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
Bloomsbury's Brilliant Women
Friday, 16 October 2026 @ 2.30 pm
What is it about Bloomsbury and brilliant women?
Slow-Speed Trail of High-Speed Rail
Thursday, 22 October 2026 @ 10.45 am
Whoa! Wow! Peekaboo HS2 & Javelin
THE LONDON SEASON – Living it up in Mayfair & St James's
Thursday, 05 November 2026 @ 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, 07 November 2026 @ 2 pm
"with a space-age American embassy tucked in behind it"
Horses Past, Horses Present – Horse Power in London Society
Tuesday, 08 December 2026 @ 10.45 am
"reveals the vast importance of horses in asserting the position of those in power"
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"
Whitehall Affray – Statues of Discord
"he was so angry he ended up sculpting a horse urinating"
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"
Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley in Somers Town
"a place of poverty and political exiles and refugees and revolutionaries"
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 Devil's Acre
Phwoar! Wrong side of the Westminster tracks – crime, grime and where the bodies are buried
The Bridge to London
"most of what has passed has left plenty of traces"
When Horses Ran London
"how much horsepower each bus route needed – amazing eye-opener into a lost city"
The Wonderful Women of Marylebone
"Marylebone – a magnet for so many inspiring women"
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 1: Hadley Wood to High Barnet
This is it. The start line of an epic journey across the capital...
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 2: High Barnet to Woodside Park
a land London left behind
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 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 Ultimate London Walk – Section 9: Stockwell to Herne Hill
Brixton Village - still a place that crosses cultures
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 10: Herne Hill to Sydenham Hill
the estate that shaped this slice of south London
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 11: Sydenham Hill to Anerley
the 1851 Great Exhibition had an after-party, it’s called Crystal Palace Park
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 12: Anerley to South Norwood
rewilding isn’t so new - here’s a wonderful wilderness
The Ultimate London Walk – Section 13: South Norwood to Addington Hill
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
through Selsdon Wood and you’re through with London, Surrey is beaming at you, beckoning...