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
When Horses Ran London
Saturday, 25 January 2025 @ 10.45 am
"how much horsepower each bus route needed – amazing eye-opener into a lost city"
How the West End Was Won
Sunday, 09 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm
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
Tuesday, 11 February 2025 @ 10.45 am
a chance to get up close to a lifestyle that’s often mythologized but rarely examined
The Power of the Thames – Battersea to Westminster
Saturday, 15 February 2025 @ 2.30 pm
"with a space-age American embassy tucked in behind it"
Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley in Somers Town
Saturday, 01 March 2025 @ 10.45 am
"a place of poverty and political exiles and refugees and revolutionaries"
Bloomsbury's Brilliant Women
Saturday, 22 March 2025 @ 2.30 pm
What is it about Bloomsbury and brilliant women?
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"
Slow-Speed Trail of High-Speed Rail
Whoa! Wow! Peekaboo HS2 & Javelin
Horses Past, Horses Present – Horse Power in London Society
"reveals the vast importance of horses in asserting the position of those in power"
The Children of Outcast London
It’s a terrible story, it’s a moving story, it will grip you.
Pioneering Paddington
"from the deep past to a vision of the future"
The Bridge to London
"most of what has passed has left plenty of traces"
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
The Wonderful Women of Marylebone
"Marylebone – a magnet for so many inspiring women"