Wear Sensible Shoes - Summer Solstice Edition

GUIDED WALK with Ben Waddington

Sat 21 Jun 2025 | 10am - 5pm

£33

Meet: Sherlock Holmes Statue, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5RS Ends: Ship Inn, 5 Upper Mall, Hammersmith W6 9TD

Drown yourself in the lost history of Coil’s London - the city that permeated the English experimental band’s art, life and mythology from 1982 through to 1998.

Wear Sensible Shoes is a comprehensive guided tour of Coil's London that dips into the locations of Coil’s song themes, biography, album art, photo shoots and twenty years of associated folklore. The tour visits around a dozen Coil-related locations from across their timeline, both major and minor, but the exact locations and themes will be revealed as the walk unfolds. Beyond being merely a revelation of locations, ‘WSS’ gets inside the fabric of the band by looking at the greater dynamic of their lives, motives and outlooks, and how we can apply their aesthetic and legacy to our own lives.

Wear Sensible Shoes works in a two-way, informal and informative environment, meaning our discoveries and conversations will prompt as many questions as answers. Occupying the best part of a day, the ambitious route will be by foot and by London Transport. Accordingly, the group will be limited in size to facilitate movement. Participants should expect to be mobile for the duration but the afternoon will include rest breaks and travel interludes.

The walk ends in Chiswick and will be followed by an optional Thames-side walk to The Ship Inn for rest and refreshments.