St Giles: In Search of a Slum
Tue 24 Nov · Tottenham Court Road tube, outside exit 4
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Westminster Guides Skip to content Edit St Giles: In Search of a Slum Tuesday - 24 November 2026 - 14:30 Ticket price £17.50; £12.50 Click here to book this event St Giles was once one of the most squalid, insanitary and criminal areas in the country; it was said to contain, “the lowest conditions under which human life is possible.” It grew from the early 1600s as a colony of new arrivals, those expelled from the City, the sick and the poor. And it became an urban forest of overcrowded courts, alleys, open sewers and gin shops.