London Virtual Tours
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 put us – London Walks guides – to the test but neither Covid 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 guides. So let’s roll. Let’s visit London – from the Tower of London to 10 Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament to Buckingham Palace and points beyond. Explore London – cruise the Thames from Tower Bridge to Westminster, skylark on the London Eye, go to Covent Garden and 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 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. 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.
Natural History Museum - Virtual Tour
25 February 2021 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
FAMILY FRIENDLY! BIG TIME!!
From Dinosaurs and Jurassic Marine Reptiles to Hope the Blue Whale. Guided by Cambridge University Paleontologist Aaron
In the Wake of the Mayflower Four Hundred Years On: A Virtual Voyage
25 February 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Relive the epic story of the `Pilgrims who abandoned rural England for the hostile shores of the New World 400 years ago to worship freely. Guided by Steve F.
Disastrous London - Virtual Tour
25 February 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
So it’s historical alleyways, centuries-old architecture, the Tower of London and, yes, ahem, filthy street names. What more from an online history walk? Violence, mayhem, fire, sedition and sex. The virtual London Walk that just keeps on giving. Guided by Andrew
The Story of Jewish London
25 February 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
The story of Jews in London. A virtual tour that takes you from the ghetto of the middle ages through to the East End shtetl of the 20th century. Guided by Russell
Beatlemania – The Virtual Tour
25 February 2021 @ 7.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
From a wintry Trafalgar Square in 1961 to Buckingham Palace in 1965 this upbeat virtual tour charts the rise and rise of The Fab Four against the backdrop of London in the Swinging Sixties. Guided by Adam
Inside Covent Garden - Virtual Tour
26 February 2021 @ 5.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
- Privileged access 2) A guiding masterclass (Travel & Leisure crowned Karen "the world's greatest guide")
The Crystal Palace Dinosaur Safari
26 February 2021 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
Explore the World's first Dinosaur Models hidden in a south London park, created in the middle of the 19th century. Guided by Aaron
Treasures of the British Museum – Virtual Tour
26 February 2021 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
Join Chris for a focused virtual walk through the exhibits. Guided by Chris
All Around the University – Firsts and Inventions in the History of Medicine
26 February 2021 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
"reputation for medicine is second to none in the world" Guided by Rick Jones (do click on the Rick link, you'll like what's there)
Anna visits Venice... a tour of this magical city
26 February 2021 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
Revisiting this magical city – The Grand Canal, St Mark's Square and even a visit to the islands.... Guided by Anna
A Paris Walk - The Village of Montmatre
26 February 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Take a virtual tour of the Village of Montmartre in Paris. Guided by Brad
Kensington Sights & Secrets – Virtual Tour
27 February 2021 @ 5.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"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
Little Venice – Virtual Tour
27 February 2021 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
The most beautiful residential neighbourhood of them all – a world of white swans gliding, weeping willows dipping their branches into the canal and the reflection of stuccoed villas in the still, smooth water... Guided by Richard III
Beatles in Swinging London
27 February 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Beatles Meet-up. The Fabs, Swinging London, "the Pied Piper of Beatlemania" and fans from all over the world. Guided by Richard P.
