Virtual Tours of London – Bring a London Walk Home
London Walks is back. Back guiding. Back discovering London. Back exploring it. Doing what we do. Doing it live but in a somewhat different form than “before.”
2020 (and early 2021) put us – London Walks guides – to the test but neither the Coronavirus nor the lockdown stopped us doing our thing: guiding London, showing it to people, showing them how to read it. The virtual walking tours available here are the best way to visit London from the comfort of your living room. We take you much further – drill down much deeper – than a simple, one-dimensional Google street view. Best of all it’s seeing London through the eyes of Londoners who are friendly, elite, world-class local guides. With our new live virtual tours, out tour guides have been able to give the London travel experience to people from all around the world in the midst of a pandemic and social distancing.
So let’s roll. Let’s visit London, the hotspots and beyond – from the crown jewels at the Tower of London to 10 Downing Street, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. From the Queen’s London residence, Buckingham Palace, to the Royal Albert Hall. Explore London – cruise the Thames from Tower Bridge to Westminster and Greenwich, skylark on the London Eye. Do a tour of the National Gallery and the British Museum and Natural History Museum. Hidden gems and history aplenty await us.
To go on a London Walks Virtual Guided Tour just click through to the Eventbrite link and register. Cometh the hour we’ll all gather round the Zoom ‘fireplace’ and off we’ll go. Into London at its fascinating best. An online tour lasts about an hour. It’s interactive, there’s Q & A afterward and, more often than not, some socialising (people from all over the world are round that ‘online fireplace’).
Ok, that’s enough lead-in, enough drum roll. Here. We. Go.
Liquid London - the Capital's Waterways, 8 part Virtual Tour Matinee series
Thursday, 27 January 2022 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
The brand new Virtual Tour series from The Story of London team. Live on Thursday mornings (and Sunday evenings). This time we're going with the flow ! Guided by the Story of London Team - Simon W, Russell, Karen, Adam and Fiona
The Story of 20th Century London Virtual Tour Series
Thursday, 27 January 2022 @ 2 pm (Click here for more dates)
Musical St. James' & Mayfair – Virtual Tour
Thursday, 27 January 2022 @ 7 pm
Madness performing on top of Buckingham Palace alongside the Queen guitarist Brian May… Mick Jagger at the Ritz… FDR and the first political campaign song… Paul Simon, Handel & Nipper The Dog. They’re all in Musical St James’s & Mayfair…
Following in the Footsteps of Matthew Shardlake
Thursday, 27 January 2022 @ 7 pm
We rediscover those ‘lost’ streets like a Tudor Rebus cutting through ‘the religious and political chaos of the 1540s with sinister élan’ Guided by Andy
Diamond Dogs Virtual Walk
Thursday, 27 January 2022 @ 7 pm
A new virtual tour around London, recognising and celebrating our canine companions. Guide by Isobel
Musical Thames – A Virtual Tour
Friday, 28 January 2022 @ 7 pm
A virtual tour from calypso to classical along London's famous river. Guided by Adam.
Sherlock Holmes Saves the Nation!
Saturday, 29 January 2022 @ 7 pm
Sherlock Holmes Saves the Nation! The world of the Diogenes Club in Westminster and St James's. Guided by Richard IV
Get Back to Let It Be – The Full Story Behind the Beatles' Documentary
Sunday, 30 January 2022 @ 7 pm
"how ladies' tights saved the 'Rooftop Concert'"
Liquid London - the Capital's Waterways, 8 part Virtual Tour Series
Sunday, 30 January 2022 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
The brand new Virtual Tour series from The Story of London team. Live on Sunday evenings (and Thursday mornings). This time we're going with the flow ! Guided by the Story of London Team - Simon W, Russell, Karen, Adam and Fiona
Myths, Legends & Celtic Festivals – the London Virtual Tour
Sunday, 30 January 2022 @ 7.30 pm
"...we also look at the evidence for 'Celtic' origins of London"
The Kinks in London – Virtual Tour
Monday, 31 January 2022 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Ready, Steady, Go… Guided by Adam
5 years that changed the face of pop & rock 1964-69
4 of the unlikeliest pop stars of all-time
3 number one hits
2 warring brothers
1 unique story
Anna visits Northern Italy: Coast, Lakes and Mountains
Wednesday, 02 February 2022 @ 6.30 pm
Northern Italy... lakes, mountains and stunning coastlines. Magnet for the rich and famous and picturesque in the extreme. Guided by Anna
How the British Fell in Love with Curry
Saturday, 05 February 2022 @ 7 pm
"The national dish is no longer fish and chips, it's curry"
The Archaeology of London Bridge, Southwark & Bankside Virtual Tour
Sunday, 06 February 2022 @ 7.30 pm
"London bridge is the key to much of the history of London"
A Virtual Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain – 1. Chester
Sunday, 20 February 2022 @ 7.30 pm
"One of those places where the history of Britain can be told in one town..."
Graveyards to die for
Tuesday, 29 March 2022 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"it was a rat's delight and a health emergency"
Myths, Legends & Archaeology – the London May Eve Virtual Tour
Saturday, 30 April 2022 @ 7.30 pm
Judy – In Search of Judy Garland In London
Saturday, 11 June 2022 @ 6 pm
Blending scenes from Judy Garland's life in Chelsea, Marylebone & the West End with locations from the Rene Zellweger movie. Guided by Adam
Spooky Radio Nite Halloween Music Special – Virtual Tour
Thursday, 27 October 2022 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Music, monsters & murder. No tricks: it's ALL treat. Don't worry – it'll all be done in the worst possible taste!
Myths & Legends – the Halloween Virtual Tour
Monday, 31 October 2022 @ 7.30 pm
"and we do some serious archaeology – attend to the legend-archaeology 'fit'"