London

About London

We all know that London is a world city – the UK’s economic powerhouse, financial centre and prime terrorist target. There are currently around 7.5 million Londoners (however, in 1939 there was London’s peak in population terms with 8.6 million people living here)at present London is a city of extremes and diversity: almost 2/3rds come from non-white ethnic minority groups (95% of those moving to London since 1995 not being born in the UK) and some inner city areas over half of the children are living below the poverty line…
...many books/websites have been written about London, but we are not here to recite them – we are here to encourage you to go out there and discover and experience London for yourself!

London Challenges

FREE to DOWNLOAD: We have developed five challenges for you to download and urbaneer. You can choose from the city east and city west, clerkenwell, whitechapel, canary wharf, bayswater. Click on the challenges tab to download them
click on london challenges

Other ways to urbaneer

We have found other sites providing you with FREE walks or audio walks. To ensure they are not rubbish various urbaneers have tried them and decided they are good to go onto the site:

Gritting the tunnel

08/01/2009 - 00:00
08/01/2009 - 23:59
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For anyone who loved and remembers the i-knits knitty treasure hunt last year and the cans festival – this will be heaven: Gritting, or Graffity Knitting is apparently growing in popularity and this year i-know are bringing you the GRITTING THE TUNNEL event – sounds great!

Late at Tate Britain

07/03/2009 - 18:00
07/03/2009 - 23:00
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Watch out for an urban safari exploring Pimlico, plus pianos in unlikely places. Engage in conversations about art with wandering philosophers, geologists and hear a Johnny Cash-inspired DJ set on a mid-summer’s evening…
for more info click here

Flatpack Opera

06/10/2009 - 19:30
06/10/2009 - 21:30
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9th and 10th June, 7.30pm
Where: Ikea Wembley, 2 Drury Way, North Circular Road, London, NW10 0TH
Price: Free!!!
Nearest Tube: Neasden

Flatpack: An Opera in Ikea – find out more here bur this is a taster for the website

What do our homes have to say about us? Why do we sing in the shower? How do we live in this flatpacked modern world? What is domestic harmony?

Flatpack Opera

06/09/2009 - 19:30
06/09/2009 - 21:00
Etc/GMT+1

9th and 10th June, 7.30pm
Where: Ikea Wembley, 2 Drury Way, North Circular Road, London, NW10 0TH
Price: Free!!!
Nearest Tube: Neasden

Flatpack: An Opera in Ikea – find out more here bur this is a taster for the website

What do our homes have to say about us? Why do we sing in the shower? How do we live in this flatpacked modern world? What is domestic harmony?

Vertical Rush

03/19/2009 - 09:00
03/19/2009 - 23:00
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Help raise mooney for Shelter – the housing and homeless charity – by taking part in their Vertical Rush race.
The first event of its kind in Britain, Vertical Rush involves running or walking 183m (600ft) up 920 stairs and 42 floors to the top of the tower.

for more info and how to take part follow this link

Roof-top kiting

We are always on the hunt for new urbaneer activities and when Secret Santa brought us a kite the perfect opportunity beckoned for trying some roof-top kite flying. It was the afternoon of the day the snow arrived and it was pretty cold and windy up on the roof-top.

Christmas Carol Challenge

Looking for an alternative Christmas activity?

Looking for new activities to make a difference?

Want to engage differently with the urban environment?

Want to bring team-members closer together?

Beat the credit crunch with our affordable alternative to the usual Christmas party or make the Carol Challenge part of your traditional office Christmas celebrations. It's a fun activity for teams as well as helping to make a difference for your chosen charities.