William Shakespeare – Born in Stratford, Made in London
27 February 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
London's Women of World War 1
27 February 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Celebrate the extraordinary work of central London's Women of World War 1 with London Walks and actress and tour guide Fiona-Jane Weston
Sherlock Holmes - Virtual Tour
27 February 2021 @ 10 pm (Click here for more dates)
'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
P G Wodehouse in London - Virtual Tour
28 February 2021 @ 3 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
Bath – Romans to Georgian Virtual Tour
28 February 2021 @ 5 pm (Click here for more dates)
Discover the beautiful City of Bath, from its Roman remains to its spectacular Georgian architecture. Guided by Aaron
St. Paul's Cathedral – Virtual Tour
28 February 2021 @ 5 pm (Click here for more dates)
"It is hard not to sound like a bad Churchillian parody, but in fact this is why we fought the war" Guided by Leo
London Calling: Musical St James's & Mayfair
28 February 2021 @ 5 pm (Click here for more dates)
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music…
One neighbourhood at a time. In St James's & Mayfair we will find:
• The musical history of Buckingham Palace
• George Frideric Handel
• David Bowie
• The Beatles… and more
Sense & Sensibility – Jane Austen in London
28 February 2021 @ 6.30 pm
"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
Alfred Hitchcock in London – Virtual Tour
28 February 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
The Master of Suspense worked with many great stars, and here we visit one of his all-time favourites: London! Guided by Richard IV
London Calling: The 1960s - The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones
01 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
London Calling! The 1960s In Music - The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones
The BIG two…
• Their clubs
• The drug busts
• The music… and beyond
Lost London
01 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"visionary masterplans and bizarre statues that never got built" Guided by Russell
East London Street Art – Virtual Tour
01 March 2021 @ 8 pm (Click here for more dates)
exciting corner of the capital...best street art in London Guided by Leo
RSC Actor Nick Day's Virtual Tour of Stratford upon Avon
01 March 2021 @ 8 pm (Click here for more dates)
"a strong cast headed by the immensely impressive Nicholas Day" Guided (and performed) by Nick Day
Naples, Pompeii and Paestum
02 March 2021 @ 6 pm
A virtual tour of Naples to see to the home of pizza, Pompeii and Paestum. Places preserved in time from the eruptions of mount Vesuvius. Guided by Chris
The London of Charles Dickens Virtual tour
02 March 2021 @ 8 pm (Click here for more dates)
A virtual guided walk exploring the places Dickens lived and used for his novels – Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, The Old Curiosity Shop. Guided by Richard III
Nick Day's Virtual Tour of West End Theatre
02 March 2021 @ 8 pm (Click here for more dates)
Nick shares his knowledge and experience of London's West End Theatre. The idea is to find interesting stuff out . . . and have fun. Guided by Nick
"Next Stop, Antarctica"
03 March 2021 @ 2 pm
That red dot is where we all are now. Get it wrong – well, it won't be Antarctica – but we'll be toast just the same. Guided by Richard Walker
Old Westminster – Virtual Tour
03 March 2021 @ 4 pm (Click here for more dates)
The seminal London Walk* guided by "the world's greatest guide" *miss it and you've missed London
Fabulous Fleet Street
03 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"A thoroughfare of gossip, the street of ink, the street of drink, of legendary boozers – The Cheshire Cheese, El Vino..." Guided by Andy
Soho - Harlots, Charlatans and Royal Bastards
04 March 2021 @ 6 pm
History, scandal, gossip. From the restoration in the 1660s to the present. Artists, rock stars, ladies of the night, conmen and gangsters. Guided by Richard 111
Jimi Hendrix in London – Virtual Tour
04 March 2021 @ 7 pm
For Jimi Hendrix the wind whispered London. Here he could ride the breeze. Here he made it big.
London Shopping, Historical Retail Therapy – Virtual Tour
05 March 2021 @ 5.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
World-class history and retail therapy all rolled up into one... Guided by Karen
Across The Thames - Virtual Tour
05 March 2021 @ 6 pm
Take a tour along the Southbank of the Thames. We are going to Southwark. The part of London where anything necessary but nasty took place! Brothels, Theatres, Breweries, Prisons ... Guided by Chris
Jack the Ripper Virtual Tour
05 March 2021 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
“130 years ago I was a freak. Today I'm an amateur” – Jack the Ripper Guided by Richard
The Magic of London – Virtual Tour
06 March 2021 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
Watch the video. It’s a small miracle – works wonders in 154 seconds. It’s an utterly charming introduction to our Virtual Tours generally and to this walk specifically. It's the handiwork of Magic of London guide Richard Walker. So it’s a chance to meet Richard. And let him tell you a little bit about the Magic of London tour – what it is and how it works. Let him show you a bit of it: magical landmarks, Tower Bridge, the London Eye, secret passageways you won’t have heard of, etc.
