Charlie
Charlie, a City of Westminster qualified guide, has been matured by 50 years of London living. He illuminates the underbelly of the city’s past with a passion for its people and how they got places. Put him on a canal towpath and you’ll be gliding into its history. Mention horses and he’ll trot you back to a city of mews and manure.
And special places? Catch him in the Olympic park to get the ‘knowledge’ of his years of work on the project. This is guiding with an enthusiasm that will infect you.
All of Charlie's Walks
The Power of the Thames – Battersea to Westminster
Saturday, 14 June 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"with a space-age American embassy tucked in behind it"
The Embankment Story
Thursday, 03 July 2025 @ 2 pm
The Bridge to London
Friday, 04 July 2025 @ 6 pm
"most of what has passed has left plenty of traces"
The Children of Outcast London
Sunday, 13 July 2025 @ 2.30 pm
It’s a terrible story, it’s a moving story, it will grip you.
Slow-Speed Trail of High-Speed Rail
Saturday, 16 August 2025 @ 10.45 am
Whoa! Wow! Peekaboo HS2 & Javelin
Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley in Somers Town
Sunday, 17 August 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
"a place of poverty and political exiles and refugees and revolutionaries"
Whitehall Affray – Statues of Discord
Thursday, 28 August 2025 @ 10.45 am
"he was so angry he ended up sculpting a horse urinating"
Horses Past, Horses Present – Horse Power in London Society
Saturday, 06 September 2025 @ 10.45 am
"reveals the vast importance of horses in asserting the position of those in power"
Bloomsbury's Brilliant Women
Sunday, 07 September 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
What is it about Bloomsbury and brilliant women?
Pioneering Paddington
Saturday, 04 October 2025 @ 2.30 pm
"from the deep past to a vision of the future"
THE LONDON SEASON – Living it up in Mayfair & St James's
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
a chance to get up close to a lifestyle that’s often mythologized but rarely examined
The Devil's Acre
Saturday, 15 November 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
Phwoar! Wrong side of the Westminster tracks – crime, grime and where the bodies are buried
When Horses Ran London
Saturday, 29 November 2025 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
"how much horsepower each bus route needed – amazing eye-opener into a lost city"
The Wonderful Women of Marylebone
Saturday, 06 December 2025 @ 10.45 am
"Marylebone – a magnet for so many inspiring women"
How the West End Was Won
Saturday, 03 January 2026 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
How a capital city emerged fit to rule the greatest empire the world had ever known...
Other walks in Charlie's repertoire.
They run occasionally as 'Specials' but can also be booked privately.
Graveyards to die for
"it was a rat's delight and a health emergency"
How the West End Was Won
How a capital city emerged fit to rule the greatest empire the world had ever known...
THE LONDON SEASON – Living it up in Mayfair & St James's
a chance to get up close to a lifestyle that’s often mythologized but rarely examined
The Power of the Thames – Battersea to Westminster
"with a space-age American embassy tucked in behind it"
Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley in Somers Town
"a place of poverty and political exiles and refugees and revolutionaries"
Bloomsbury's Brilliant Women
What is it about Bloomsbury and brilliant women?
Hampstead's Other Half
"more about those forgotten than those remembered"
The Devil's Acre
Phwoar! Wrong side of the Westminster tracks – crime, grime and where the bodies are buried
When Horses Ran London
"how much horsepower each bus route needed – amazing eye-opener into a lost city"