Medical History Discovery Walk: Plants, Philanthropists and Physicians
Fri, Jun 12
|The Regent's Park
Join a specialist medical history guide for a walk through Regent’s Park, lasting approximately 2.5 hours, starting with the medicinal garden of the Royal College of Physicians and concluding in St John's Garden. more info below
Time & Location
Jun 12, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
The Regent's Park, London, UK
About the Event
Join a specialist guide for a walk through Regent’s Park, lasting approximately 2.5 hours, starting with the medicinal garden of the Royal College of Physicians and concluding in St John's Garden. Discover the 'kill or cure' properties of the plants cultivated by the Royal College of Physicians, why the College turns its back on its magnificent surroundings, the connection between Cambridge Gate and ‘the French Malady’, how the Prince Regent’s Broadwalk was a magnificent failure in part due to his many ailments, and learn more about the fascinating health-connected stories behind a range of the blue plaques attached to Park buildings!
Whilst the majority of the walk will be inside the garden and 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 will be The Broadwalk, Queen Mary’s Gardens, the Rose Garden and Marylebone…