Revolting London – 2000 years of rebellion and retribution
06 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"extraordinary characters whose lives and deaths are etched on, above and beneath the streets and alleys of London" Guided by Ian
1066 & All That: An Historic Virtual Tour of the Bayeux Tapestry
06 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
The world's oldest 'comic strip' tells the engaging story of the Norman Conquest of England in action-packed scenes of pageantry and mayhem. Guided by Steve F
A Hard Day's Night with the Beatles in Marylebone
06 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"a splendid time is guaranteed for all" Guided by Richard P., "the pied piper of Beatlemania"
Legal London – the Inns of Court
06 March 2021 @ 8 pm (Click here for more dates)
"the legal equivalent of Buckingham Palace, but unlike the royal residence we can get inside, explore it, wander around the Inns Court..." Guided by Richard III
Statues with Props (or big hair or glasses)
07 March 2021 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
Discovering the London statues that have mad hair, wild sideburns, sitting on benches and holding books, buildings or banners. Guided by Fiona
Art in London
07 March 2021 @ 4 pm (Click here for more dates)
The Art of London: A four part series exploring art in London. Guided by Simon W
Treasures of Ancient Britain – Stonehenge to Saxons
07 March 2021 @ 5 pm (Click here for more dates)
Discover the ancient treasures and archaeology of Britain from Prehistoric stone circles, Roman houses and a Saxon grave fit for a king.
London Calling: Musical Kensington
07 March 2021 @ 5 pm (Click here for more dates)
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music…
One neighbourhood at a time. In Kensington we will find:
• The Royal Albert Hall
• The Royal College of Music
• The Music of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
• Freddie Mercury
• Jimi Hendrix… and more
Harlots – Covent Garden's sordid history (N.B. adults only)
07 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"tiny gas-lit alleyways, unknown even to many Londoners..." Guided by Ian
Agatha Christie & Dorothy L. Sayers – the Virtual Tour
07 March 2021 @ 10 pm (Click here for more dates)
On the trail of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Lord Peter Wimsey... Guided by Richard IV
London Archaeology – Virtual Tour
08 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
The Roman settlement of the 1st and 2nd century AD offers up amazing remains at every turn: from the ruins of the amphitheatre lying beneath the City’s art gallery, to the sections of the Roman boundary wall revealed by Second World War bomb damage.
International Women's Day – Margaret Thatcher in Chelsea
08 March 2021 @ 7 pm
Guided by Rick Jones "Rick's entire narrative is delivered in Tennysonian blank verse"
London Calling: The 1960s - Beatlemania!
08 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
London Calling! The 1960s In Music - Beatlemania!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! It's the rise, rise & RISE of The Beatles!
• Their first visit - in obscurity – back in 1961
• Smoking at Buckingham Palace!
• Playing for Royalty
• Beatles as movie stars… and more
Monopoly Board of London
09 March 2021 @ 6 pm
The Monopoly board provides a wonderful tapestry of London through the ages. Guided by Chris
What Lies Beneath – the Archaeology of Crossrail Virtual Tour
09 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"What gruesome discovery had to make way for a new ticketing hall?"
Following in the Footsteps of Matthew Shardlake
09 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
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
Revolt, Rebels & Riot
09 March 2021 @ 7 pm
From Boudicca & The Peasants' Revolt to Suffragettes & BLM
Riverside Adventures
10 March 2021 @ 5 pm (Click here for more dates)
Father Thames tells of life along his banks. From J.M.W Turner to Winston Churchill to Admiral Nelson to the Brunels. This is London! Guided by Jackie
Anna visits Florence: Cradle of the Renaissance
10 March 2021 @ 6 pm
A Highlight tour of Florence: Cradle of the Renaissance and City of Art. Guided by Anna
The Story of 20th Century London Virtual Tour Series
10 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Beatles London Film Locations
10 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
A ticket to ride. Beatles film locations here we come. Guided by Richard P.
