as the Walking Tour.
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