Plants, Philanthropists & Physicians - 14 September 2025

Join a guide from Discover Medical London for a walk through Regent’s Park, lasting approximately 2½ hours, starting at the Royal College of Physicians and concluding with a visit to their medicinal gardens. 
 
Discover why the Royal College of Physicians turns its back on its magnificent surroundings, the connection of Cambridge Gate with “the French Malady”, the Prince Regent’s Broadwalk, a magnificent failure, his many ailments plus the stories behind many of the blue plaques attached to Park buildings. 
 
Whilst the majority of the walk will be inside the Park, it will include some of the Nash Terraces as these feature blue plaques commemorating notable medical figures from the last two centuries.  Also featured would be The Broadwalk, Queen Mary’s Gardens, the Rose Garden, Marylebone Green and the Boating Lake, amongst other stops.  Although these locations will be familiar to you, the tour will explore them in a different way, teasing out their medical and social history connections.  All the content will be accessible to non-medical participants with an interest in social and cultural history, or even simply in the story of the Park and its residents.

25 places – 23 Friends, 2 guests.

MEET:  1:45pm outside the Royal College of Physicians in St Andrew's Place, NW1 4LE

COST:  £20 for Friends, £35 for guests

Once you sign up and pay for this walk, we pay the provider, therefore no money can be refunded if you cannot attend for any reason.  You can, however, transfer your place to somebody else.

If you have any questions please email: [email protected]

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