Shoreditch Street Art Tour London
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3h
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About this experience
Street artists from all over the World leave an ever changing kaleidoscope of energy and creativity on the walls of Shoreditch. Shoreditch Street Art Tours provides the best tours of London's street art. Explore the culture, the artists, the locations, the methods and the stories that have made Shoreditch being the greatest epicentre for street art in the world.
Shoreditch Street Art Tours' principal guide Dave ran his first street art tours in 2008, no street art tours have been running that long.
We are the top rated street art tour on Tripadvisor in London.
Shoreditch Street Art Tour’s guide is a pure street art specialist who has spent nearly 20 years exploring, photographing, writing about and critiquing this exciting art scene.
Shoreditch Street Art Tours will deliver an articulate and enthralling revelation of the best street art, whether it is huge murals, stencils, paste ups or small stickers.
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Shoreditch Street Art Tour London
What's included
Unique post tour email with lots of street art information, each one prepared for that day's tour
Professional expert guide
Detailed itinerary
1
Stop 1
This is where we meet for our public street art tours
2
Stop 2
We walk to Brick Lane (NOT the police station) via side streets to look at many locations where we see street art, some low down, some up high, some small bronze castings, some huge murals 3 stories tall.
3
The tour continues heading up into Shoreditch where we continue to explore the latest in the ever changing display of street art and graffiti. Luckily as the guide is totally immersed in the culture and specialises only in this subject, not only does the guide know where to find the art but will be able to identify, interpret and explain the street art, even brand new stuff that might only be minutes or hours old
Available languages
Guide guide
EN
Reviews breakdown
Viator
4.7
64 reviews
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Tripadvisor
5.0
407 reviews
5★
402
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Important information
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meeting point
Meet at The Goat Statue Brushfield Street, Spitalfields Market. Guide will have a Shoreditch Street Art Tour logo. Exit Liverpool Street tube via Bishopsgate exit opposite platform 14. Turn left at the top of the escalator, Brushfield St is 100 yards on right.
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