The City of London we see today is built on the rubbish and ruins of 1500 years of occupation. Archaeologists working here are especially lucky because the waterlogged conditions down by the River Thames have preserved materials that would normally have disappeared.

Dirty Old Town comprises two events, both taking place on Saturday 20 August.

Family fun at Wellcome Collection
Archaeologists will reveal secrets on how to find, analyse and interpret clues from days gone by, to discover what people ate, what they made, what animals they kept and what the environment was like (11.00-16.00).

This event is FREE, drop in anytime

Foreshore walk along the River Thames
A foreshore walk along the River Thames, where Mike Webber from the Thames Explorer Trust will show us how the river has preserved amazing evidence of London’s history (11.00 – 13.00).

This event is fuilly booked.