How the West End Was Won – Virtual Tour
10 March 2021 @ 7 pm
"Essential viewing for understanding the way London works" Guided by Charlie
Stand & Deliver! The Outlaws & Highwaymen of Merrie England
12 March 2021 @ 6 pm
A wild ride through the romance and the reality of 'The Knights of the Road' Led by Richard Walker
The Famous Square Mile – the Virtual Tour
12 March 2021 @ 6 pm
London labyrinth. London highlights. London shaping past. Elite London guide. Guided by Chris
The Krays In London
12 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
The East End Gangland & The Dark Side Of The Swinging 60s
Notting Hill and Holland Park
12 March 2021 @ 8 pm (Click here for more dates)
The carnival, the market and the movie... Guided by Richard III
The Lure of the Underground - Virtual Tour
14 March 2021 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
Reveals the secrets of the oldest underground railway in the world...ranges across engineering, design, architecture and social history. Guided by Fiona
London Calling: Musical Chelsea
14 March 2021 @ 5 pm (Click here for more dates)
London Calling! The Story Of London Through Its Music… Guided by Adam
One neighbourhood at a time. In Chelsea we will meet: The Rolling Stones, Judy Garland, Arthur Sullivan, Bohemian London… and more
The Eternal City – Anna whisks us off to Rome
14 March 2021 @ 6 pm
Introduction to Rome. Eternal City. Home of the Romans of antiquity. Of Popes. The first great world capital. Guided by Anna
Zeppelin Nights – the trail of destruction
14 March 2021 @ 6.30 pm
the 1915 flight path and bomb run through World War I London
Spies & Spymasters of London – Virtual Tour
14 March 2021 @ 10 pm (Click here for more dates)
The Cambridge Five. The first ‘C’. The origins of the Secret Service Bureau. Wartime heroes and heroines of the OSS and SOE. Somerset Maugham and Ashenden. Le Carré and Smiley. The secret heart of their London. Guided by Richard IV
London Calling: The 1960s – The Kinks
15 March 2021 @ 7 pm
London Calling! The 1960s In Music – The Kinks Guided by Adam
The long, strange career of the Davies brothers Ray & Dave and the original cult band The Kinks
• Music, suburbia & the war
• Tales of drunkenness and cruelty!
• Musical sibling rivalry
• LIVE music… and more
Mayflower in London, the Untold Story
16 March 2021 @ 6 pm
Take a virtual walk through London to hear the untold story of Mayflower in London. A story of money, worship, execution and everyday life. Guided by Chris
Black Abolitionist Tour of London
17 March 2021 @ 5.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"their hair-raising and often brutal stories...the hidden and inspiring history of these activists" Guided by Hannah-Rose
Ghosts of the Old City – Virtual Tour
17 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Ghosts of the Old City THE Virtual Tour Guided by Adam
Mozart in London – Virtual Tour
18 March 2021 @ 7 pm
the life, the career, the London of history’s most mythologised composer Guided by Adam
Canada Water Unearthed! Lakes, docks, waterways & woodlands deciphered.
19 March 2021 @ 6 pm
Interwoven waterways, lakes, docks & woodlands. An area bristling with history & eyeing the future. You'll be hooked! Guided by Jackie
Literary Bloomsbury – Virtual tour
19 March 2021 @ 6 pm
A fascinating visit to London's Literary Quarter – Bloomsbury. Guided by Chris
Alleyways of the Old City
20 March 2021 @ 11 am (Click here for more dates)
Why is this one of the best virtual tours you'll ever experience? This award-winning guide, this online tour explores London's capillaries, that's why. The tiniest city streets you'll ever thread your way through. You look up London in a guidebook you won't find these places, they're that tucked away! A Winner's Circle virtual experience. Guided By Fiona
Beatles Recording Sessions – Get Back!
20 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Abbey Road wasn't the whole story, you know...
Ring in the Equinox – An Archaeologist-Guided Virtual Tour
20 March 2021 @ 7 pm
London at the Equinox – its calendars, folklore and events associated with the beginning of Spring
The Beatles Live in London
21 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"from playing in front of 18 people to playing in front of 10,000"
"Bond, James Bond' - the London of Ian Fleming and 007
22 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Sauve, handsome, upper class – he could almost be 007’s double – Justin shows you round the Mayfair haunts of Bond and his creator, Ian Fleming.
