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
Hampstead's Other Half
Saturday, 14 September 2024 @ 2.30 pm
"more about those forgotten than those remembered"
The Power of the Thames – Battersea to Westminster
Saturday, 26 October 2024 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"with a space-age American embassy tucked in behind it"
Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley in Somers Town
Saturday, 16 November 2024 @ 2.30 pm
"a place of poverty and political exiles and refugees and revolutionaries"
The Devil's Acre
Saturday, 23 November 2024 @ 10.45 am (Click here for more dates)
Phwoar! Wrong side of the Westminster tracks – crime, grime and where the bodies are buried
The Wonderful Women of Marylebone
Saturday, 18 January 2025 @ 2.30 pm
"Marylebone – a magnet for so many inspiring 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"
When Horses Ran London
"how much horsepower each bus route needed – amazing eye-opener into a lost city"
The Devil's Acre
Phwoar! Wrong side of the Westminster tracks – crime, grime and where the bodies are buried
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"
How the West End Was Won
How a capital city emerged fit to rule the greatest empire the world had ever known...
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"
Bloomsbury's Brilliant Women
What is it about Bloomsbury and brilliant women?
The Bridge to London
"most of what has passed has left plenty of traces"
The Power of the Thames – Battersea to Westminster
"with a space-age American embassy tucked in behind it"