London Literary Tours
England has produced many great literary figures and many of them called London home. Join us on one of our Literary walking tours of London with our award-winning guides. Our guided tours cover London’s most famous writers, poets, playwrights and characters.
From a Bloomsbury pub walk where you can learn about the likes of Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury group, Ted Hughes; George Orwell and many more besides. To dedicated walks for your favourite author or playwright.
These tours are a new way to see some of the best sights. You can get a new appreciation for central London, the British Museum, Kings cross, Shakespeare’s Globe, the British Library and many more of Londons locations.
Discover the London of your favourite literary figures and celebrate the English language.
Private tours
We run a ton of private walks. If you want a private Literary Walk – or any other London Walk for that matter – it’s eezy peezy as well. Just give Fiona or Noel a ring on 020 7624 3978 – or email us at[email protected] – and we’ll set it up for you and make it happen.
Kensington – Royal Village
Thursday, 30 November 2023 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
"if you understand this Kensington house you understand London"
Charles Dickens's London
Friday, 01 December 2023 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Friday)
"a sojourn into a lost city – an Atlantis"
Shakespeare's London
Saturday, 02 December 2023 @ 11 am (This walk goes every Saturday)
Shakespeare's commute – to the lascivious pleasing of the lute, from his home to the Globe, meeting his friends and enemies en route....
The Sherlock Holmes Christmas Walk
Sunday, 03 December 2023 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
We follow the crisscrossing paths of Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson as they solve their only original Christmas-time case, and Arthur Conan Doyle as he reaches a crisis in his professional life.
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Sunday, 03 December 2023 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Sunday)
Grab your deerstalker and magnifying glass, we're going sleuthing...
The London of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol
Sunday, 03 December 2023 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
An affectionate celebration of the real places behind this timeless classic. A revealing virtual tour of the City Dickens knew so well.
T. S. Eliot – The Waste Land Tour
Wednesday, 06 December 2023 @ 11.30 am (This walk goes every Wednesday)
"in 20 years of London Walks this is the best one I've ever been on"
Virtual Walk: Sherlock Holmes & Conan Doyle at Christmas
Saturday, 16 December 2023 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
An affectionate Yuletide offering from the glory days of the Great Detective and his creator.
Jane Austen's London
Saturday, 23 December 2023 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
On the trail of the great novelist...
Mrs Dalloway's London – the 100th Anniversary
Tuesday, 26 December 2023 @ 10.45 am
We walk with Mrs Dalloway. Walk her London. See it with her eyes.
Agatha Christie & Dorothy L. Sayers – the Virtual Tour
Sunday, 07 January 2024 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
On the trail of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Lord Peter Wimsey... Guided by Richard IV
Alfred Hitchcock in London – Virtual Tour
Sunday, 14 January 2024 @ 7 pm
The Master of Suspense worked with many great stars, and here we visit one of his all-time favourites: London! Guided by Richard IV
P G Wodehouse in London - Virtual Tour
Sunday, 28 January 2024 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
On the trail of Jeeves, Bertie Wooster, Lord Emsworth and many other classic Wodehouse characters in Mayfair and Piccadilly. Guided by Richard IV
Agatha Christie & Dorothy Sayers – Poirot, Miss Marple & Lord Peter Wimsey
Sunday, 04 February 2024 @ 2.30 pm
Sherlock Holmes - Virtual Tour
Sunday, 18 February 2024 @ 7 pm
'The Game's Afoot!' Follow the fascinating adventures of Holmes and Watson (and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) around London's West End. Guided by Richard IV
Sherlock Holmes Goes Home
Sunday, 03 March 2024 @ 2.30 pm
Oh come all ye Baker Street Irregulars. Guided by Audio-book narrator Richard IV
Tours available upon request
We run a ton of private walks. If you to go on any of the walks below, it’s eezy peezy as well. Just give Fiona, Peter, Niamh or Mary a ring on 020 7624 3978 – or email us at [email protected] and we’ll set it up for you and make it happen.
Charles Dickens Christmas Festival - Castle, Cathedral, Carols, Costumed Characters, Parade, Reindeer, Guaranteed Snow
The best Dickens Christmas Festival in the world!
Agatha Christie's London - A London Walks Special Anniversary Virtual Tour
"as English as Buckingham Palace or The Tower of London"
Harry Potter's London
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"
Sherlock Holmes Saves the Nation!
Sherlock Holmes Saves the Nation! The world of the Diogenes Club in Westminster and St James's. Guided by Richard IV
Sense & Sensibility – Jane Austen in London
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jane Austen devotee in possession of the good fortune of a couple of free hours must be in want of this virtual tour" Guided by Kevin
Kensington Sights & Secrets – Virtual Tour
"If you understand this Kensington house you understand London" Comes with a £9.99 gift. Yes, it's free – no catch, no strings attached. Guided by David
Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley in Somers Town
"a place of poverty and political exiles and refugees and revolutionaries"
London Film, TV & Book Trail for Kids & Grown-up Kids
Sunday morning walk for all ages...
Bloomsbury – Literary London & Liquid Refreshment
The Write Stuff – Welcome to London Walks' Saturday evening literary soirée!
What Ho, Jeeves! – The London of P.G. Wodehouse
Over a century since the immortal Jeeves first shimmered into view, spiffing traces of the Master’s favourite corner of London can still be found…
Alfred Hitchcock's London – More than 39 Steps!
The Master of Suspense worked with many great stars, and here we visit one of his all-time favourites: London!