London Calling: The 1960s - Pink Floyd
22 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
London Calling! The 1960s In Music - Pink Floyd
Our series ends in a blaze of psychedelia
• Drugs and music
• Syd Barrett – unravelling the myth
• Origins in Cambridge & Regent Street Polytechnic
• Looking ahead to the 1970s… and more
Salisbury – Virtual Tour
23 March 2021 @ 6 pm
See the tallest Cathedral spire in Britain. And the largest set of processional cloisters, set in a quintessential English landscape Guided by Chris
London Stately Homes - an evolution
25 March 2021 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
500 years of homes of nobility – fabulous London mansions and how they developed over time... Guided by Anna
Lionel Bart's London! – Virtual Tour
25 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
In search of the composer of Oliver! He made and squandered a fortune.. and the Greek chorus of tabloid middle England thrilled to his Icarus fall.
The French Revolution - 1789
26 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
1789 sounded the death knell for the Old Regime. Key events played out in Paris and this tour brings a fascinating period to life. Guided by Chris S. from Paris Walks
Great London Houses – Homes for Queens
29 March 2021 @ 6 pm (Click here for more dates)
Discovering London residences used by queens over the past 500 years. All are historic, some destroyed, yet most still used today...
Abbey Road – The Beatles and Beyond
30 March 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Inside Abbey Road Studios`– how this ordinary townhouse became the cradle of rock music...
London on Film Part 1: Frozen in Time in the Square Mile
03 April 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
The old City of London has been a haven for moviemakers for over a century, and here are some of the glorious highlights. Guided by Richard IV
Chelsea – where London was Swinging in the 60s
04 April 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
where Rock and Roll royalty mixed with actors and models, artists and the aristocracy...
Sherlock Holmes Saves the Nation!
04 April 2021 @ 10 pm (Click here for more dates)
Sherlock Holmes Saves the Nation! The world of the Diogenes Club in Westminster and St James's. Guided by Richard IV
Bob Dylan in London Virtual Tour
08 April 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Bob Dylan in 1960 London – three visits that changed the course of popular culture
John Lennon in London
13 April 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Join John Lennon in London – the unique interactive experience, from the comfort of your own home
One Westminster, Six Palaces – The Virtual Tour
14 April 2021 @ 7 pm
One Westminster, six palaces and a thousand years of monarchs
Radio Days – the Science & Show Business Virtual Tour
15 April 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
The science and show business virtual tour... Guided by Adam
The Decline & Fall of Roman London – Archaeology Virtual Tour
18 April 2021 @ 6.30 pm
"The first British Brexit?"
The Who In London – A Virtual Tour
22 April 2021 @ 7 pm
The Stones had the swagger. The Beatles had the tunes. The Yardbirds had the chops. But the only band to blend these basics with a full-blown artistic manifesto and a killer look was The Who.
This is The Who's London. Guided by Adam
London before London – Prehistoric London
25 April 2021 @ 6.30 pm
"what was in the London area before the Romans – the archaeological finds"
Judy – In Search Of Judy Garland In London
26 April 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Blending scenes from Judy Garland's life in Chelsea, Marylebone & the West End with locations from the Rene Zellweger movie. Guided by Adam
Beatles & Rolling Stones in 60s London – Virtual Tour
10 May 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Let's get back. Beatles and Stones in 60s London. The biggest names in Rock’n’Roll. Made right here in London.
Spooky Radio Nite Halloween Music Special – Virtual Tour
28 October 2021 @ 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!
The London of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol
19 December 2021 @ 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.
Sherlock Holmes & Conan Doyle at Christmas
19 December 2021 @ 10 pm
An affectionate Yuletide offering from the glory days of the Great Detective and his creator.
Last Christmas – The Christmas Music Virtual Tour & Singalong
23 December 2021 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
A Christmas stocking of delights: a musical tour of Christmas; West End history, its hidden places & hidden places; film locations in the movie Last Christmas.