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, 25 July 2026 @ 2.30 pm
"with a space-age American embassy tucked in behind it"
When Horses Ran London
Sunday, 26 July 2026 @ 10.45 am
"how much horsepower each bus route needed – amazing eye-opener into a lost city"
The Wonderful Women of Marylebone
Wednesday, 29 July 2026 @ 10.45 am
"Marylebone – a magnet for so many inspiring women"
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 9: Stockwell to Herne Hill
Saturday, 01 August 2026 @ 10.30 am (Click here for more dates)
Brixton Village - still a place that crosses cultures
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 10: Herne Hill to Sydenham Hill
Saturday, 01 August 2026 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
the estate that shaped this slice of south London
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 11: Sydenham Hill to Anerley
Saturday, 22 August 2026 @ 10.30 am (Click here for more dates)
the 1851 Great Exhibition had an after-party, it’s called Crystal Palace Park
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 12: Anerley to South Norwood
Saturday, 22 August 2026 @ 2.15 pm (Click here for more dates)
rewilding isn’t so new - here’s a wonderful wilderness
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 13: South Norwood to Addington Hill
Saturday, 05 September 2026 @ 10.30 am (Click here for more dates)
it’s a steep climb up Addington Hill, but the payback is a panorama of London spread before you
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 14: Addington Hill to New Addington
Saturday, 05 September 2026 @ 2.15 pm (Click here for more dates)
through Selsdon Wood and you’re through with London, Surrey is beaming at you, beckoning...
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 1: Hadley Wood to High Barnet
Tuesday, 15 September 2026 @ 10.30 am
This is it. The start line of an epic journey across the capital...
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 2: High Barnet to Woodside Park
Tuesday, 15 September 2026 @ 2.15 pm
a land London left behind
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 3: Woodside Park to Mill Hill East
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 @ 10.30 am (Click here for more dates)
the green lane still weaves through the old field pattern
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 4: Mill Hill East to Golders Green
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
thank the pioneers of Garden Cities for this walk
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 5: Golders Green to South End Green
Friday, 18 September 2026 @ 10.30 am (Click here for more dates)
walking through the gate of the Hill Garden could astonish you
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 6: South End Green to Marylebone
Friday, 18 September 2026 @ 2.15 pm (Click here for more dates)
enjoy the pavement cafes of Primrose Hill before climbing to that view at the summit
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 7: Marylebone to central Westminster
Saturday, 19 September 2026 @ 10.30 am (Click here for more dates)
work the passageways till you burst onto New Bond Street with its centuries of high-end spend
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 8: Central Westminster to Stockwell
Saturday, 19 September 2026 @ 2.15 pm (Click here for more dates)
from a palace on the north bank it is time to cross to a shoreline once thick with factories on the south
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"
Hampstead's Other Half
"more about those forgotten than those remembered"
Slow-Speed Trail of High-Speed Rail
Whoa! Wow! Peekaboo HS2 & Javelin
Whitehall Affray – Statues of Discord
"he was so angry he ended up sculpting a horse urinating"
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
How the West End Was Won
How a capital city emerged fit to rule the greatest empire the world had ever known...
Pioneering Paddington
"from the deep past to a vision of the future"
Horses Past, Horses Present – Horse Power in London Society
"reveals the vast importance of horses in asserting the position of those in power"
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?
The Embankment Story
an eye-opener exploring the centuries of struggle between the force of the river and the city’s determination to control and embank it
The Children of Outcast London
It’s a terrible story, it’s a moving story, it will grip you.
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 3: Woodside Park to Mill Hill East
the green lane still weaves through the old field pattern
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 4: Mill Hill East to Golders Green
thank the pioneers of Garden Cities for this walk
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 5: Golders Green to South End Green
walking through the gate of the Hill Garden could astonish you
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 6: South End Green to Marylebone
enjoy the pavement cafes of Primrose Hill before climbing to that view at the summit
The Devil's Acre
Phwoar! Wrong side of the Westminster tracks – crime, grime and where the bodies are buried
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 7: Marylebone to central Westminster
work the passageways till you burst onto New Bond Street with its centuries of high-end spend
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 8: Central Westminster to Stockwell
from a palace on the north bank it is time to cross to a shoreline once thick with factories on the south
The Bridge to London
"most of what has passed has left plenty of traces"