FAQs – BAC

It is an audio walk created through interviews with people who all work along the same street – Lavender Hill, in Wandsworth, London. As you walk along the street where it was created you are invited to stop at everyday locations – including a laundrette, a barbers shop, a DIY store, a betting shop and a bank – to listen to the voices of the people behind the counter. In the process of making The people of Lavender Hill, the two lead artists Kate and Sarah wrote 100 questions for the street, and invited the workers to choose which they’d like to answer, an edit of which is the content that you can hear along the way. Underscoring this is a bespoke composition, created by sound artist Fraser Owen, using both sounds collected from and generated in response to Lavender Hill. At the end of the walk, you can stop to have a cup of tea while you listen to the final track, and to browse the photographs of the people who were interviewed, and the 100 questions that they chose from. More information on the concept, themes and previous versions of The people of can be found here.

The walk begins and ends at Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, Wandsworth. 

We encourage travel by public transport or cycling/walking wherever possible. Full details of public transport and cycle routes are available here. 

The closest station to Battersea Arts Centre is Clapham Junction, which has good wheelchair access and is approximately 0.5 miles from the venue. Up-to-date information on lift service at Clapham Junction is available via National Rail.

The nearest disabled parking spaces to Battersea Arts Centre are in the Asda car park on Lavender Hill. Between Battersea Arts Centre and the Asda car park there is some rough pavement and a small incline.Find out more about parking with a Blue Badge in Wandsworth via the local council website here.

You can select ‘Lavender Hill’ to access the route map and accompanying audio track to listen to as you walk. The route map shows you the 12 businesses that had a staff member interviewed as part of the walk. You can choose to stop and listen outside the businesses, or where appropriate to step inside to browse as you listen. 

Paper A4 copies of the map are available for collection at the Battersea Arts Centre front desk during opening hours (ADD WHAT THESE ARE). 

The People Of will be available from 6 March 2026.

It is a self-guided walk and can be done at any time. However, we recommend setting off between 10am and 5pm, while it is light and the shops are open.

There is an information point at the welcome desk at Battersea Arts Centre which will be operational until [INSERT DATE], but the walk will remain accessible after this date.

The audio walk takes approximately 60 minutes, and the route is just under a mile long. The first and last audio tracks that you hear are interviews with people who work at Battersea Arts Centre, and you are welcome to listen to these inside the building – there are sofas/seats in the foyer, and (during opening hours), you can have a free cup of tea in the cafe whilst listening to the final audio or browsing the images/questions at the end – just let the cafe staff know that you are doing the audio walk. 

There are opportunities to sit down along the way (for example, benches and bus stops), and you are welcome to pause for a rest at any time.

The route takes you along a main road Battersea. The route itself is accessible, with no permanent street structures that should cause issues for wheelchair or mobility scooter users. All crossing points have dropped kerbs. However, please make sure you are vigilant when crossing roads, removing your headset if necessary for personal safety.

There is a visual story of the route here. A printed transcript of the spoken audio is available on request from the box office at Battersea Arts Centre.

The start and end point of the route is at Battersea Arts Centre, which is a proactively inclusive venue – full information on access at BAC is available here. 
If you have any specific questions regarding access, please email access@bac.org.uk

Toilet facilities, including accessible and gender neutral toilets, are available at Battersea Arts Centre during opening hours.

Outside of these hours, the nearest public toilet would be at the ASDA at 204 Lavender Hill – including an accessible toilet. Access to this is separate from the project, so we cannot guarantee it will always be available.

If you want to sign up to receive a link to the walk as soon as it goes live then you can do so here: https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/the-people-of-lavender-hill/

The People Of website will stream on both iPhones and Android phones.

Streaming the entire walk will use up to 190MB of data — roughly the amount you would use browsing social media for about an hour.

Data charges may apply depending on the terms of your phone contract.

If you would like to borrow an MP3 player and headphones, you can pick these up at Battersea Arts Centre. [INSERT BOOKING DETAILS IF REQUIRED]

The audio walk is in English.

If you need help accessing the website or playing the audio walk, someone will be available to assist you at the information point at Battersea Arts Centre during opening hours.